Lucky shot! (Warning, contains dog)

[Phil S]

The girlfriend is looking after this dog for a family member, so myself being a deprived individual and left pet-less so far in my life, I enjoyed the chance to photograph an animal for once.

Unfortunately I also realised they don't play ball when it comes to cameras and are a bit harder/less predictable than cars! After a lot of blurry photos of the back of his head I found the best way to get him to look at the camera was to hold it on the floor away from my face. With no viewfinder and pure guess-work this is the only shot I took like this:

[pic]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/PhilS/17606848.jpg[/pic]

That is the full un-cropped frame! It was taken using my 'lets get muddy' 18-55 EF-S lens with the built in flash on shutter priority mode (ISO 400 1/250 at F5.4) - it was dusk and playing havoc with the metering!

A bit disheartening that it was the best photo of the bunch and completely down to luck :hehe:

[GetCarter]

Woof

[GetCarter]

I am about to attack you for putting that on my head.

[tuscan_v8]

GetCarter said:

I am about to attack you for putting that on my head.

Your dog seem to be natural when posing in front of camera !!

[shadytree]

Steve , where's the NOSE shot

[GetCarter]

My dog's got no nose.

www.stevecarter.com/d2x-dogs-nose.jpg

[GetCarter]

The cow in the garden has false eyelashes mind
(Nikkor 80-400 - warra lorra lens!)

[Threeracers]

My dog has a great nose - he never fails to find a lost bird. Not a great shot but as I took it on Saturday I thought it was topical.

[te51cle]

GetCarter said:

My dog's got no nose.

Please save the Christmas cracker jokes until December 25th !

[kojak]

thank god the subjects aren't cats.

[caduceus]

kojak said:

thank god the subjects aren't cats.

Shut it, or theres more where that came from

[kojak]

I suppose I asked for it.

[focusonme]

My aunt's P&J:

The older one, happy to sit and pose:


The younger one, less amenable to the camera:


>> Edited by focusonme on Friday 28th October 11:44

[dcw@pr]

Threeracers said:

Not a great shot but as I took it on Saturday

looks like it did the job though. i hope you dont normally shoot them that low!

[speedychrissie]

i thought i would revive this thread cos i took my camera home this weekend and took a few shots:



the second is a very good pic but it expresses my dog perfectly.

chris

edit: PS these are my first uploaded pics taken from a "proper" camera (D70s)

>> Edited by speedychrissie on Monday 21st November 14:34