My first try at M-mode

[EOS mE]

after some suggestions from board members.. i've decided to take a stab at shooting manual with my G6. here are 3 photos of chloe.. she's our daughter.. :D

these two photos are blurry.. especially the ear part taken under low light conditions.

rui

[EOS mE]

after taking 25 photos and none of them satisfied me.. i shot some more and finally got one that i am pretty happy with for a first-timer.

here's chloe watching animal rescue on TV with us...

[grandadraymond]

did you say daughter or dog??????

[EOS mE]

haha...
my wife and i are newlyweds so,.. for now, chloe is our daughter.. and she deosn't act like a dog either.. haha

[SonyaL]

We always called our dogs our kids even after kids so I can relate they are as much trouble as kids.
We have our grandaughters dashaund here the exact same colors as yours they are sweet dogs.
I love the last pic.

Sonya

[Nick C.]

Lovely dog. :) Is there a cuter mut than the Dachshund? I think not.

Was the camera handheld? I think you've obtained pretty good sharpness for shutter speeds of 1/5 and 1/10 of a second. I reckon the first two could be easily salvaged with some sharpening in post.

[ElectricHarmony]

Ooooooooh I love her! You daughter is beautiful and adorable ;) :D

[alans220]

G6canon, looks better with a little post processing to remove some of the colour cast.

Cute dog.

[EOS mE]

thanks alans... yeah i was going to do some pp.. but didn't want to have the blueish color like the your edit. it's kinda hard to balance it because the bedsheet is yellow as you see in the original picture.

sonja, nick... yup.. i love doxies.. they have such a great personality. chloe is snoring now btw.. and imitating her mommy's sleeping posture. haha

electricharmony.. thanks for your warm comments.

Rui

[EOS mE]

Here is one of chloe running while we were at the dog park in Mt.View, CA.
i'm still trying to learn how to get it to expose properly and actually still get the subject in focus.. :confused:

Rui

[marie]

and she deosn't act like a dog either.. haha she just acts like the bitch she is :mrgreen:


:D
what a lovely dog


seems even bitches can be
(lovely)

:lol:



edit
just saw the last shot added on.........she's gorgeous :)
pan with the camera along with her and click quickly (holding the camera real steady at the same time) when she is in the frame best , take a few shots like it and get in closer
but don't forget to get down real low... to her level

when taking shots of her on the couch or in the house (poetry) :lol: make sure the background or whatever she is lying on is a contrast to her colouring , not blending or blaring
that they are not fighting with each other (the dog and the background) for details to be shown

[EOS mE]

thanks marie... yeah i tried to take some photos of chloe running today using continue shooting mode. but those didn't come out great at all. i was sitting on the ground while she's running and an occasional kisses for her daddy.

yeah chloes really spoiled.. but what can we say.. she's our girl~

[rpolitsr]

Beautiful dog and interesting thread!
I agree that G6canon’s pictures have a subtle yellow cast, but it ads to her golden color, and I like warm pictures for people (she is G6canon’s daughter, isn’t she?)
If you have Photoshop CS try the following correction:

Images >Adjustments > Color Balance
- Shadows 0, 0, 0
- Midtones -10, 0, +20
- Highlights -5, 0, +10
- Preserve Luminosity Checked

It worked for me in the third picture posted.

[EOS mE]

Beautiful dog and interesting thread!
I agree that G6canon’s pictures have a subtle yellow cast, but it ads to her golden color, and I like warm pictures for people (she is G6canon’s daughter, isn’t she?)
If you have Photoshop CS try the following correction:

Images >Adjustments > Color Balance
- Shadows 0, 0, 0
- Midtones -10, 0, +20
- Highlights -5, 0, +10
- Preserve Luminosity CheckedIt worked for me in the third picture posted.

rpolitsr... thanks for the edit. i tried it and it looks like this. now i've learned another function in PS. :)

[marie]

you done a lovely job
love the picture

:cool:

by the way, the dogs nails look very trendy
does she get a regular manicure ? Foxy (the dog here) never had nails like that :shock:

she is a bitch too
:lol:

[EOS mE]

you done a lovely job
love the picture

:cool:

by the way, the dogs nails look very trendy
does she get a regular manicure ? Foxy (the dog here) never had nails like that :shock:

she is a bitch too
:lol:




thanks marie.. i do all the manicure for chloe.

[EOS mE]

i find that shooting manual when chloe isn't moving is much easier...

here are some of chloe this morning as she's starting to wake up...

[marie]

thanks marie.. i do all the manicure for chloe.
:shock:

good for you:cool:

Foxy gets lots of walkies and I think it clips her nails:confused:
(I hope so ..'cos I don't, I mean clip nails .. not the walkies)
:lol:


but it hurts when she leaps onto my lap in summer time (lighter clothes..me)
so maybe .............. her nails do need some clipping :rolleyes:



:|

[marie]

just saw the new shots added on

Chloe looks great
love the blue :cool:

[EOS mE]

just saw the new shots added on

Chloe looks great
love the blue :cool:



Thanks Marie,

actually, chloe sleeps in her crate at night time, and in the morning time, when i go to work or on the weekends.. she'll jump into bed to sleep some more.

rui

[marie]

Thanks Marie,

actually, chloe sleeps in her crate at night time, and in the morning time, when i go to work or on the weekends.. she'll jump into bed to sleep some more.
rui
:)
she looks great with those blue blankets wrapped around her

you could try using flash at times if it is not too much into her face

[Nick C.]

I love the raised eyebrows in the first shot of her on the bed.

I'm also starting to think that Chloe has the run of the house round there.

[rpolitsr]

Hi, G6canon
Chloe is really photogenic.
After your pictures of her wake up, I played again with color balance, hue/saturation and levels.

This time, instead of using Images > Adjustments > xxxx I used
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance…
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation…
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels…
The tools are the same, but the corrections are recorded in separate layers and you can double click them to adjust your corrections as many times as you wish without affecting the original layer or background.

The goal was to change the colors of the left picture to mimic the colors on the right picture. Enjoy.

http://sites.google.com/site/rpolitsr/r_polit_1/miscelanea/G6canon_comboperro.jpg

[Terrywoodenpic]

I always kept Daschunds... the larger variety wirehairs and standard reds.

The problem with the nails is that you cant see the quick, the nail is all black.
Even our vet would not cut them as the chances of making them bleed is very high, the quick can be up to a 1/2 inch or more out.
I used to take several goes at it, a little at a time, and I still got it wrong sometimes.
It takes up to half an hou for them to stop bleading. ThenI put on thin strips of sticking plaster to keep the dirt out. as some of the nails go almost straight forward they do not wear down.
Dacks were digging dogs, and that does wear the nails down, bur most people do not like them to dig their gardens up.

[EOS mE]

:)
she looks great with those blue blankets wrapped around her

you could try using flash at times if it is not too much into her face


yah.. she loves to wrap herself in the blankets.. she's our personal heater during winter times.. haha.

she hates the flash.. but since i got the LSII diffuser.. she like it much better since it's not flashing in her face.

[EOS mE]

I always kept Daschunds... the larger variety wirehairs and standard reds.

The problem with the nails is that you cant see the quick, the nail is all black.
Even our vet would not cut them as the chances of making them bleed is very high, the quick can be up to a 1/2 inch or more out.
I used to take several goes at it, a little at a time, and I still got it wrong sometimes.
It takes up to half an hou for them to stop bleading. ThenI put on thin strips of sticking plaster to keep the dirt out. as some of the nails go almost straight forward they do not wear down.
Dacks were digging dogs, and that does wear the nails down, bur most people do not like them to dig their gardens up.

terry.. yup, chloe hates getting her nails done, cuz the vet made her bleed when she was younger. so now, she gets her front manicure every week.. and the back paws once ever two weeks. only little bits at a time.

but now we just take her out running as she's chased by our friends corgi and lab. hehe

[EOS mE]

I love the raised eyebrows in the first shot of her on the bed.

I'm also starting to think that Chloe has the run of the house round there.

yup.. i love that pic too.. that's when i was trying to take her photo and but she was sleepy.. and then my wife said... morning chloe~ and she gave her mommy that look. :lol:

[marie]

yup.. i love that pic too.. that's when i was trying to take her photo and but she was sleepy.. and then my wife said... morning chloe~


and she gave her mommy that look. :lol:
:lol::lol::lol:


I think Chloe is ready to be posted ..............here >
:cool:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1610495#post1610495

[marie]

Hi, G6canon
Chloe is really photogenic.
After your pictures of her wake up, I played again with color balance, hue/saturation and levels.

This time, instead of using Images > Adjustments > xxxx I used
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Color Balance…
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation…
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels…
The tools are the same, but the corrections are recorded in separate layers and you can double click them to adjust your corrections as many times as you wish without affecting the original layer or background.

The goal was to change the colors of the left picture to mimic the colors on the right picture. Enjoy.

http://www.geocities.com/r_polit_1/miscelanea/G6canon_comboperro.jpg
very nice
more natural

[Sophia]

wow, beautiful daughter. Big queen size bed too :lol:

[marie]

(we're all barking mad) :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[EOS mE]

:lol::lol::lol:


I think Chloe is ready to be posted ..............here >
:cool:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=1610495#post1610495


actually i posted her there already.. didn't wanna seem like a proud daddy.. so i posted here.. haha. :lol:

yup, she loves our queen size bed. but she love her mommy's pillow even more.

[Bob_A]

Really cute pup and some nice images Rui.

My only advice would be to watch your shutterspeed when shooting in manual. You have incredibly steady hands though to get the results you did at 1/5 to 1/15s. :)

[EOS mE]

Bob.. actually the trick I used was setting it at Continuous shooting mode and took those shots. Good thing Chloe was a great sport about it. Now she's rolling around on our bed with a tennis ball.. lol

[marie]

actually i posted her there already.. didn't wanna seem like a proud daddy.. so i posted here.. haha. :lol:


ha ha ha

thanks Rui
I never realised :eek:
can you believe , of all the dogs on that post I had said something about yours but I never realised all along when replying here that it was the same dog :shock:

tell Chloe I am ashamed not to have remembered
I must have loved her on sight in the other post
your action shots of her were great :lol:

delighted I noticed her beauty and jumps before now :lol:
but when I posted the url for the dog post last evening I never remembered or thought she was the same dog I had remarked on
it was a real shock when you said it
now I have gone back through every page of the dog url to check it out again :lol: :eyes:phew)

had a laugh looking at them all (again)

all are beauty's:cool:
and terrific shots

[EOS mE]

ha ha ha

thanks Rui
I never realised :eek:
can you believe , of all the dogs on that post I had said something about yours but I never realised all along when replying here that it was the same dog :shock:

tell Chloe I am ashamed not to have remembered
I must have loved her on sight in the other post
your action shots of her were great :lol:

delighted I noticed her beauty and jumps before now :lol:
but when I posted the url for the dog post last evening I never remembered or thought she was the same dog I had remarked on
it was a real shock when you said it
now I have gone back through every page of the dog url to check it out again :lol: :eyes:phew)

had a laugh looking at them all (again)

all are beauty's:cool:
and terrific shots




haha... it's ok marie... there are way too many dog pics on that post.. lol.. no worries.. if chloe sees you.. she'll just end up giving you lotsa lotsa kisses till ur rolling on the ground and giggling with her. that's the welcome i get every day when i go home. :lol:

[Terrywoodenpic]

Bob.. actually the trick I used was setting it at Continuous shooting mode and took those shots. Good thing Chloe was a great sport about it. Now she's rolling around on our bed with a tennis ball.. lol

Most dacks sleep under their bedding, Does Chloe do that?

we had one called fozzy who would work his way into our bed in the early morning and snuggle between us.
I never caught him actually in the process, I think he had a ghost mode.

[EOS mE]

Most dacks sleep under their bedding, Does Chloe do that?

we had one called fozzy who would work his way into our bed in the early morning and snuggle between us.
I never caught him actually in the process, I think he had a ghost mode.

yeah chloe does that, so we got her a super soft fleese blankie from ikea in her crate, so she digs and digs till she's able to sleep underneath the blankie.

then in the morning time, after she hears my alarm clock, she would use her paws to gently scratch crate door so i would wake up and let her sleep in our bed with her mommy while i go to work.

as for sleeping between us.. not only does she sleep between us during the weekends, she will outright kick you if you are in her way of her sleeping posture. what's worse is if you snore too loud and woke her up, she will lick you till ur awake just so she can go back to sleep. but if she snores too loud and you try to wake her.. she'll keep her eyes closed but kick ur hands. :lol:

my wife said she's too smart for her own good.. haha :lol: