Tell me what you think...

StaceyMarie

...Of these shots of my black lab Molly. Any feedback and editing info is greatly appreciated.

I shot them with my Kodak Z640 digital camera Nothing fancy but it's what I've got.

**edited to add, I forgot to say please** So please tell me what you think

Maestro

I like the contrast of the black and white the best. The expressions are exactly the same with your lab. However, the angle of the black and white isn't the best and the couch and dog bone sort of take away from your great subject. Your dog though is photogenic. Perhaps a black and white with the angle of first pic and that would be a keeper for me I bet.

StaceyMarie

Maestro wrote:

I like the contrast of the black and white the best. The expressions are exactly the same with your lab. However, the angle of the black and white isn't the best and the couch and dog bone sort of take away from your great subject. Your dog though is photogenic. Perhaps a black and white with the angle of first pic and that would be a keeper for me I bet.

Thanks!!! I bet I could do that if I tried

DoctorIt

Agreed with above, work on controlling the backgrounds more. The cute doggie face will come easily, it's up to you to take care of everything else.



Also, having a black dog in the family, I know this is a particular challenge. Its very very hard to expose properly to get detail in the expression and not blow out everything else. This may prove much tougher than the backgrounds, especially without using some level of manual exposure control. The auto settings will get very taxed (as in your first photo - see the blown highlights?) when trying to figure out the best exposure between a totally black face and bright background. You may find that a darker setting will help you with this.