Dog Park..

[TamiAz]

I took my dogs to the dog park and there was a beautiful Afghan there..Here are some of my favorites. I took the owner's email address to send some of the pictures.

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2) This dog could run amazingly fast!!

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[TamiAz]

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? :greenpbl:

 

[ConradM]

Wow, amazing dog and pics. :thumbup: What lens, settings? Specifically for the running shot?

 

[TamiAz]

Wow, amazing dog and pics. :thumbup: What lens, settings? Specifically for the running shot?

Isn't he a cool dog!! I used my 55-300mm kit lens...Shutter priority, F5.6, ISO200, 1/1000s.

 

[Infinite_Day]

Good captures of a beautiful dog! I have a retired racing Greyhound - they're both sight hounds - and knowing how fast he is I'd say that the running shot is a pretty good job. Afghans are slightly slower than Greyhounds but are built almost the same and are both stupid fast. My dog can clear the length of my back yard in about three strides!

 

[fjrabon]

your kit lens is a 55-300?

 

[TamiAz]

Good captures of a beautiful dog! I have a retired racing Greyhound - they're both sight hounds - and knowing how fast he is I'd say that the running shot is a pretty good job. Afghans are slightly slower than Greyhounds but are built almost the same and are both stupid fast. My dog can clear the length of my back yard in about three strides!

I didn't know that dogs hunted by sight until I talked to the owner..I assumed all dogs used their noses. This dog was super tall and he only weighed 60lbs. With all that hair you would never know that. I loved watching him trot and run..He was so graceful.

your kit lens is a 55-300?

It was the lens that came with my Nikon, so wouldn't it be considered a kit lens? My camera also came with an 18-55mm lens.

 

[fjrabon]

your kit lens is a 55-300?

It was the lens that came with my Nikon, so wouldn't it be considered a kit lens? My camera also came with an 18-55mm lens.

It was probably an add on, I'd guess. THough maybe Nikon also sells the 55-300mm as part of a kit. I think most people are referring to the 18-55mm when they refer to the Nikon kit lens (for the cameras it comes with). Sometimes resellers just add on additional lenses, that aren't really part of the 'kit'.

 

[bazooka]

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? :greenpbl:

Are you wanting comments or ? Nothing was requested in the OP.

 

[TamiAz]

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? :greenpbl:

Are you wanting comments or ? Nothing was requested in the OP.

Yes, but it would help if I actually put that in my original post...Sorry!! Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!!

 

[TamiAz]

I sent copies of the pictures to the owner today and she was thrilled!!

 

[Overread19 7]

Honestly the only thing that really comes to mind as a detracting feature is the fence (which based on the limits of the location and situation is understandable).

Otherwise solid exposures - you've got details on the darks whilst not blowing the whites and the lighting is overall soft and has a hint of a soft sunlight to it in the first two.
You've clipped a few whites on the muzzle in the last shot, you might be able to recover if you shot in RAW and double process the shot (that is process it twice, once normally and second time keeping all the same but lowering the exposure slider to pull the blown areas a bit more into normal exposure - if you've just clipped in RAW you can often restore the missing detail this way -- you then just have to merge the two resulting products into a final composite shot).


Otherwise great action shot caught at just the right moment (barring the fence ) and a lovelly dog

 

[TamiAz]

Honestly the only thing that really comes to mind as a detracting feature is the fence (which based on the limits of the location and situation is understandable). Otherwise solid exposures - you've got details on the darks whilst not blowing the whites and the lighting is overall soft and has a hint of a soft sunlight to it in the first two.You've clipped a few whites on the muzzle in the last shot, you might be able to recover if you shot in RAW and double process the shot (that is process it twice, once normally and second time keeping all the same but lowering the exposure slider to pull the blown areas a bit more into normal exposure - if you've just clipped in RAW you can often restore the missing detail this way -- you then just have to merge the two resulting products into a final composite shot). Otherwise great action shot caught at just the right moment (barring the fence ) and a lovelly dog

Thank you... I'm slowly getting the hang of this. When you say "clipped", does that mean the loss of detail?

 

[Overread19 7]

Yes, if you look at the whites on the nose they are very bright and appear to have no details; clipping the whites or the blacks on digital means that you've gone to the point where the camera is only recording white or black - no specific details. For the whites learn to view the histogram on your camera LCD, its a very simple and yet powerful tool and most will have "blinkies" (areas that blink on an off) when you review with the histogram enabled to show where you've overexposed in the shot (letting you know if you've overexposed somewhere critical or not).

The histogram itself is a simple chart showing exposure over the shot, the far left side being full underexposure and the far right being overexposure. If you hit the line at either end you either record pure black or white in those areas. In general you want to ensure you get as much of the bulk of the chart on the near right side (called exposing to the right) without the lines hitting the farthest left side (ie overexposing). Although its important to realise that lighting and required creative settings will limit the real world times when you can easily expose to the right.
Otherwise its important to remember that the histogram has no "shape" that you're aiming to get and that many times it might have very strange shapes - its only the farthest end points and the main exposure bulk that you want to keep an eye on.