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Challenge: Pet Portrait IV (Basic Editing)
Collection: Irish Wolfhounds
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Feb 7, 2009
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 320
Shutter: 1/100
Galleries: Animals, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Feb 7, 2009

 A little hard to read but that's what her toy says. Getting a non-motion shot of a pup is hard! Especially when I can only use Basic editing. This definitely captures her personality at this age. She is perpetually getting into things and then looking at me with those big, brown eyes saying, "What'd I do?"

For the record, this is Sage at a few days shy of 12 weeks old. She is an Irish Wolfhound.

Used B&W because her toy is bright red which I found a little overwhelming with her more subtle coloring. Yes, I know I blew out the highlights on the rope part of the toy and I could have used a fill light on the shadowed side of her face, and I will be very surprised if no one mentions at least one of those flaws. And B&W doesn't quite say "wow" to most people. But I like this!

PP - converted from RAW, rotated slightly, cropped, levels, increased contrast, duotone, added border, resized, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 90 out of 278
Avg (all users): 5.6667
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.5446
Avg (non-participants): 5.7500
Views since voting: 952
Views during voting: 349
Votes: 249
Comments: 8
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Nikon D7000
Nikon MF Zoom-Nikkor 35-105mm f/3.5-4.5 AIS
 02/18/2009 01:45:34 PM
I would have placed this in the top five of the entire competition.

Beautifully classic in it's simplicity.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/18/2009 02:45:38 AM
She's adorable!!!!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 02/14/2009 05:26:15 PM
nice shot, like the B/W
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Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 02/12/2009 09:27:00 AM
I've seen that look before! Can't resist it!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
 02/11/2009 11:29:03 PM
Nice emotions here, and good technical shot and compostion.
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Pentax K-S2
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Pentax
 02/11/2009 12:56:07 PM
Nice soft photo. SOft, but didn't lose the details.
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Nikon D3
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 02/11/2009 10:30:14 AM
Great eye!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS II USM Lens
 02/11/2009 10:08:43 AM
Good gray scale image. Works very well to throw attention to the great dog face. Wonderful composition and good detail in the shadows.
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