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Puppy

Postby Kris on Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:03 pm

Shot over the christmas break, kit lens.

Sharpest image I've taken.. no idea how I managed to do this..

What do you think?


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Postby lukeo on Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:07 pm

Link didn't work for me until I renamed the link

http://kris.dingo.net.au/Test/puppy.JPG

http://kris.dingo.net.au/Test/puppy.jpg

With the kit lens that is exceptionaly sharp, the lighting is good, it is so sharp becuase of the shallow depth of field, nice work. Not sure if the crop should have been closer or not, it seems to work well however with the frame ending at the chest with the rest of the dog (big puppy) fading out in the back 2/3 of the photo. I like it.
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Postby Kris on Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:53 pm

I'd love to be able to repeat those kind of shots :D it was a fluke
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Postby Nnnnsic on Thu Feb 10, 2005 3:03 pm

Dude, you've so gotta resize to 800 pixels or under width when posting on this board... just a friendly reminder! :)

Otherwise, nice picture and cute dog!
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Postby mudder on Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:39 pm

G'day,
Really sharp, wonder whether it might be worth cropping to make it a portrait aspect to lose the blurry (happy) tail and isolate the happy face? I tried it on a jpeg I saved on the PC and it seems to really isolate that happy expression...

Burnese Mountain dog? Absolutely gorgeous... I love big cuddly dogs... And he looks so happy :-) Makes me miss my old fella...

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Postby PlatinumWeaver on Thu Feb 10, 2005 6:44 pm

Hey there,

I like the shot, I like the framing with the wagging tail, I think it adds a sense of playfullness to the shot.

The one thing I'd focus on improving here is the blown out highlights along the nose between the eyes. You lose a lot of details there... that's all I've got.. :)
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