Happy Lab

do a vertical crop to get the other dog out of the picture

Or just make him go away

Nice job of capturing the blacks in his face without losing the detail around his eyes and nose.
A bit is lost under his nose and on his neck...but i don't think that matters.

Yea, he's a hard subject to photgraph...

What I found that works, is to use an external flash with a diffuser, or have him stand so that he is facing the sun. Shoot in RAW, and go from there. Can usually get a pretty good pic of a black dog that way if you are lucky. Great composure on this shot, though I would've unhooked the leash (if hes good off leash like my dog)

I'm sure Tmoore can make that leash go away too.
Nice composition of a cool dog, but yeah a little more light would help.

Shutterwolf wrote in post #14461097
What I found that works, is to use an external flash with a diffuser, or have him stand so that he is facing the sun. Shoot in RAW, and go from there. Can usually get a pretty good pic of a black dog that way if you are lucky. Great composure on this shot, though I would've unhooked the leash (if hes good off leash like my dog)

Thanks, I always shoot RAW, and this was during the "golden hour" I had the sun on his left side but agree a reflector or fill flash on the right side would have helped a lot.

From experiance, there really is no "golden hour" for dog photography. When I'm taking pictures of my dog, its always just as hard to get a good shot, no matter where the sun is. Perhaps that is partly to blame on my Xti though? I do notice a bit of an improvement when using my friends Xsi and I really cant wait to get my 60D and try with that.

I like the angle and the fact that the dog in "up front" in this image.

tonybear007 wrote in post #14463726
I like the angle and the fact that the dog in "up front" in this image.

Thanks!