I just received my new lens in the mail yesterday (85mm f1.8), and took some test shots. Meet Phil, one of my beagles. I love this little face -- trusting and vulnurable.
It seems that every time I try to shoot something specifically for a challenge, I'm not happy with the results. When I just shoot for fun, I have much better results. I snapped this photo along with some others, not even thinking about the challence, and only realised this morning that I liked this one for this challenge.
The only processing done to the image was to level, desaturate (to create the black and white) and crop.
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This is my second challenge and I really didn't think this photo would do so well. I lurk quite alot on the forums and read the comments on challenge photos to learn more about composition, techniques, and such. Most folks are tired of seeing pet pics, so I appreciate everyone's tollerance of the photo subject!
Excellent subject for a soft focus image! Well composed and framed. Technical execution flawless. Just soft enough without disolving into blur! Among my top picks.
what a beautiful little dog, I am not sure if this is the use of DOF or soft focus but I am going to go with the latter is this is overall a nice image :o)
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