Our dog Caly. She loves to play in the snow outside and always ends up with a nose full of snow. I have always wanted to do a close up shot of her face with my Tokina 12-24mm to get that exaggerated look, and this is the product of one such attempt.
I went with a high key approach (shot in the sun with a fill flash) to blow out the snow that had been trampled a bit. I will probably get dinged a bit for it, but I like it. Projected score (5.5, but if people find it funny, it may see 6...)
Processing of RAW image prior to JPEG conversion in CS4: Exposure adjustment, clarity, color selections (lighten blues), curves adjustment. As JPEG, adjusted exposure, Selective color (brighten whites and greys, darken reds and blacks), Curves, hue/saturation, and levels adjustement layers, smart sharpen, save for web. Adjusted selective colors post resize, USM for sharpening
Post Challenge: I was very surprised at the positive response to this one. I was sitting at 7.75 after 25 votes (ridiculous!), and sat right at 7 for the rest of the week. I am glad for all the great comments, telling me that the shot delivered exactly what I wanted to deliver. Overall, extremely happy with the finish and thrilled to get another new image for my 'top row'.
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Place: 5 out of 278 Avg (all users): 6.9519 Avg (commenters): 8.3913 Avg (participants): 6.9901 Avg (non-participants): 6.9290 Views since voting: 4705 Views during voting: 483 Votes: 270 Comments: 52 Favorites: 12 (view)
was going to pick your airdale in the action shot for pik your fav pic but as i was leaving your portfolio i noticed this hilarous photograph .. how brilliant this is .. :)
Awwww Peter! Caly is aDORABLE! These pet challenges are HARD. So many phenomenal photos. Winning an honorable mention in a pet challenge is like winning one in a Free Study. CONGRATULATIONS!
This is soooo cute! It's great that you can't see Caly's eyes, and the snow on her face is pretty. Kind of makes me feel a bit sorry for her, if it weren't for the fact you say she likes the snow so much.
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