My dog, Caesar

[thereyougo!]

At the back of our house is a small forest, and some of the trees have lots of squirrels in who seem to enjoy teasing our dog, Caesar (a white German shepherd). He's a nosey dog at the best of times but does enjoy watching the squirrels.


Pentax 645D FA 120 f/6.7 1/20



caesar4 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


pentax 645D FA 75 f/8 1/100 With Pentax AF 540FGZ



caesar3 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


Pentax 645D FA 75 f/8 1/100 with flash



caesar2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


same settings:



caesar1 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[j_mejia17]

Beautiful dog! I have a friend who has the same dog as you. His name is Casper

 

[thereyougo!]

Caesar rarely does as he is told and wouldn't sit still in a studio. He's incorrigible. You have to catch him while he is distracted like here:


Pentax 645D FA 45 - 85 at 85mm and f/4.5 1/30 ISO 500



Regal-caesar by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[thereyougo!]

Decided to try and get on to Caesar's level. Lying on the floor is to Caesar an invitation either to play or a facial bath. He has been known to lick the front element of the lens. On this occasion I waited for him to get used to me lying on the floor before taking the shots.


The other day he did a reasonable impression of a lion. This time he is doing an impression of a sphinx:


Pentax 645D FA 45 - 85 at f/5.6 and 75mm, ISO 800 1/60



Caesar-the-sphinx by singingsnapper, on Flickr


He looks incredibly sad, but that's because concrete is being laid on our patio and we don't want him running in it so he wasn't allowed to run around in the garden.


Both shots:


Pentax 645D FA 45 - 85 at 70mm and f/5.6 ISO 640 1/50



Caesar-wishing-he-was-outside by singingsnapper, on Flickr



poor-poor-caesar-why-do-you-look-so-sad- by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[Frequency]

His face looks like that of Richie...even though their breeds are different

All the best to Caesar

 

[thereyougo!]

One thing that Caesar likes more than running around in the garden is cheese. My father in law and I will sometimes enjoy some good cheese with a drop of carefully decanted port. Caesar loves cheese so much that he will sit and drool and plead until he gets some. Here I think he thinks he is Oliver asking for more!


Canon 5D mkIII EF 24 - 70L @ f/4 and 42mm 1/13 ISO 800



Please-sir-can-I-have-some-more- by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[thereyougo!]

Caesar has his favourite spot by the kitchen island and how he finds the footrest of the kitchen stools comfortable, I'll never know!


Canon 5D mkIII 24 - 70 at f/5.6 and 57mm ISO 800 1/25



How-can-you-be-comfortable-leaning-against-that,-Caesar- by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[ramblingman]

Beautiful dog you have there!!

 

[thereyougo!]

Thank you!
Spent some time in the garden with Caesar in the sun this afternoon. We have a steep hill in our back garden so it didn't take long for him to take a break from his running around. I used spot metering, even so they were slightly underexposed so add a little more exposure and adjusted contrast and saturation in CS5


canon 5D mk III 70 - 200 IS f/2.8 at 200mm and f/5.6 1/125 ISO 200


1.

Caesar-ub-a-typical-GSD-pose by singingsnapper, on Flickr


2. Same camera and lens f/5.6 1/400 ISO 200



Caesar-relaxes-in-the-shade by singingsnapper, on Flickr


3. f/5.6 1/250 ISO 200



Caesar-relaxing-in-the-shade by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[thereyougo!]

On second looking the above are a little over exposed as I added a little too much fill in post. Have reprocessed:


1.
Typical-GSD-pose-its-reprocessed by singingsnapper, on Flickr


2.
Caesar-relaxes-in-the-back-garden by singingsnapper, on Flickr


3.
Caesar-relaxes-in-the-garden by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[thereyougo!]

Caesar is a very expressive dog, especially when he really wants to run around in the garden when he isn't allowed:


Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L @ 68mm and f/5.6 1/40 ISO 1000



poor-caesar by singingsnapper, on Flickr


Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70L @ f/5 and 42mm 1/20 ISO 800



caesar!! by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[Frequency]

Do you have a squirrel + Caesar image?

 

[thereyougo!]

Caesar is so used to me grabbing my camera when I take him up to the steep garden at the back of our house, that I can't pick up my camera without him thinking it's time to have a run about! A few from the last few days.


Caesar does his best to look cute at all times and still does the puppy twist of the head: (all taken with EF 24 - 70L)


1. Canon 5D mk III EF 24 - 70 L f/9 and 24mm 1/320 ISO 500



Caesar-being-cute by singingsnapper, on Flickr


2. Same camera and lens f/8 45mm 1/80 ISO 400



Caesar-enjoying-time-in-the-garden by singingsnapper, on Flickr


3. f/9 24mm 1/160 ISO 500



Caesar-and-his-stick by singingsnapper, on Flickr


4. Caesar looking very happy with himself. Same settings as above



Happy-Caesar by singingsnapper, on Flickr


5. My biggest disappointment from yesterday - caught the shot, missed focus as I had on one shot mode rather than servo. Pity
f/6.3 at 70mm 1/640 ISO 1600



Here-comes-Caesar! by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[thereyougo!]

Up in the garden with Caesar on a sunny day. His light colour makes him quite difficult to expose and he doesn't stay still long enough to bracket!


All with Pentax 645D and FA 400 f/5.6


Pentax 645D FA 400 f/5.6 at f/8 1/640 ISO 320



Caesar by singingsnapper, on Flickr


f/8 1/500 ISO 400



Caesar1 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


f/9.5 1/400 ISO 400



Caesar2 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


f/5.6 1/1000 ISO 400



Caesar3 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


f/8 1/320 ISO 320



Caesar4 by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[thereyougo!]

Some more, this time with the Canon 5D mk III and 70 - 200 f/2.8 I L


f/8 and 90mm 1/320 ISO 100



Caesar5 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


f/8 and 70mm 1/400 ISO 100



Caesar6 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


f/6.3 and 70mm 1/500 ISO 100



Caesar7 by singingsnapper, on Flickr


f/6.3 and 70mm 1/500 ISO 100



Caesar8 by singingsnapper, on Flickr