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Me 'n My Girl
MaryO


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Challenge: You +1 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: People
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Sep 23, 2011
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Animals, Self Portrait
Date Uploaded: Sep 23, 2011

 One of them, anyway. Sage, who is an almost 3-year old Irish Wolfhound. She was not thrilled to be sitting in front of lights and a camera and my favorite pose ended up with me slightly out of focus, so this is my 2nd favorite ... really much easier to do this with someone else's help! But then it wouldn't be as much of a challenge.

Not the most creative shoot I've ever done ... nothing else has occurred to me, tbough.

PP - flipped upright, cropped, levels, duplicate layer (gaussian blur, lightened, merged in mulitply mode), lightened some facial features, darkened Sage's pupil, fixed a weird light on her eye, whitened my teeth and whites of my eyes, dodged my back arm slightly, touched up a couple of spots, resized, sharpened, blurred background more, added a teeny bit of hair to even out her neck (only an IW person would have noticed the unevenness ... but I am one), added border.

Statistics
Place: 45 out of 96
Avg (all users): 5.6908
Avg (commenters): 7.8889
Avg (participants): 5.7292
Avg (non-participants): 5.6792
Views since voting: 760
Views during voting: 417
Votes: 207
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/11/2011 03:49:53 AM
A solid wallhanger, Mary. Excellent.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 10/05/2011 12:22:13 AM
This one was my top pick in this challenge, Mary. I love the cheerfulness and the touch of glamour.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 10/04/2011 10:15:33 PM
Nice shot and a very happy dog
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Nikon D90
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 10/04/2011 09:57:53 PM
OH I love Irish Wolf Hounds... Nice photo you both look so happy and fun!
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Nikon Z7II
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 10/01/2011 04:58:14 PM
Beautiful classic portrait; beautiful dog and lady. (voted earlier)
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/30/2011 01:39:09 AM
Awwwe, excellent!
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/30/2011 01:35:15 AM
Beautiful double portrait. Lovely in subjects, execution and processing.
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/29/2011 06:40:04 PM
Lovely lighting, and a magnificent Irish Wolfhound. You are nicely offset against the black background. I enjoy seeing such a clear image of you. It's so nice to have a face to go with all the nice messages, and conversation.
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/28/2011 01:30:23 PM
The soft focus is key. nice shot.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 09/28/2011 11:33:51 AM
Well done portrait!
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 09/28/2011 11:21:36 AM
Good for you Mary...your dog is beautiful...(and so are you!!!)
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 09/28/2011 09:50:49 AM
AWWWWWW Lovin' the hair. She looks so happy. I couldn't get mine to pose.
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 09/28/2011 08:40:02 AM
pretty! 10
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Google Pixel 2
 09/28/2011 08:25:31 AM
Irish wolfhound! Love them dogs. When I was 8 I had a paper round where I cycled to my neighbourhood dropping newspapers around the place. Once, an Irish wolfhound got overly excited on seeing me and ran to me and I fell off my bike. He then came over and stared licking my face, but I was terrified he was going to eat me!
They're also pretty dumb, but really friendly. They used be vicious and be much much larger and stronger. Great dogs though!
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