A rare occurrance: Huskies in Holland

Michiel de BriederMichiel de Brieder Registered Users Posts: 864 Major grins
edited March 16, 2005 in Wildlife
My friends,

last weekend we had had some days filled with a lot of snow, especially for our country, it has been 20 years since we've seen that much snow (and I was 5 at the time :rofl). I went for a walk with a good friend of mine and suddenly, after we rounded a corner I saw them standing.... 8 proud huskies with their staff :D. I stopped, aimed the camera and waited... Then the moment came that they were 'charging' towards me, what a sight! Something that doesn't happen often in The Netherlands as far as I know.
Presenting winter in The Netherlands:
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The white spots on the guy are spots of snow drifting off and I'm still considering cloning them out.. But I'm unsure as of yet whether I should, perhaps only the spot in his face...
Hope you like the picture!!!
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As per the advice of our Highly Valued Second Rate Photographer :lol (Thanks Andy :wink) I present to you the Huskies without spots:
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*In my mind it IS real*
Michiel de Brieder
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    lovely dogs, great pic, too, mdb thumb.gif

    yes, clone those little specks of snow out, all of 'em. why? imo there's not enought snow falling to make it obvious that it is snowing, so get rid of them :D
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  • DixieDixie Registered Users Posts: 1,497 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Great shot. I had to count ears to find that eighth dog. Love the composition and also the detail, especially in the snow, under less than ideal metering conditions.

    Did you shoot programmed or did you manually pre-set in anticipation of the shot?
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  • GSPePGSPeP Registered Users Posts: 4,013 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Great shot thumb.gif

    You really got your load of snow in Holland last week. We only got 3 cm.
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited March 10, 2005
    Dixie wrote:
    Great shot. I had to count ears to find that eighth dog. Love the composition and also the detail, especially in the snow, under less than ideal metering conditions.

    Did you shoot programmed or did you manually pre-set in anticipation of the shot?
    rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif you got me searching too! What's the old saying? something like, um, "..when you're the rear dog the view never changes"?


    Michiel: Really a wonderful, beautiful shot. I'm seeing Christmas cards!
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  • Michiel de BriederMichiel de Brieder Registered Users Posts: 864 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Dixie wrote:
    Did you shoot programmed or did you manually pre-set in anticipation of the shot?
    Hey Dixie,

    thanks for the compliments!! I shot at Av mode partial metering of the snow, and I forgot to set +1 EC, but I was shooting at ISO 100 so I thought it would be no biggie to correct a stop in post :D
    EXIF:
    1/320s f/4.0 at 104.0mm iso100 20D 70-200 F/4 L
    I even forgot in my haste to set the camera to continuous shooting :D so I was holding the shutter in one-shot mode, it felt kinda silly :D luckily this was my only and best shot mwink.gif
    Cheers Dixie!
    *In my mind it IS real*
    Michiel de Brieder
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Wonderful capture...
    ...I really like this! Sometimes we (photographers) are in the right place at the right time. Thanks for showing this to us, Michiel.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Sweet shot, Michiel.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 10, 2005
    Hey Michiel,

    Nows that shot I could never get in Florida. Excellent pic. thumb.gif Andy was right about cloning out those spots of snow. Please don't let him know that I agreed with him.
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  • Michiel de BriederMichiel de Brieder Registered Users Posts: 864 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    Thanks Andy
    andy wrote:
    lovely dogs, great pic, too, mdb thumb.gif

    yes, clone those little specks of snow out, all of 'em. why? imo there's not enought snow falling to make it obvious that it is snowing, so get rid of them :D
    Hope I could satisfy you :D
    Thanks friend!
    *In my mind it IS real*
    Michiel de Brieder
    http://www.digital-eye.nl
  • Michiel de BriederMichiel de Brieder Registered Users Posts: 864 Major grins
    edited March 11, 2005
    GSPeP wrote:
    Great shot thumb.gif

    You really got your load of snow in Holland last week. We only got 3 cm.
    Say Whot?! :D

    We got 40cm in the north and about 20 in the south :D guess you're so far south :lol

    Thanks for dropping in Peter!!
    *In my mind it IS real*
    Michiel de Brieder
    http://www.digital-eye.nl
  • shamanshaman Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited March 13, 2005
    Great shots of the Huskies Michiel... I've been waiting for snow all winter, all we've had has melted off in a few hours. My "boy" Dusty here has been waiting too, he's only had mud to play in!
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    Michiel de Brieder wrote:
    Hope I could satisfy you :D
    Thanks friend!
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2005
    Michiel de Brieder wrote:
    [edit]
    As per the advice of our Highly Valued Second Rate Photographer :lol (Thanks Andy mwink.gif) I present to you the Huskies without spots:
    40653199.jpg
    [/edit]

    michiel

    thumb.gifnod.gif

    and, my dw says "fantastic shot, gorgeous animals!"
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 16, 2005
    harry
    Harryb wrote:
    Andy was right about cloning out those spots of snow. Please remind me, Michiel, as I'm getting old and a bit tetched in the head, I often just forget that I should always agree with him.

    harry, fixed that for ya lol3.gif
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 16, 2005
    Outstanding!!
    Michiel,
    I don't know how I missed this first time around, but I did ne_nau.gif A beautiful shot with great color and an almost 3-D quality to it thumb.gifthumb.gif Like it says in the subject line, Outstanding clap.gifclap.gif

    Thanks for sharing,
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  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited March 16, 2005
    wow, michiel... really, really nice! love the composition and you even got all the dogs' heads in the shot, lol

    nice work!! clap.gif ...gotta love huskies too!
    sash
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