Model: the very talented and lovely Veronica Alicino (she of the glorious gams) and her very recent rescue, Louie. I had the honor of being the first "stranger" Louie has met since being adopted last week.
This is also the first shoot where I was seriously concerned that I would NOT get my shot. Louie - probably abused or neglected in his former home - would come nowhere near me, and fled from any room I was in. I was beginning to despair of getting him in any shot at ALL until Veronica casually mentioned that oddly, he was calmer on the leash. She brought it out, put it on, and Louie quietly padded onto the set. I took about 10 shots and knew I had it.
convert from raw
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clone out leash, some shadows, tiny piece of stocking
CEP tonal contrast
CEP glamor glow
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Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow!!!! This has been the best month EVER!!! I seriously didn't think the score would land the image on the podium, but here it is!! This is the second time I'm on the front page twice, in one month - a true Christmas miracle :-) Thank you all for such great comments, and your generous votes.
@ Katie - This is NOT the same gal as the cat image.
@ briantammy, this is a two light setup, with a strobe camera left at 90 degrees to the wall (lighting the wall and dog), and one strobe to camera right at a slight angle (lighting legs and dog.
Oh, and thank you all who pointed out the typo in my original title :-)
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Place: 2 out of 65 Avg (all users): 6.8750 Avg (commenters): 7.6471 Avg (participants): 6.7805 Avg (non-participants): 6.9195 Views since voting: 7041 Views during voting: 370 Votes: 128 Comments: 65 Favorites: 5 (view)
I'm so late getting to these, I didn't vote and didn't even get a chance to look at anything but the thumbnails but when I saw this one I knew it was going to be yours. Love it.:) and congrats!
The stuff you do is sooooo fantastic! This is excellent. I love how you do such a great job of capturing personality in the animals you shoot. Awesome job! Congrats on the red!
When I saw this shot in voting I thought, three things that go together: nice legs + cute pet + tanguera. Congratulations on another ribbon and a great month. Your work is amazing -- it's about time more ribbons started coming your way.
Congratulations Johanna, great lighting and very funny. You're getting really good with pets! Your picture reminds me of that one, maybe next time will you try some exotic animals? :-)
I'd have maybe cropped down from the top just a smidge, to lose that sliver of leg. Otherwise, I really like this; very amusing and nicely shot, what an adorable dog. Good light too.
They do go together! How sexy is that combo!
Needed a bit of fill light from left as the left stiletto is a touch lost. Could be a Johanna shot. Person + Pet :)
Striking photo and well processed. I love the expression on the dog :) The only tiny nitpick I have is where the image is cropped at the top... a fraction more or less leg might have looked better? 9 from me.
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