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Boomer
Boomer
kleski


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Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax K100D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: My house
Date: Feb 24, 2008
Aperture: f3.5
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/350th sec
Galleries: Portraiture, DPChallenge GTGs
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2008

 This was a challenge. First the dog didn't want to pose then I had to learn how to use PSP. Adjusted levels, resize, crop, contrast, brightness, selective dodge, burn, and smudge(eyes had some nasty glare from a window). Anyway, hope this does better than most of my others.

Statistics
Place: 250 out of 261
Avg (all users): 4.4760
Avg (commenters): 4.2000
Avg (participants): 4.0619
Avg (non-participants): 4.9684
Views since voting: 901
Views during voting: 329
Votes: 208
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0

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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 02/29/2008 11:26:41 PM
Looks like a pensive fellow. A couple of suggestions: clean the dog's eyes before taking the picture or clone out the goobers in post-processing, and maybe don't push the contrast so far (don't know if that was in the exposure or processing), and make sure the eyes are in sharp focus for a portrait (most viewers will expect that). Not a big fan of the noise; it just doesn't appeal to me.
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Canon PowerShot A530
 02/28/2008 08:30:52 PM
Nice crop, very beautifully colored dog.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/27/2008 05:31:49 PM
I little too grainy for my tastes. Were you going for a matte finish? The coloring is nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/27/2008 03:31:04 PM
Boomer definitely has a presence!! I like the pose you chose - shows off his stoic nature very well. The shot does have a lot of grain to it which may be hurting your score.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM
 02/26/2008 11:19:31 AM
The pose and capture is really great. Boomer is a handsome dog!
Unfortunately, the noise/poor quality hurts the score.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 02/25/2008 09:39:04 AM
too much noise...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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