My dog - first set - C&C appreciated!

[vtf]

Reminds me of this old man...Max I took it 2 years ago with my first dSLR.

A slightly different angle yielded better results.

Is that an old timer doxie I see?

Yes!

Vivalawhatever...I posted these to show you that my first pictures sucked too, and in nearly exactly the same way. The second image shows what moving just a bit can do for an image. It's still not great, but it's better than the first link. Take heart, you can only get better!

I agree. In addition this is a very special dog at 11 years old. Any photos you take you will cherish in the future. I agree with the above comments in general about the green tint and blown out sky. Alot can be accomplished with a P&S. I also agree that the eyes are very important but the angle would not be bad if she had been looking back at you.
Keep at it and posting. Good Luck. :thumbup:

 

[vivalavieboheme]

Here is an edited version, not 100% better, but an improvement, I think.

 

[JenKat]

Reminds me of this old man...Max I took it 2 years ago with my first dSLR.

A slightly different angle yielded better results.

Is that an old timer doxie I see?

Yes!!

I thought so... And man did you have to get down low to get that angle... Lol.

Sadly, I recognize dog and dog species before I do people. ("Oh! You're Toby's owner!") Must be the years as a vet tech and being trained to pay more attention to the dog than the owner.

 

[SNBniko]

Not a very flattering angle, i want to see it's eyes
It's all in the eyes

Yep.

One of my Vizsula, Tyson





p!nK

Hey, is there a reason you spell it 'Vizsula' instead of 'Vizsla'? I've never seen it spelled like that before, just wondering if there's more behind it. I've seen you do it a couple times. =)

 

[jake337]

The picture may not work well on it's own. Within a set it could work though. Try over and over again slightly changing the angle. How far were you zoomed in? Maybe on its widest setting(zoomed out all the way) you woul have gotten a bit more sky. Can you afford a reflector? I'm sure there is some kind of "manual setting" on that P&S. If not try using a reflector to fill in the pups face or use the cameras flash(if it will let you in the daylight) and shoot again.

 

[vivalavieboheme]

The picture may not work well on it's own. Within a set it could work though. Try over and over again slightly changing the angle. How far were you zoomed in? Maybe on its widest setting(zoomed out all the way) you woul have gotten a bit more sky. Can you afford a reflector? I'm sure there is some kind of "manual setting" on that P&S. If not try using a reflector to fill in the pups face or use the cameras flash(if it will let you in the daylight) and shoot again.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try some different angles. And it was zoomed out all the way. There is a manual mode, but I don't get a lot of freedom with it. Will experiment some more.

 

[gsgary]

Not a very flattering angle, i want to see it's eyes
It's all in the eyes

Yep.

One of my Vizsula, Tyson






p!nK

Thats a nice dog :thumbup:

 

[jake337]

The picture may not work well on it's own. Within a set it could work though. Try over and over again slightly changing the angle. How far were you zoomed in? Maybe on its widest setting(zoomed out all the way) you woul have gotten a bit more sky. Can you afford a reflector? I'm sure there is some kind of "manual setting" on that P&S. If not try using a reflector to fill in the pups face or use the cameras flash(if it will let you in the daylight) and shoot again.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try some different angles. And it was zoomed out all the way. There is a manual mode, but I don't get a lot of freedom with it. Will experiment some more.

You should have more freedom in manual. The freedom to decide the settings you want, not what the camera tells you is right. Try putting it in manual. setting the highest shutterspeed possible(and possible smallest Fstop) so your background is underexposed a bit. When you have the background you want add your pup in the frame, then use something to reflect more light onto your dogs face. Adjust untill dogs face is expsed properly and background is a stop underexposed. Just might work and your in control, not the camera!