A friend’s very photogenic Red Fox Lab named ‘Copper’ and an interest in challenging myself to try and capture both some ‘action shots’ as well as ‘regular’ shots of a dog , for the very first time ,
some YouTube searches etc helped with some tips [shutter speed, lens - 70-200 , my ‘humble’ Nikon G series 70-200 VRII with adapter on my Z series] . ‘Animal’ subject detection no doubt helped too.
After some rapid learning curve [and continuous debris accumulation on lens surface on a windy day ] I managed to settle on some ~ ‘optimal’ subject distances, focal length shutter/aperture/metering - mostly 1/800+, ~f 6.5 and Spot metering around 100-160mm FL to ensure Copper was correctly exposed against bright sun and background etc.
Am a bit rusty on syncing RGB’s etc throughout LR so yes, there’s some obvious inconsistencies in his coat colour between the shots.
Welcoming constructive feedback , tips, ideas etc.
sanjayg wrote:
Great shots there, @jbsf@ Kudos
thank you ! Looking forward to next time with the benefit of some rapid knowledge learned from the first attempt
I also really enjoyed your shots, especially since we have both a Red Fox lab and a yellow lab. Our dogs are quite senior so no longer moving as quickly as Copper.
My most favorite of all creatures, including humans, James!
He is having a great time and he shows it!
You commented on "color "of Copper's coat...the harsh sunlight at the beach will give you all sorts of color shades.
I don't see anything that needs addressing for these wonderful images except...Copper is not playing with me at Maryland's Ocean City.
amv8 wrote:
I also really enjoyed your shots, especially since we have both a Red Fox lab and a yellow lab. Our dogs are quite senior so no longer moving as quickly as Copper.
Thank you Amy, he really is his owners' pride and joy, very friendly and wonderful temperament. He stays very active and on a healthy diet. Very focused on ball tracking and retrieval !
I'd never heard of this variant until they got him, it's a gorgeous colour.
He's less than 1 year old so only in recent months has he ventured into waters, and now really enjoys it.
Danpbphoto wrote:
My most favorite of all creatures, including humans, James!
He is having a great time and he shows it!
You commented on "color "of Copper's coat...the harsh sunlight at the beach will give you all sorts of color shades.
I don't see anything that needs addressing for these wonderful images except...Copper is not playing with me at Maryland's Ocean City.
Give him a hug for Uncle Dan please!
Dan
Thank you Dan, that he has so much joy from simply playing with a ball at the beach, I wish we humans were all that easily enraptured !
