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Doggie Day Dreams: Running Free
Doggie Day Dreams: Running Free
CraigD


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Challenge: Pet Portrait IV (Basic Editing)
Camera: Sony DSLR-A300
Lens: Lensbaby Composer
Location: Everett, WA
Date: Feb 9, 2009
Aperture: Paw Print
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/4 s
Galleries: Animals, Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Feb 10, 2009

 Yup, second challenge in a row with a corgi from me, but this one was Pet Portraits. I used a lensbaby composer for this with a paw print aperture. My biggest problem with this is that I don't have good lighting for shooting at night, also I didn't have a long enough room to get big paw prints in the background. I used christmas lights strands to be out of focus.

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Place: 246 out of 278
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Avg (commenters): 4.6000
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Views since voting: 657
Views during voting: 369
Votes: 257
Comments: 17
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AuthorThread
 02/20/2009 08:33:45 AM
I think this is so original & brave !!! Cute Corgi too :)
Thanks for commenting on my image :)
 02/18/2009 01:08:17 PM
Thanks for all the comments. I knew the lighting was bad, but worked with what I had, and I was really going for the paw print thing more than lighting. The eyes I think are the most distracting part, but I couldn't spot edit the shine out and don't have an off-camera flash. Ah well, next time.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/17/2009 01:14:23 PM
Those are some wild eyes.
 02/16/2009 01:13:47 AM
Ha... love the bokeh.. hate the eyes.. get your flash further away from your camera.
When I only had a P&S camera, I built a periscope for my flash that reflected the light to above the camera. I also used a larger difuser to make the light softer, anyway this helped to avoid red-eye problems
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/15/2009 05:14:50 PM
Your lighting is too harsh., It should be bounced or reflected, not shot straight on in the face.
 02/15/2009 02:20:28 AM
How did you get the paw prints?
 02/14/2009 11:59:35 AM
nice shot love the eyes
 02/13/2009 09:15:04 AM
The dog is a little too out of focus for my tastes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2009 07:52:34 AM
Was this taken with a Lensbaby with a paw print aperture? Cool idea, if it was! I might have changed the lighting a bit to prevent the "scary" reflection in his eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2009 05:42:36 AM
lensbaby!
 02/12/2009 05:40:48 AM
next time i would try to make it a little more focused
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/12/2009 03:08:05 AM
I have two corgis....I didn't enter a photo of either one of them---I had company and was too busy. Your corgi is beautiful!!
 02/11/2009 05:36:49 PM
seems soft to me
 02/11/2009 03:19:26 PM
Fuzzy focus.
 02/11/2009 11:09:19 AM
very clever bokeh
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 02/11/2009 05:37:38 AM
focus?
 02/11/2009 04:05:27 AM
Out of focus, flash in the window is distracting and so our the dog prints. What's with the eyes?
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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