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HenrikSpranz

Dashing Leo

Sometimes I need to have a dog shoot, because I love to make furry friends. I know Leo the Australian Shepherd for a while now - and he's such a good boy -...
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Sometimes I need to have a dog shoot, because I love to make furry friends. I know Leo the Australian Shepherd for a while now - and he's such a good boy - and you can see how he loves to run here. It wasn't easy to shoot this photo in the evening in the fading light.
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Canon EOS R6m2

settings

Aperture 4/1 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 200/1

location

Austria

Nov, 2023

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Awards

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Outstanding Creativity

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Speaks, colors, focus - winning contester!

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Thanks a bunch, Maruis!

Frozen in time. Nice capture!

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Amazing capture! Congrats on your win! ❤

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Congrats on your win with this super capture! 😀

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Fantastic shot. Congratulations!

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Fantastic photo Look at those eyes!! So focused...

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Thank you! Yes - Leo loves to run and the speed 😊.

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Congratulations. Top shot!

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Amazing photo. Congratulations on your win.

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Wow perfect in every respect

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Perfection!

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Behind The Lens

Location

We met at a black pine forest not so far away here in Eastern Austria - Liane and her dog Leo. We wanted to take some photos of Leo in the forest in the soft evening light. My plan was to also shoot some running photos - which is always a thrill because of its difficulty, especially in evening light conditions.

Time

The shooting happened in the late afternoon and evening.

Lighting

I always try to capture dogs in soft light situations - in the morning or evening. You will get a soft light and contrasts in the resulting image are manageable without much post production. I always try to keep my post production to a minimum. Light conditions like this and shooting a photo of a running dog means using high ISO values, so your de-noising techniques matters.

Equipment

I've used a Canon EOS R6 Mark II and a Canon EF 70-200/4 L IS USM

Inspiration

I love dogs and as I have none at home I love to meet my furry friends for a shooting. Leo is an incredible dog - you can feel his joy when running while looking at this photo...and he's such a beautiful dog too. To take a photo of him running was on my list for a while.

Editing

I always do some base processing in Lightroom as I always shoot in RAW format. I adjust the white balance there, equalize the histogram a little, do lens corrections and crop the photo. Exported to Photoshop I use the tonal correction, some dodge&burn techniques, probably do some minor adjustments like sharpening or increasing saturation but I avoid retouching my photos and they are *no* composites.

In my camera bag

Canon EOS R5 Canon EOS R6 Mark II Canon 70-200/4 L IS USM Canon RF 135/1.8 Sigma 180/2,8 Macro Sigma 85/1.4 Art Canon 400/2.8 L IS USM

Feedback

Action shots like this one in soft light conditions need some experience and practice. You could consider learning the basics first and try easier light conditions first as the settings of the camera and focusing can be quite difficult. So perhaps start with portrait shoots and slowly moving dogs first and step by step increase difficulty to avoid frustration - yours and the model's.

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Dashing Leo

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