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Gladys
Gladys
choltmeier


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Challenge: Pet Portrait IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Canon
Location: My Living Room, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Date: Feb 7, 2009
Aperture: f/9.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2009

 This is Gladys. She's a wonderful, kind and sweet 8 pound Yorkie. She's 13 years old and is starting to show her age. She lost her hearing about 6 months ago so isn't the same spunky girl she used to be. Her sight isn't so hot any more either. She had a bath for the shoot but I guess her stylist was out sick.

This was shot on a small end table to keep her in one place. It's in a corner to keep the background simple with the superwide lens. There are two speedlights through shoot-through umbrellas at 45 degrees on both sides.

Post Processing
Camera Raw: exposure, sharpen, colors-hue-saturation-luminance, clarity, curves

CS4: sharpen, curves, selective color to neutralize greenish walls and get separation between pup and background, contrast, selective desaturation, border, save for web

Statistics
Place: 48 out of 278
Avg (all users): 6.1192
Avg (commenters): 6.1000
Avg (participants): 5.8247
Avg (non-participants): 6.2945
Views since voting: 1182
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 260
Comments: 10
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 02/17/2009 01:37:35 AM
Hmmm, it is a portrait, and the lighting doesn't look to bad, howwever the closeup wideangle nature of the photo is not exactly creating an attractive photo of your loved one.
A little more attention to the background and cropping would have helped your score too.
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Nikon Z9
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
 02/15/2009 10:12:16 PM
Nice fillling of the frame
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 02/15/2009 06:54:19 PM
cropped-out ears, distortion of scale and too-tight crop overall.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 02/15/2009 05:59:31 PM
Sorry the ears are out of shot other than that, great shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D70
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
 02/14/2009 05:34:25 PM
nice shot love the DOF
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6G
 02/14/2009 03:31:32 PM
Great wide angle shot. Love the dog's expression. Wish the tops of his ears were in the frame.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM
 02/13/2009 09:14:42 AM
i like the wide angle - makes gladys look a bit like a rat dog :D -- one of my ribbon picks
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7100
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
 02/13/2009 08:44:46 AM
Funny shot - gotta love it!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K-S2
Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG APO IF for Pentax
 02/11/2009 08:06:17 PM
I like the perspective. You can almost feel the nose.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D50
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 02/11/2009 08:55:14 AM
to much light. Seems washed out.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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