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Lassie, Home Safe and Sound
Lassie, Home Safe and Sound
phraid2002


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Challenge: Newspaper (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Outdoor
Date: Jun 19, 2004
Aperture: 19
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Jun 21, 2004

 Well it's not a collie and it's not Lassie. Actually Lassie was not a tri colour but a tan colour if I remember well. It's actually a Shetland Sheepdog that posed for my this weekend.
I had no inspiration for this Challenge.
Oh well!

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 07/08/2004 07:58:54 AM
Originally posted by photom:
Very nice exposure - flat (overcast?) lighting was your friend. Good model - composition a bit centered. Artistically - remove the green sprig on the bottom edge. Newsworthy - maybe, just maybe in a small rural paper.


Actually it was very windy and the dog was placed in the shadows of the barn (background) and used 1200w from two lights to remove the shadows
the fstop was around 19 i believe
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/25/2004 09:39:51 PM
Very nice exposure - flat (overcast?) lighting was your friend. Good model - composition a bit centered. Artistically - remove the green sprig on the bottom edge. Newsworthy - maybe, just maybe in a small rural paper.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2004 09:17:34 AM
The dog is cute but I don't really see this as photojournalism. It lacks relevence and timeliness as a topic. This is not something you would see in an actual newspaper.

As a portrait, it is quite nice. The environment is appropriate to the dog and the pose is nice. It seems as though the focus is sharper on the texture of the barn behind the dog, however. The trick with a good animal portrait (or any portrait, really) is to capture some sparkle in the eyes. This is really hard with dogs that have smaller, dark eyes or lots of fur covering them. The smiling appearance helps overcome this a bit. One last suggestion would be to crop some of the bottom to eliminate that greenery. It keeps drawing my eye.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2004 05:43:28 AM
I think this headline would be better accompanied by a photo of Lassie's family joyfully hugging their long-lost pet instead of a "pet portrait". As a pet portrait, it's a great shot though. I'd just crop in closer, which would have the benefit of getting rid of the weed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2004 03:56:42 AM
Nice, but that little grassy plant at the bottom is a bit distracting. It's a small plant but if it's the only thing in the photo then it can be very distracting.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/23/2004 12:14:00 AM
Not exactly newsworthy, but a pretty good photo anyway. /shrug
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/22/2004 10:50:22 PM
beauitful hair.


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