Bruce_T wrote:
Thanks! Yes, single flash (SB-700) bounced as fill light.
How did you get that fearsome expression on the leaping dog, and what lens did you use for the wide-angle pictures?
The lens used for all the shots with the dark background were made using my D3
I set up a flash with umbrella (SB-700) in the upper right front, and a 2nd remote flash (SB-600) behind the dogs, bounced off a white wall behind me. No modifiers there, other then the white wall.
The lens used was the 20mm f3,5 Nikkor-UD set to f5,6 I believe.
And then we practiced. We taught Lumi to snarl when my girlfriend slowly shapes her hand from an outstretched hand to a fist. So, a visual que to let Lumi know what we expected form her.
After practicing this some 10-15 times, we introduced the camera. Focus distance was about 30 cm. And we repeated another 10 times until we had this image.
The funny fact is that when snarling Lumi needs to sneeze, so she sneezed after every practice snarl.
Don - Nice job of nailing focus with a manual 135mm, and beautiful pup.
the solitaire wrote:
And then we practiced. We taught Lumi to snarl when my girlfriend slowly shapes her hand from an outstretched hand to a fist. So, a visual que to let Lumi know what we expected form her.
After practicing this some 10-15 times, we introduced the camera. Focus distance was about 30 cm. And we repeated another 10 times until we had this image.
Wow, excellent dog training AND photography! Very nice.
the solitaire wrote:
The funny fact is that when snarling Lumi needs to sneeze, so she sneezed after every practice snarl.
That is funny. Displacement behavior maybe?
OK, one more bounce flash picture @190mm and f/5.6. I am seriously digging the 70-200/4.
Just Playin...unless she wasn't happy he got to go to the brewpub the night before and she didn't, but she wasn't saying.
It was interesting being on my back and having them play basically on top of me. I did end up getting kicked in the head
Me and my dog, Venus, went for a walk few days ago when the sun was setting. We got lucky to see a sundog in the sky. Not the easiest task to try to combine atmospheric phenomena and a live dog in one photograph haha...
I'm sorry, but he is so cute!
