Training my Labrador

[graigdavis]

I'm training my lab puppy to be a waterfowl hunting dog. He was having such a fun time making some retrieves in the corn stubble I thought I would snap a few. Let me know what you think.

 

[Flower Child]

oh wow that 4th one is so good. 2 is good too. cute dog + snow + good location + good comp = a great picture. In the first, the corn stalks to the immediate <--- side of the dog are in focus and the dog is not. good job

 

[graigdavis]

You're right, the dog may be in the very back of the focus range. However with the photo full size on my computer monitor, it looks in focus.

Thanks!

 

[SlimPaul]

#2 is fine, but the rest looks like you were exposing for the foreground instead of the dog.

 

[graigdavis]

I could see that. Its hard photographing a black dog on a cloudy day. You expose for the dog and everything else is white-washed. Ill try to go a couple stops more next time.

 

[uplander]

The last time I posted bird dog pics in this forum I was told "This is not the proper forum and they were moved to the "Just for Fun " forum.

Just saying!!

 

[ATXshots]

These are great...my favorite is #2.

 

[mrodgers]

Amazing what a monitor setup will do too. I first viewed these at work and the dog was just completely black with absolutely no detail. Here at home I can see it is not completely black at all. Still needs a little work on the exposure of the dog, but viewing at home vs. viewing on my crap system at work was a major difference.