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Dangerfield
Dangerfield
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Challenge: Pet Portrait III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 EX DG for Nikon
Location: Mullica Hill, NJ
Date: Feb 24, 2008
Aperture: f/ 13
ISO: 160
Shutter: 1/200 sec.
Galleries: Portraiture, Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 24, 2008

 The saga of my brother and his pets. At one time he had quite a menagerie: 6 dogs (Big Dogs!) 2 cats, 2 parrots and rabbits....he was getting to be like Noah a bit. Well we figured he was compensating for not being allowed dogs as pets when we were growing up. He eventually got over the compensation issue as now down to 2 Dalmatians, Dangerfield and his older buddy Clouseau. Dange, or Fieldy or whatever he is being called at the momennt is, as my brother says, a cow. He picked up both the Dals today and Clouseau is much lighter. Poor Clouseau is suffering from congential heart failure and is pretty emaciated. The boys are 14 and 15 years old which I understand pretty good for large dogs.

I called my brother on Tuesday and made arrangements to go there place in Jersey. Even if I did not want to shoot the boys for this challenge, I'd go there just to see the Kitchen again! They had an addition put on the house and the kitchen is straight out of a design magazine. A flaw or too but they are more functional than visual. Jealousy abounds!

I chose to shoot the guys on the front porch in the afternoon sun. There were some shadows from the trees...they have 3.5 acres and A LOT of trees...but what are you going to do. Having shot my voice teacher's pet Bichon Havanese or Thursday, I found the the images, though very passing, were not quite as sharp as I wanted. I took the tripod but forgot the remote....which was not a bad thing as the shutter speeds were pretty good on these so the remote may not have been necessary. I would have felt more comfortable with it but what are you going to do.

Thanks again to Bev for driving me over to Jersey and back! THANKS, BEV!

Post: Adjustments in Camera Raw in PSElements 6.0. Spot edit some distractions in the background, many of which were latter cropped. Cropped several times and ending with this. Some lens distortion correction to staighten the background. Did some dodge, burn and sponge tool (saturate) and the eyes. Cloned a few excess catch lights in the eyes. Shapened. Closed in PSElements and opened in PSPX2. Clarify. Closed in PSPX2 and reopened in PSElements 6.0. Resize and Sharpen....ooops also did a layer adjustment for levels.

I should have picked one with out the shadow under his chin but....it was still the best of the images I processed. Don't hate it too much....but I suspect I'll hear about it. Oh well!

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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM II
 03/02/2008 10:14:29 PM
wow that dog looks like it has human eyes
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Canon PowerShot A530
 03/01/2008 10:38:58 PM
Nice texture and detail in the fur, Dalmatians are such cool looking dogs.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/01/2008 04:06:23 PM
Great expression. not too sure of the choice of backdrop
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
 02/29/2008 11:26:21 PM
Dangerfield is a handsome fellow.. BG enhances.. Very sharp image.. well done..
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/27/2008 05:26:46 PM
Nice job capturing the menacing look. I certainly don't want to mess with his territory.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D5000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/27/2008 11:34:11 AM
Excellent.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/26/2008 04:42:02 PM
Very cute pup ... what a look. I like the processing, even though it seems a bit strong, I think it works well.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/26/2008 03:45:24 PM
i like this 9
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS
 02/26/2008 09:01:55 AM
That's one poor dalmatian and i can tell by his looks. Must lose at least 25 lbs. good processing, maybe a tad oversharpened
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 02/26/2008 08:13:26 AM
Awesome processing....faving it for at least that. What makes it not a 10 for me is that stupid corner of the window. Other than that.....PERFECT!!! I hope to see processing steps as this technique is something I really want to learn. 9
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Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 02/25/2008 03:36:23 PM
I love Dalmatans; I owned one. this one needs some diet-days, I think :-). Nice shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 02/25/2008 02:49:24 PM
is he a pitbull dalmation mix? very cute, with a little attitiude! ;)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR
 02/25/2008 01:36:03 PM
Distracting green window frame
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/25/2008 12:43:14 PM
Hah- what have we here a Dal/Lab ??? Very nice portrait- expression is priceless !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/25/2008 10:21:16 AM
Gorgeous. Great colors and you can't beat the expression. Good luck.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 02/25/2008 08:35:08 AM
What a joy to behold. This is wonderful.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 02/25/2008 06:30:52 AM
7 - Ha, what a character. Nice 'submissive style' capture. Like the window element, and what appears to be selective desat. Wonder about without the window pane, but.. 'another' image.
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