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[ahab1372]

dog tired


102_MG_1124 by ahab1372, on Flickr

T3i, EF 85mm f/1.8 USM at ISO 400, f/2, 1/13s

[ddt0725]

A whole four months since I posted a photo of one of my boys!? Wow, I have been slacking!


Special Moments by Denise Trocio ( www.dtrociophotography.com), on Flickr

[Kayaker72]

Our cat had a benign lump removed from her leg...so now she gets to walk around the house with an e-collar. She still doesn't understand what she did to warrent such an indignation.


small-6305 by kayaker72, on Flickr

[conropl]

...so now she gets to walk around the house with an e-collar. She still doesn't understand what she did to warrent such an indignation.

I hope your cat is OK,

but I wonder if your Pug is laughing inside.

[DavidEccleston]

I just picked up a Canon 600EX-RT, as they are having a massive sale in Canada ($150 off!). My furry test subjects can be seen below.

All the images are from the 1Ds2, on camera, bounced. All the light is from a single flash, with no ambient contribution. Shooting without the flash results in a black frame.

Also, as I thought I'd read somewhere that the 600EX-RT can only be radio triggered, so I'd like to point out you can choose radio or optical trigger. My 7D was able to fire it off-camera just fine with it's built-in popup flash. The exposures on the 7D seemed darker than when used on the 1Ds2. I haven't dug into that mystery yet.



Cagney, unaware test subject by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Zuni flash test by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Joey flash test by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr


Joey flash test 2 by namethatnobodyelsetook, on Flickr

[MichelleBPhotography]

Scotty by MichelleBurdickPhotography, on Flickr

[cowmao]

A friend wanted "professional" pictures of her dogs, but I said I'd do it for free (practice). The main goal was running towards the camera, but I also managed to capture a "moment" (almost on purpose).

Emmitt the rescue dog.

[DavidEccleston]

Looks pretty good. I'd try to boost the brightness of the shadow range a bit, to help define the eye in the black fur.

Also I find a lot of dogs eyes come out very, very dark, and it doesn't look good. You should be able to do a masked brightness change to the eyes in just about everything (Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, GIMP, Lightroom, but not DPP). In Elements I do this as an adjustment layer. First I crank it up really bright so I can see where I'm painting the mask, then I can just drag the slider around until I feel it looks good.

But, yeah, overall, good job!

[cowmao]

Looks pretty good. I'd try to boost the brightness of the shadow range a bit, to help define the eye in the black fur.

I normally don't process pictures more than white balance/exposure. I saw the catch lights from the sun/sky in his eyes and said, "good enough."

However, I do see what you're saying. I tried what you suggested using Elements 10 to boost the brightness of the eyes until I could make out the pupils. I think I might have overdone it, but it looks better after walking away from it for a while. To see everything in his eyes, I had to move the brightness slider all the way to max, but he started looking more like a zombie-dog.

Here's the result using the adjustment layer on his eyes for brightness -- set to 135/150.


Most of my processing is just with DPP, so I wondered how it would look in HDR. Fur looks overly processed, but it brought out the eyes just enough. Well, maybe the fur distracts from the eyes more than the eyes themselves. This is HDR, Art Standard, Saturation down to 40 from 50.


Thanks for the suggestion. Good tip.

[DavidEccleston]

Nice. I prefer the adjustment layer over the HDR. Actually being able to see the shape/shading on the eyeball is a huge improvement over the original. Glad to have been helpful.