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Sandy

A quick snap as I turned aroud to find him looking curiously as to why I had my camera in my hand.
He's a very active, 13 year old Irish terrier....
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A quick snap as I turned aroud to find him looking curiously as to why I had my camera in my hand.
He's a very active, 13 year old Irish terrier.
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NIKON D7100

settings

Aperture f/8 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 900/10

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Apr, 2016

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Behind The Lens

Location

I finished taking a flower picture, to turn round and saw Sandy, our much loved Irish terrier stood with his head out of the conservatory door, curious to see what I was doing

Time

It was shortly before mid day when the light moves over the front of the house, so it shone ideally, to show his wheaten coloured coat

Lighting

The light was diffused by cloud which proved useful and yet it brought out all the detail in his thick coat. It was taken in April 2016, sadly we lost him the following year, we couldn't have wished for a more sensible and faithful companion and are thankful to have a great many photos of him to look back upon.

Equipment

The camera used was a Nikon 7100 model the lens a Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro lens, speed 1/200th at F8.0 hand held, on auto focus, no flash!

Inspiration

It's a cliché but I took it "because he was there and his quizzical expression amused me at the time...had he been able to speak I felt sure he would have said "What's up doc?"

Editing

I increased the contrast in Photoshop 5.0 and to get extra sharpness in his coat and face I used Nik Efex sharpener Pro which was ideal to show off his wiry coat to its best advantage.

In my camera bag

I am happy to leave my bag at home and just use an 18-250mm Sigma zoom lens, which covers any subject from close up to infinity, mounted on either a 7100 or a 7000 model camera, having the good fortune to own a total of three Nikons and 7 different lenses plus, a lightweight tripod which I only use for indoor close up photos

Feedback

The best advice I can give is treat each image you take as though you'll only get the one bite of the apple so have ALL your settings ready at all times to cover the sort of subject matter you hope or expect to find, then put yourself in the hands of fate and with luck you may take a winner:) There's always the alternative of setting the camera shutter to use Continuous, which is best reserved for action shots, then you can pick the best shot and bin the rest:)

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