I have been wanting to take a really good portrait of our Shih Tzu for a while now. I know it is not creative but I love how the photo came out. Very seldom do I get her to stay somewhat sitting up long enough to take a photo. She usually will just lie down and go to sleep.
Set up everything in my entrance way so I could take advantage of the ambient light coming through the glass. Used a brown throw as the background.
Shot in raw
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noise ninja
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dodge and burn the bottom part of the throw
cloned out a piece of lint
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Lexie looks regal and beautiful. The pose is classic and shows her curiosity and intelligence. The black background brings out her soft fur and the lighting is natural and soft. A very appealing pet portrait.
Wonderful pose, and nice lighting to get catchlights in her eyes. Either Lexie has extremely soft fur, or some detail was washed out with noise reduction?
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