Dog in deep woods

[Meanderthal]

Hello, I have been admiring your pet images, fantastic dogs taken by the sea shore or in gorgeous gardens. I don't have such settings available, but do enjoy my "every-day" dogs' company here in Ontario forests. Today's picture gives some idea, though much of the detail was lost in compressing it to less than 150KB. While I'm not asking for critique, I can take it :). XSi on monopod, Tokina 12-24 at 24mm, polarising filter, 1/30, f/4.0, ISO 800. Just enjoy the lush mystery and the swampy fragrance.

[ca7696]

the little dog kinda gets lost in the huge forrest and water

[TeleFragger]

i agree... when i saw the title. i thought it was a closeup of a dog filling the picture... in thicket.... at first I didnt realize the dog.... sorry

[kfyount]

I tend to agree - it seems more of a forest landscape with a dog in the frame than a shot of a dog in the deep woods.

Hmmm... I understand that you wanted to capture the scene and the "lush mystery and the swampy fragrance" but maybe there would be a way to do that and concentrate on the dog. If you reshot from a different perspective, maybe you could zoom a bit on the dog ans still get the deep woods feeling from the background.

[Meanderthal]

Thank you for the feedback.

Next time I'll post in Photo Sharing (as per the sticky at the top of this forum), unless I have questions on how to photograph my dogs.

[ClaireD]

The setting looks really picturesque and really tranquil. Your dog looks to be having fun in the big pool of water too.

[frvryng68]

I think it is a good picture of your dog having fun. We have lots of pictures of our dogs doing similar things!

[Meanderthal]

Thank you, Claire and frvryng. I have thousands of dog pictures and a few of the woods. I looked at this pretty little seasonal puddle but by itself it photographed boring. Had a fun time enticing the dog into it.

[Regis75]

Nice picture of your cute dog. It seems so little in this garden.