The Losing Kind
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The old dog is nice. I like the lighting on the revised version, his personality comes through better.
But I understand the post about telling us what you were going for. C+C is meaningless with out context. Isd this your retriever, or are you taking animal pictures professionally? Was the chipmonk a picture of oppertunity, or did you wait all day for him to come out so you could underexpose the shot? Or did a cloud cover the sum all of a sudden. It is one thing to sit in a blind all day waiting for an animal to walk by, having figured out your exposure and framing in advance, and quite another to throw the camera up and shoot in a split second for the shot of a lifetime.
That what I want to know before I can tell you what I think will improve your pictures.
Judge Sharpe
I apologize, but it honestly seemed like every other time I wrote an explanation along with my pictures, I didn't get much feedback for whatever reason. I had some explanation up when I first posted this, I believe, but I will certainly keep this in mind for the next time I post. For now..
The golden is my dog (she's a girl ), but what I was really trying to do was get a nice portrait (somewhat professional looking, I suppose) with good bokeh in the background that showed one of her "signature" faces. The chipmunk was sitting on my stoop at dusk, and was a shot of opportunity (through a window), though I did take a few seconds to frame it the way I wanted. Like I've said in this post already, I tend to like darker images, so the underexposure doesn't bother me as much as other people I suppose. And the leaves are a colour thing for me, more than a good photograph, because I know those kinds of shots are a dime a dozen. I just love how green looks juxtaposed against blue. Hope that helps?