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Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby karenkwan on Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:27 am

My first topic here :) Figured I may as well join in more!

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I think Flickr sharpened it... more than I would like :(

This is Vicki, my Sheltie-doodle (Shetland Sheepdog x Poodles), she's the most gorgeous thing and is oh-so-obedient.

Taken on the 18/07/08 on a Canon 400d, 50mm f/1.8 lens and post-processed in Adobe Lightroom, I have a very great fondness for post-processing photos =p
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby Dave-D40 on Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:20 am

What a great capture of your buddy, Great work :up:
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby Geoff on Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:13 am

Hi Karen,
What a beautiful shot and processing of your dog! Great work.
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby sirhc55 on Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:42 am

Perfect :up:
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby surenj on Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:11 pm

WOW! Awesome shot. Keep em coming...
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby Alex on Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:04 pm

Excellent dog portrait and a very nice treatment.

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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby blacknstormy on Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:40 pm

Hi Karen - I don't think it is oversharpened .. it is certainly sharp, but that serves to draw your attention even more to those wonderful eyes !!!
Just beautiful !!! - and I for one can't wait to see some more !!
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby biggerry on Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:06 pm

Irrespective of the PP on that picture, I reckon the original must have been special also! The way the dog is looking and the framing just make that picture!

Love the reflection in the eye also, the full size image would show that off excellently. I am not usually a fan of dog pictures - but this one does it for me!
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby Big V on Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:25 pm

Very nice black and white conversion..
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby seeto.centric on Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:03 pm

superb image Karen.. you've managed to easily gather a crowd here x)
keep it up!

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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby PiroStitch on Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:05 am

great work, however is that black patch at the top due to over processing or it just happened as part of the process? It looks like a vignette gone wrong and for me, the line overpowers the top of Vicki's head.
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby karenkwan on Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:13 am

PiroStitch wrote:great work, however is that black patch at the top due to over processing or it just happened as part of the process? It looks like a vignette gone wrong and for me, the line overpowers the top of Vicki's head.


Whoopsie, I initially thought that was my post-processing muck up, and then I checked the original and realised it was my dark brown fence
I didn't even notice it until you pointed it out and now I keep staring at it :?

Thank you for pointing that out PiroStitch! I will definitely try to avoid the fence or dark areas in the background next time I photograph her :)

And thank you every one else for the kind comments!!
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby makario on Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:45 am

nice capture, love the pp treatment
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby Greg B on Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:22 pm

Excellent portrait of Vicki Karen, well done. Looking forward
to seeing more of your work.

(I have a great fondness for PP too!!)
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Re: Vicki, the sheltie-doodle

Postby aim54x on Sun Jul 20, 2008 2:18 pm

Great shot Karen, keep them comin!!
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