found this cute dog being walked in a square in Savannah's Historic District. The owners were good enough to let him run free for this shot.
This was also part of an assignment during a composition workshop: Shoot Low to Low.
Scott: I think you hit the assignment well. The low angle makes your shot appealing. The eye contact and the alertness of the dog are really good. I like the tones in your B&W conversion, and there is some decent separation of the dog and the background. From this size image it is hard to see exactly where the focus point is. There seems to be a lot of sharpness on the dog's back, but then again there's sharpness on the grass that appears to be slightly in front of the dog. But the dog's nose is definitely not in focus and I'm not sure about the eyes. Was there a little movement in the dog's head during the shot? Just my $0.02.
All highly accurate observations. The dog was running along and 1/60s might not have worked to freeze the dogs head. Pretty shallow DOF. I suppose I would have been better shooting ISO 1600.
Thanks for the detailed comment.
You definitely got the low part Scott. I don't think the slight blur around the head really hurts.
In a way, it adds a sense of spontaneity and life. You caught the pup in the perfect spot. I like how he's framed by the 3 clumps of grass and the bush behind his head.
Scott-
I love this!
True, 1/60 is seldom optimum for catching a digger-dog romping in the grass , but I did a little sharpening of Fido's head and it seemed to work well.
Charlie
mrchile wrote:
You definitely got the low part Scott. I don't think the slight blur around the head really hurts.
In a way, it adds a sense of spontaneity and life. You caught the pup in the perfect spot. I like how he's framed by the 3 clumps of grass and the bush behind his head.
Charlie Shugart wrote:
Scott-
I love this!
True, 1/60 is seldom optimum for catching a digger-dog romping in the grass , but I did a little sharpening of Fido's head and it seemed to work well.
Charlie
Thanks so much, Charlie!
Scott
, but I did a little sharpening of Fido's head and it seemed to work well.