C&C on dog pictures.

A couple shots I took yesterday afternoon that I was fairly proud of. Being new to photography, I know I'm easily impressed, so I'd like some C&C from you guys!

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Welcome

I love the first one. You focused on the eye so it is very detailed and sharp. The exposure looks pretty good and I really like the composition. The fact that you can see you in the dog's eye is a cool touch. Looking at the Exif info from the pic, I think that you got lucky that the pooch was holding still. 1/80s is pretty slow for shooting animals. If you bump up the iso to 200 or 400, you'll get a much faster shutter speed and it will keep you from getting a little blur when photographing animals (I've learned this from painful experience).

The second one looks like it has a lot of potential, but I found some things that may have kept this from being a great picture. The 18-200 isn't a bad lens, but typically speaking, most lenses work best when not at their widest aperture. You shot this one at f/3.5 and at 18mm. These two combined will soften the pic a little and hinders the final 'crispness' if you will. Also the pic was shot at 1/45s, which more than meets the 2x the focal length for shutter speed. Again, a higher iso would have helped. Also I think the horizon is a little off as well, unless that was your intent

Overall I really like both of these pics, the lighting is really good (which is something that I've struggled with since I started shooting), I'm really diggin the sharpness in the eye of the first one and the expression of the dog in the second one is very peaceful and content.

Keep on shooting and posting, I've been hammered by folks here about this and that, but they were being helpful and it's made me a better photographer. I look forward to more posts!

Cheers

First photo is really good! Thank you for sharing!!!!

The second photo isn't level, while the rest of the lines in the photo reference something ( a house, barn, shed, etc..) that would have to be level, creating mini-vertigo. Not a bad snapshot, but the first one takes the cake. It's well composed, and follows a golden spiral composition which I happen to love. I appreciate the coloration of the dog in the second, picture, however - I'd try to recover some of that color in post. Raising the saturation of the yellow / orange channels just a little, and warming the overall temp makes the dog look a little less sickly.

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I still do what you do with dog photos I focus on the eye but the aperture is too large and the nose comes out blurred. Nice sharp eye nice blurry nose. Try to use a smaller aperture and take a step or two back to get the nose in focus. By the way great looking dog.

I like the first but its just a little too tight in the frame, losing part of the right ear. With a slightly different angle and the nose also in focus, you could have created a better illusion of the dog poking out of the frame. However, still a great shot and model.

I like the colors by circusofcrows.

circusofcrows wrote in post #11179629
The second photo isn't level, while the rest of the lines in the photo reference something ( a house, barn, shed, etc..) that would have to be level, creating mini-vertigo. Not a bad snapshot, but the first one takes the cake. It's well composed, and follows a golden spiral composition which I happen to love. I appreciate the coloration of the dog in the second, picture, however - I'd try to recover some of that color in post. Raising the saturation of the yellow / orange channels just a little, and warming the overall temp makes the dog look a little less sickly.

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I actually do have one where I PPed it with a little more saturation.

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In Lightroom, you can change the warmth and the color quite a few different ways, but each has its pros/drawbacks depending on the situation. Since there is one subject filling up most of the frame, and a handful of colors - I used the temp and tint sliders for a +8 and a +1 modification on the overall image. When trying not to overdo it, underdo it and make small incremental changes until you like where it's at. Works for me.

I went into the HSL/Color/BW section, selected color, went into the orange channel and changed the hue by -9 to a warmer, more red-orange. I raised the saturation by 23, and dropped the luminance by -39, so that the colors would blend with the white highlights better.

circusofcrows wrote in post #11183197
In Lightroom, you can change the warmth and the color quite a few different ways, but each has its pros/drawbacks depending on the situation. Since there is one subject filling up most of the frame, and a handful of colors - I used the temp and tint sliders for a +8 and a +1 modification on the overall image. When trying not to overdo it, underdo it and make small incremental changes until you like where it's at. Works for me.

I went into the HSL/Color/BW section, selected color, went into the orange channel and changed the hue by -9 to a warmer, more red-orange. I raised the saturation by 23, and dropped the luminance by -39, so that the colors would blend with the white highlights better.

Alright, I'll try this out. I've actually never played with those sliders before in LR, so this should be fun for me.