Meet Enzo C&C please!

[Sammie_Lou]

I got my 55-200mm lens today and I'm in love. I only had about 20 minutes to mess with it so I just stuck my dog out in the backyard and used him as my subject. I know some of them probably look overexposed (#4). It was just REALLY sunny out there. The technical stuff is still very new to me, since I've only had my DSLR since Saturday. These were shot on full manual. Also, I know that his lead is distracting in #3 and #5, but he HAS to be on it...he's not so great at staying by me and the yard isn't fenced. I'm going to clone that out once I get PS put back on my computer. At least the grass looks nice and green from all of the rain that we've had.

#1

DSC_0527 by SHerren88, on Flickr

#2

DSC_0523 by SHerren88, on Flickr

#3

DSC_0502 by SHerren88, on Flickr

#4

DSC_0473 by SHerren88, on Flickr

#5

DSC_0467 by SHerren88, on Flickr

 

[Netskimmer]

Welcome!

Cute pup, I like 1 and 4.
2,3 & 5 are cropped too tight, you cut off the top of his head and his tongue. The grass on his tongue in 2 & 5 are a bit distracting.

He looks very photogenic. #1 is definitely my favorite.

 

[Sammie_Lou]

Thanks for the critiques! The grass on his tongue is actually my favorite part. lol The shot was totally accidental (hence the cropped off head/tongue). I just really liked the grass on his tongue. =)

 

[Robin Usagani]

I assume you cranked up the saturation slider. You need to seperate the channels and only saturate certain color. for example on this I would have increased the green quite a bit, orange and yellow only tiny bit.

 

[Sammie_Lou]

It's actually only +1 to the right of center. My dog is an orangey-reddish color already.

 

[Robin Usagani]

+1 to the right doesnt mean anything to me if I dont know the scale. All im saying is your photo is oversaturated.

 

[Sammie_Lou]

Question, though...should I have turned down the saturation so that the picture didn't look true to what I was seeing outside? It was extremely sunny...my dog is already orange-y...and the grass is super green because of all of the rain that we've had, so it really was that bright outside.

 

[Sammie_Lou]

Also, how do I go about separating channels and only increasing saturation on certain colors?? I have a Nikon D3000.

 

[Robin Usagani]

You have to use a software to do that like photoshop or lightroom. The software that came with your camera might be able to do that. If the grass is already THAT green and your dog is already THAT orange, then you shouldnt mess with the saturation then.

 

[Sammie_Lou]

For comparison, here are a couple that I took without turning the saturation up at all.

#6

DSC_0481 by SHerren88, on Flickr

#7 (the sun was behind clouds for this one...just wanted to show you the orange-y color of my dog)

DSC_0551 by SHerren88, on Flickr

 

[Robin Usagani]

did you shoot it with JPEG?

 

[Sammie_Lou]

Yes...should I be shooting in RAW even if I don't have any PP software on my computer right now??

 

[thebutler4]

Beautiful Golden!!! Makes me miss mine so much .. (had to put him down 2 years ago do to cancer) ..

#1 is just awesome .. LOVE IT!

 

[Sammie_Lou]

Beautiful Golden!!! Makes me miss mine so much .. (had to put him down 2 years ago do to cancer) ..

#1 is just awesome .. LOVE IT!

Thanks =) I'm actually also part of a Golden Retriever forum, if you're interested. Golden Retrievers : Golden Retriever Dog Forums
Someone there actually showed me this forum. =)

 

[thebutler4]

I don't think I could handle it .. I still miss him so much .. lol .. Butler was the best dog anyone could ask for ..

I have really thought hard about getting another Golden though .. if I do I will for sure jump over there