New to the game

rwells

Bell is her name, and she's old enough to start hunting! We were actually just scouting for some ducks, but all the ponds & lakes were frozen over. I know that doesn't sound like any big deal to you Northerners, but for North Central Texas, it's a big deal!

LarryP

As a Southern Louisiana resident who has in-laws in Texas, I can appreciate your cold comments. Love #3 photo!

adbsgicom

Love the frozen waves.

Did you gel the flash on 3, or warm up the whole image in post? Where was your flash in this one, seems slightly off-center, but not much.

rwells

LarryP wrote:

As a Southern Louisiana resident who has in-laws in Texas, I can appreciate your cold comments. Love #3 photo!

Thanks for the comments Larry

rwells

adbsgicom wrote:

Love the frozen waves.

Did you gel the flash on 3, or warm up the whole image in post? Where was your flash in this one, seems slightly off-center, but not much.

Image #3 was shot using 580EX camera left through umbrella via PW TT5. I did gel the flash with full CTO, then adjusted WB in post. The umbrella was about touching my left shoulder. I wanted to keep the rich sky, so I set the WB for pleasing tones there and the foreground, then desaturated his face and hand some to pull back on the orange there. (We got back to the truck just a tad too late to catch the pretty sunset, while the sun was still above the horizon)

Side note: All but shot #3 were with my old 30D that hasn't had the shutter pushed in about 3 years. I grabbed it to mount my 70-200 + 1.4TC on for the longer reach. Evidently, it still works!

Shot #3: 5D2 ~ 17-40L

Thanks as always for looking and your input Andrew

Dogdots

Really nice photos Randy .. and with the 70-200 and a 1.4

Poor dog...when trained to hunt they get depressed if there aren't any birds around.

Nice ice on the pond

Panther

Howdy Randy,

What a great series and Bell is just a beautiful girl

Looks likes she's really into the Field scene.

Stunning Shots, really love the beautiful colors and warm, rich details

you captured.

Very nicely done you Rascal !!!

W.W. Webster

rwells wrote:

Bell is her name, and she's old enough to start hunting!

I love the look on the face of the dog with Bell. What's its name?

rwells

Dogdots wrote:

Really nice photos Randy .. and with the 70-200 and a 1.4

Poor dog...when trained to hunt they get depressed if there aren't any birds around.

Nice ice on the pond

Hey Mary,

This young lab was enjoying everything about life ~ it was her first scouting trip.

Ice on the pond ~ that still sounds strange down here

rwells

Panther wrote:

Howdy Randy,

What a great series and Bell is just a beautiful girl<G>

Looks likes she's really into the Field scene.

Stunning Shots, really love the beautiful colors and warm, rich details

you captured.

Very nicely done you Rascal !!!

Hey Craig,

Thanks for the kind words. I was hoping to get a few shots of ducks landing, but evidently the duck airport (pond/lake) was closed due to icy conditions <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/rolleyes1.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >

rwells

W.W. Webster wrote:

I love the look on the face of the dog with Bell. What's its name?

redleash

Fun series, Randy! I was interested in your explanation of the setup for the "portrait" shot--I haven't even bought a hot shoe flash, let alone any external flash equipment. It's one of the things I want to start learning about, so I appreciated your comments.

As for the dog . . . what a beauty! I was never a Lab fan until I found my Murphy. Someday, I will have another one because I've learned what fabulous dogs they are. (Ssshhh, don't tell Darby or Josie that I said that.)

Great stuff--thanks for sharing!!

Lauren

rwells

redleash wrote:

Fun series, Randy! I was interested in your explanation of the setup for the "portrait" shot--I haven't even bought a hot shoe flash, let alone any external flash equipment. It's one of the things I want to start learning about, so I appreciated your comments.

As for the dog . . . what a beauty! I was never a Lab fan until I found my Murphy. Someday, I will have another one because I've learned what fabulous dogs they are. (Ssshhh, don't tell Darby or Josie that I said that.)

Great stuff--thanks for sharing!!

Lauren

Hey Lauren,

You don't have to wait until you "get" your flash to start learning.

I'd suggest you start reading:

Strobist ~ Lighting 101

Planet Neil

redleash

Thanks, Randy. I'll check them out, definitely before I buy any lighting gear.