M38A1
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Ada, a Bull Mastif belonging to a friend of the wife. First time to try and do an animal portrait of sorts.
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Ada
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One thing that drives me crazy with dog collars is how the split ring makes the tags hang at a 90 degree angle - I might suggest you carry an S-hook with a 90* twist - swap the split ring out for that during the shoot. If there's a name tag along with the rabies tag have it facing forward and showing up front.
+1 on the bowling pin as a distraction. Nice sharpness on the dogs face.
Details.... lens, lighting technique, etc. ???
+1 on the bowling pin as a distraction. Nice sharpness on the dogs face.
Details.... lens, lighting technique, etc. ???
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I would crop it to just the shoulders and head. Remove the out of focus back ground. It's a portrait after all.
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OH and Photoshop a cigar in his mouth and you have Winston Churchill.
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Agreed, else make sure the position of the animal is flattering. Great face, ears and expression...not so great sitting position.
Janet
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I love it too, but the bowling pin, the white stripe to the right of her head and the thing by her feet are very distracting. I think it nees some background. I like the old world look to the backgroung except for those two things.
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Thanks for the input..... All good points.
My nits included:
1) The bowling pin sort of stands out, (but if you saw everything in the house, you'd understand the 'steampunk' motif)
2) I cut the bottom paw off a tad bit on composing
3) There's a few errant white hairs stuck to the end of that black nose
4) The actual image viewed as a .jpg is a lot sharper than what smugmug is showing here. Need to go figure that one out next.
Shot with natural light coming inside the house with it all diffused through a window about 60" square made out of those square thick glass blocks. No internal lights on/used.
EXIF as follows:
Camera Maker: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D700
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.4
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/2.5
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
ISO equiv: 1250
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Center Weight
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
A couple others from the afternoon include shots from the same location so either it's a bowling pin or some red and white thing again on the other side. Hey, I had the camera with me and this is what came out of it.
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#3
#4
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My nits included:
1) The bowling pin sort of stands out, (but if you saw everything in the house, you'd understand the 'steampunk' motif)
2) I cut the bottom paw off a tad bit on composing
3) There's a few errant white hairs stuck to the end of that black nose
4) The actual image viewed as a .jpg is a lot sharper than what smugmug is showing here. Need to go figure that one out next.
Shot with natural light coming inside the house with it all diffused through a window about 60" square made out of those square thick glass blocks. No internal lights on/used.
EXIF as follows:
Camera Maker: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D700
Lens: 50.0 mm f/1.4
Focal Length: 50mm
Aperture: f/2.5
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
ISO equiv: 1250
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Center Weight
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: No
A couple others from the afternoon include shots from the same location so either it's a bowling pin or some red and white thing again on the other side. Hey, I had the camera with me and this is what came out of it.
#2
#3
#4
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#2.....Scott didn't bring me a treat. I'm sad 
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Ada's expressions in photo's 1 and 2 are awesome! I agree with cropping the bowling pin (from both pics), along with cropping pic 1 just to her shoulder. The look in her eyes on #3 is pretty special, too - great job, Scott - you can just "feel" the texture of her soft fur and those velvety ears!
Quite nice pics.............but when I saw the title of the thread I was thinking, "Who would be coming to Ada, Ok where I live and why?"