Dog Day Afternoon

kundalinikundalini Registered Users Posts: 100 Big grins
edited July 23, 2008 in Other Cool Shots
A favorite old barn of mine and a favorite position of his.

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Thanks for looking.
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  • kundalinikundalini Registered Users Posts: 100 Big grins
    edited July 21, 2008
    bump.jpg


    Perhaps I should have been a bit more specific.


    Comments and critiques are welcomed.
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  • ArvanArvan Registered Users Posts: 888 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    I like it! what kind of house is that?

    Maby the dog is a bit small porportional to the rest of the ambient arround it. You used fill flash for this one or? what´s the technique?
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  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    Love it, very nice composition.

    My only suggestion is to center the doorway, perhaps by cropping out the distracting stairs on the right, maybe cloning out whatever that is on the floor, and the electric wire by the door.
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  • JGDJGD Registered Users Posts: 315 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    Dog Heaven on Earth!
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  • kundalinikundalini Registered Users Posts: 100 Big grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    Arvan wrote:
    I like it! what kind of house is that?

    Maby the dog is a bit small porportional to the rest of the ambient arround it. You used fill flash for this one or? what´s the technique?
    Thanks Arvan.

    The building is an old derelict pack house, used primarily in it's day, to store sheets of tobacco before being carried to market.

    Well, he's a 25lb Parsons Jack Russell, which is kinda big for the breed.

    I had a SB-600 camera right and bounced it off the low ceiling.
    cmason wrote:
    Love it, very nice composition.

    My only suggestion is to center the doorway, perhaps by cropping out the distracting stairs on the right, maybe cloning out whatever that is on the floor, and the electric wire by the door.
    Thanks for your comments.

    I left the conditions as is, but will certainly give thought to cloning out the strap on the floor.

    I am confused a little. First you comment on a very nice composition and then suggest to center the door. headscratch.gif I intentionally did not center the door and consciously framed the distracting stairs. My thoughts were that they would create an interesting exiting line and give the viewer something to ponder, such as, "What evil lives up there?", or something like that. :D Looking at it again, perhaps the stairs does create some heaviness on the right side of the photo.

    BTW, I live just outside of Raleigh. Small world.
    JGD wrote:
    Dog Heaven on Earth!
    rolleyes1.gif Monty truly seemed to enjoy that spot. Thanks.
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  • kworkkwork Registered Users Posts: 66 Big grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    The lighting/exposure is outstanding
    I love it
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    Love it thumb.gif
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  • moose135moose135 Registered Users Posts: 1,420 Major grins
    edited July 22, 2008
    I like the colors and what you are trying to do here, but I think a tighter crop might be more appealing - the dog does get a bit lost in the frame. And it really bothers me that nothing looks level in the shot - if it were me, I would level the horizon. I understand what you are doing with the dog watching the sunset, I can't help thinking "He took a shot of his dog's butt." ne_nau.gif
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited July 23, 2008
    kundalini wrote:
    A favorite old barn of mine and a favorite position of his.

    Thanks for looking.

    The dog looks very relaxed laying there watching the world go by.
    I like that shot just the way it is thumb.gif ... Skippy :D
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