Puppy Portraiture

EBphotography · May 28, 2007

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Thanks for looking.

cherrymoose · May 28, 2007

#1: Absolutely adorable, perfect capture.

#2: My least favorite, but I like the immediate focus on the feet.
#3: Aww, great expression. Hope you payed her(?) extra for that.

I like the bokeh!
#4: She looks like she's crying.

Wonderful capture, I really love the colors.

Antarctican · May 28, 2007

#3 is my fave - great pov ... I would gladly hand over my steak dinner with a face like that looking up at me!

rangefinder · May 28, 2007

Love 1 and 3. #3 is probably devastating at meal time.

PhilosophyAskew · May 28, 2007

I'd love to know how you were able to capture such wonderful color, especially the grass. I have three dogs and I always take photos of them in my nice green yard, but the grass never comes out looking this green and natural. Even shooting RAW I can't seem to pull out that nice lush green color. Would you please be so kind as to share some insight? Are you using a custom white balance or something?

EBphotography · May 28, 2007

Well, I really don't have a secret. The key to that nice color is in the lighting! It was a very nice day today, so I brought her outside and under a tree in the shade, so I still had the bright daylight but not the harsh lighting that washes out color. I also did a slight contrast boost for some of these in PS, but not much.

JimmyJaceyMom · May 28, 2007

I love these!!!!

NJMAN · May 28, 2007

#3 wins the prize! Great expression you captured there. I like all of them, but #3 is really good. I am kind of biased though because I love boxers, always wanted one.

Nice job!

NJ

bytch_mynickname · May 28, 2007

Love them all. Everytime I see a post on here regarding dogs or puppies, I always think to myself, "hope it is a boxer." Imagine my surprise when I opened the thread and I saw the fawn wrinkles on the top of her head, and thought it has to be a boxer, when the rest of the photo loaded I was so excited!

Anyhow, in the future, wipe her eye boogies and nose snots away, my eye is drawn to them. Is she yours? She is so sweet...
(btw, I am biased too as I have a boxer and a boxer mix

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EJBPhoto · May 28, 2007

Very nice!

Just careful with your composition- watch the toes- dont cut them out!

mysteryscribe · May 28, 2007

The puppy is a ham

mec621 · May 28, 2007

so cute! 1 &3 are my favorites

Alison · May 29, 2007

What a fantastic series. #3 just melts my heart.

EBphotography · May 29, 2007

Thank you so much everyone! I'm really glad you like them.

It's actually my aunt's dog, her name is Ilsa Mae. We spent the whole day running around the yard with her.

We will definitely have to wipe away her tears next time! It was very warm and we had her all jazzed up. :greenpbl:

Thanks again for the comments! I'll conclude by sharing with you a not so happy cat.

Mole · May 30, 2007

What lens did you use on #3? About how far away were you? Did you make some sort of noise or something to get the dog to look at you? This is a very nice series.