Dog

wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
edited March 30, 2005 in Wildlife
Just the one doggie. In the ATL there's a fenced-in 'dog park' within a larger public park. Doggies have the run of, and fight of the place. Kinda cool. A few weeks ago I wandered down, and late in the day decided to try shooting the dogs.

The sun was fast sinking below the horizon, and it was a cloudy day anyway, so the light wasn't all that great. I had the 70-200 at f2.8, sucking in all the light I could get. I nudged the ISO up to 320, prolly should have been higher. Read all about it in my upcoming publication, "The Zone, And How To Miss It."

Anyway, mostly the dogs were rambunctious, couldn't really get a good shot. The autofocus was a wee bit slow because of the low light. Plus, at f2.8 and somewhat zoomed out, my depth of field was pretty darn narrow.

Then somehow I became the center of this guy's universe. He spotted me from a decent distance away. And he came straight towards me, not fast, but never hesitating and never taking his eyes off of me. I have a bunch of wildly out of focus shots as I tried to track him. Unlucky for him the little beggar stopped long enough for my sorry technique to catch up and get a shot. He just stared. I figured he would start barking at the lens, so I eventually lowered it. Satisfied, he walked away.

Kinda spooky.



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Sid.
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    beautiful! great eyes, love the shallow dof here. excellent "in-post"

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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    I love it when dogs are so focused. I think this is some kind of husky. From what little I know about them, they have a lot of wolf in them. They are domesticated, but are very intelligent and think for themselves.

    Sometimes their eyes are different colors. Was that true of this one? It looks like it might have been. If so, maybe rethink the B&W conversion. If not, then I think the conversion is a good idea because it made me wonder about this.
    If not now, when?
  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    Yeah, Huskies are beautiful dogs and you captured this one really well. They do have wolf in them, I've had a few friends that have had Huskies. They don't bark, they make a weird yowling sound instead. They can also be pretty destructive, they seem to love to chew on wood, and that includes table legs and kitchen cabinets.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    andy wrote:
    beautiful! great eyes, love the shallow dof here. excellent "in-post"

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    Thanks Andy, I much appreciate it. nod.gif
    Sid.
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  • Lg-annLg-ann Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    Yeah huskies are beautiful especially with Blue eyes..i hope you dont mind im working at trying to get them to look natural..what do you think???
    :):
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    rutt wrote:
    Sometimes their eyes are different colors. Was that true of this one? It looks like it might have been. If so, maybe rethink the B&W conversion. If not, then I think the conversion is a good idea because it made me wonder about this.

    Good point. I went back and looked at the color. The eyes sure are different colors. I had thought the right eye was shaded for some reason. now I see that it is in fact a dark brown or black.
    Sid.
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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    Lg-ann wrote:
    Yeah huskies are beautiful especially with Blue eyes..i hope you dont mind im working at trying to get them to look natural..what do you think???
    :):
    I think he needed on blue and one grey eye.
    If not now, when?
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 29, 2005
    Lg-ann wrote:
    Yeah huskies are beautiful especially with Blue eyes..i hope you dont mind im working at trying to get them to look natural..what do you think???
    :):
    Yikes! lol3.gif When I clicked back to this page your shot was right there! Scared the heck out of me!

    Feel free to play. Ol' Rutt's right tho, the right eye isn't blue on the wee beastie.
    Sid.
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    Probably one blue and one brown like the big guy on the right here

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    Ed

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  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Good point. I went back and looked at the color. The eyes sure are different colors. I had thought the right eye was shaded for some reason. now I see that it is in fact a dark brown or black.

    So, Sid, post a color version, please. If right eye is really blue, you can use LAB curves to make it bluer without changing the rest of the image. Could be very dramatic.
    If not now, when?
  • ruttrutt Registered Users Posts: 6,511 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    ehughes wrote:
    Probably one blue and one brown like the big guy on the right here

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    Nice shot. How cool is that?
    If not now, when?
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    ehughes wrote:
    Probably one blue and one brown like the big guy on the right here

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    That's a beautiful shot. nod.gif Great illustration of the different colored eyes, too.
    Sid.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    rutt wrote:
    So, Sid, post a color version, please. If right eye is really blue, you can use LAB curves to make it bluer without changing the rest of the image. Could be very dramatic.
    Nah, it's not blue. Even when I crank up the RAW exposure, there's no color in there.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • patch29patch29 Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,928 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Nah, it's not blue. Even when I crank up the RAW exposure, there's no color in there.

    Did you try cranking up the saturation?
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,963 moderator
    edited March 30, 2005
    Waxy, nice DOF. Good doggie shot.

    Having owned a shepard/husky at one time, I can attest to their
    sometimes destructive and curious nature. They are good dogs
    though.

    Ian
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    That's a beautiful shot. nod.gif Great illustration of the different colored eyes, too.
    Thanks, that's the look they give in the mornings whle they are waiting for breakfast
    Ed

    www.edhughesphoto.com
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    patch29 wrote:
    Did you try cranking up the saturation?
    The eye of the dog. naughty.gif Sat and expo boosted to levels unknown to mankind.



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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    Good one Sid. I really like the b&W treatment on this shot (I don't give a hoot as to the color of his eyes :D ).
    Harry
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 30, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Good one Sid. I really like the b&W treatment on this shot (I don't give a hoot as to the color of his eyes :D ).
    Thanks Harry, I appreciate it. I'm short on hoots, tho, so I could use one when you do give 'em out.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
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