On 12/17/12, we put down our dog, Kylie. Kylie had been with me for almost 10 years. She was never the dog that played fetch, or was by my side when I was sad, but she lived a good life, and it was too much to see the pain she was in (could hardly get up, took very short breaths). This was the last shot I took of her. Used a T2i, 430exii bounced to the ceiling (don't remember the power- 1/32?), with a 50 1.4 stopped down to 2.2. I should have stopped down a little more to get both of her eyes' in focus. I didn't think about B&W while shooting, but since the picture is about death, I thought it made it moody. Any thoughts on what I should have done? Kylie's last picture by Ayers Photo, on Flickr
I think you should open up the shadows a bit in your conversion. The nose appears almost without detail and the darkness runs in an indistinct band down to and into the reflection.
The sad, tired eyes are captured well. Wish you had more DOF too, especially across the nose, but they eyes are fine for me as is.
Scott
Thank you, it is hard. She wasn't really the one that did much or was truely a faithful companion, but it was still sad. It was the right thing to do though. She lived a good 15 years (almost 10 with us) and she had a happy life.
