zeozwolf
FollowAdvice and feedback is welcome
Advice and feedback is welcome
Read less
Read less
Views
1050
Likes
Awards
Contest Finalist in Selective Colors Photo Contest
Peer Award
Outstanding Creativity
Superb Composition
Top Choice
Absolute Masterpiece
All Star
Top Ranks
Categories
Same photographer See allBehind The Lens
Discover more photos See all
Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was simply taken in my kitchen. This proves that even in the everyday setting one can find new things to shoot.Time
This photo was taken at about 9 in the morning. This is when Ginger is fed breakfast. Her eagerness for food always puts her to lick her lips as she knows that she will be fed.Lighting
As this photo was taken in the morning a lot of the natural light was used as lighting. This gives it a very nice full lit effects with natural shadows taking part.Equipment
A Sony DSC cyber-shot RX1R with a Carl Zeiss 35mm f2 lens. No flash was used nor was a tripod or any other equipment.Inspiration
Owning this dog for 10 years I have many photos of her from every angle. She always gives funny, goofy and cute faces I feel I have to shoot. The tong is a feature which I had not yet captured. I took this theme as an opportunity to shoot her pink slimy tong in action.Editing
Yes of course. Although my camera has a selective colour option, I did not use it for this photo but rather used software to highlight the tongs colour and make the rest black and white. I also cropped the photo from the original to give it a better composition.In my camera bag
Depending on where I'm going or what I'm planning on shooting I will always either have my Sony RX1R or my Nikon D3100. I like to use camera by themselves without any extra equipment so aside from the Sigma zoom for my Nikon I will only carry the camera itself.Feedback
Capturing animals is always a difficult thing to do and many shots are taken to get that one perfect shot. I would advice finding a feature which makes the animal stand out, be it the eyes of a snake, the nose of a cat or the pink tong of a white dog. focusing on getting that feature and getting what is special about that feature will allow it to stand out and give great results. As animals do not understand that they must stay still for you, a good technique I use is to engage with the animal as much as possible. For example for this photo I had a treat in had allowing my dog to have all of its attention towards me and allowing her tong to often be shown. I personally don't worry about perfect composition and then keep rough composition which can be cropped later to give the desired composition since the animal will not always stay where you want them to be. Finally when shooting animal I would have to say to have fun and let them be models. Let them goof around and capture the moments that you are not aiming for which will give you unexpected surprises and personality in the shot.