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Post your pet!?

Postby Geoff on Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:56 am

Hi all,
I thought it might be a fun idea to post photos of your pets/animals if you have any? This is not a particularly technically great photo but one I like and took yesterday, it's of my dog Jessie who lives with my parents. Taken with the 50mm 1.4 lens.

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Postby leigh999 on Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:26 am

I have lots of photos of my kitty :D

I have posted this one elsewhere http://www.deviantart.com/view/12871388/

Here is my first attempt at inserting a pic into a post!
The insert doesn't seem to be working so here is the link http://www.deviantart.com/view/12293634/
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Postby meicw on Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:36 am

Here is my mate. He is a Cardigan Corgi, which are bigger than and more placid than the Pembroke Corgis (which a well known person in the UK has). His name is Bleddyn, who was a Welsh prince.

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Postby Onyx on Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:52 am

Ralph - he was named before the magazine of the same name came into existence.
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Daffy - she was black like the cartoon duck when younger, did the Michael Jackson thing as she grew...
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Postby Raydar on Sun Jan 09, 2005 11:59 am

Arrrr you have ducks mate :D

That explains a lot :roll:

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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:14 pm

Don’t let Pluckaduck near your ducks Onyx :wink:

I lost my Samoyed (Stoli) when I divorced - my ex got the house and my dog :cry:

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Postby dimmo on Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:15 pm

Our cat, Ally!

My gf wanted me to post this one as she has it as her wallpaper :)

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Postby gooseberry on Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:42 pm

dimmo wrote:Our cat, Ally!

My gf wanted me to post this one as she has it as her wallpaper :)



Great close-up shot of your cat dimmo, next time - can I suggest to try focusing on the eyes as it gives a much better impact - as in this case the nose is super sharp, but the eyes are OOF.
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Postby dimmo on Sun Jan 09, 2005 12:56 pm

gooseberry wrote:Great close-up shot of your cat dimmo, next time - can I suggest to try focusing on the eyes as it gives a much better impact - as in this case the nose is super sharp, but the eyes are OOF.


Thanks :)

I have learnt the importance of the eyes from reading a lot of posts/critiques on this forum, however, I think that this was my 1st (or perhaps 2nd) pic from the d70.
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Postby Deano on Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:46 pm

We have two Russian Blue cats named Will and Grace. These are not my favourite shots but they're the best I have on my work laptop (yes - "working" on a Sunday).

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Postby Killakoala on Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:21 pm

Post your pet!?


I don't think Australia Post will appreciate me putting cockroaches in the mail..... :D

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Postby phillipb on Sun Jan 09, 2005 3:31 pm

Funny you should start this thread now, I've just done some photos of my next door neighbour's new pet (the little brown one, the white one is mine.

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Postby jonnydee on Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:00 pm

Same here, I was taking some family snaps tonight and got this one of my girlfriends parents dog, Kody, in a pretty standard sooky pose :).

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Postby Greg B on Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:02 pm

Very cute shots phillip
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Postby phillipb on Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:21 pm

Thanks Greg,
Remember the days when pure bred were expensive and cross-bred were a dime a dozen? Well this little bundle of joy is a cross between a poodle and cavalier king charles spaniel and it cost my neighbour over $1k.
If only my dog wasn't desexed, I could have found the solution to my lens lust problem :lol:
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Postby MATT on Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:10 pm

Our Dog, Elle quite a handfull being a Staffy but xcellent with the kids.

But she doesn't seem to interested in me taking her pic.

EDIT:IT DIDNT WORK???

If this like deosnt work (first pic in post attempt) try here.

http://matt4004.fotopic.net/p10611711.html


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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:17 pm

Matt - what do you mean Elle doesn’t like her pic being taken - she’s laying there as if to say ”Oh no, not again!” - nice pic

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Postby Geoff on Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:22 pm

Deano wrote:We have two Russian Blue cats named Will and Grace. These are not my favourite shots but they're the best I have on my work laptop (yes - "working" on a Sunday).

Will
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Grace
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I don't understand why my images do not show here. Any clues? - Sorted. The trick is RTFM on PBase.

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Wow Dean,
I'm not a cat person at all, but these photos (and cats) look beautiful! Well done :)

Geoff. PS - The photos worked :)
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Postby Flyer on Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:23 pm

Here is mine, Siberian Husky. Freddy is his name...
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Postby HappyFotographer on Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:15 pm

This is my cat Max, he was my baby before the human kind came along, he is amazingly tolerant of them........but he runs mighty fast for an old fella.

http://www.starlaughter.com/Beasts/Dome ... s/Max.html
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Postby atencati on Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:33 pm

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Postby HappyFotographer on Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:07 pm

That leaves smear marks on my monitor :lol: sorry, couldn't resist.... :oops:

atencati wrote:lick links for larger pics.......
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Postby gstark on Mon Jan 10, 2005 1:26 pm

I tried taking my cat to the Post Office but he kept breaking out of the wrapping and they wouldn't accept him for delivery anyway. :(
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Postby skippy on Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:26 am

In-laws pet count? Not quite my pet, but a beautiful dog, if a little disconcerting to look in the eyes. Not a great pic, but a great shot, if that makes sense. The best shot I managed to take of the dog - named Happy, if the file name didn't give it away. Too much energy to be a good subject.

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Postby Neeper on Wed Jan 12, 2005 7:51 pm

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/neeper78/detail?.dir=b428&.dnm=6e14.jpg

This was one of my first ever shots with my D70. That's my cousin with my mini dachshund "Hercules".
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Postby stubbsy on Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:41 pm

My Birman cat Gin Gin (first pic) and my Persian Monty (second pic). Monty has just been shaved for summer so he doesn't quite look like this just now:

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Postby Marvin on Fri Jan 14, 2005 12:01 am

Stubbsy, that top one is a pretty cat! Amazing eyes!
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Postby Greg B on Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:05 am

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Lily checking out the camera.

Some focus and exposure problems - G3 with Wide adaptor - but I like the shot anyway. :)
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Postby BBJ on Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:39 am

Here is a pic i took with my Fuji S7000 and played a bit with Photoshop.
Ruby is 1 of the kittens from my cat Tippy, she is a loverly cat and well i didn't like cats for a long time till i got a mouse in the house and well no more mice around here.
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Postby jonnydee on Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:16 pm

Not my pet - I took this one in Manly last night, very wierd... :lol:

Check out the gallery, I also got a shot of the owner and his other dog:

http://jonnydee.smugmug.com/gallery/356592/1/14170882

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Postby wile_E on Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:24 pm

Love the shot of monty, stubbsy. I can soooo relate (to how monty was feeling at the time)...!!

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Postby dooda on Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:31 pm

Holy smokes flyer, my dog does the exact same poses. He's a Bijon Frises.

Cranks his head to the side when he wakes up and thinks he's going to get pet. When he's hanging out with a bunch of busy people and he doesn't know what to do he plunks his nose down and watches everyone without moving his head.
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