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Holly - one in a litter of 9 Lab puppies #27561
01/02/10 03:26 AM
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Greg Lynch Offline OP
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Asleep on Mom with a full tummy... shot raw, cropped, resized and sharpened using USM 400,2,0; Canon 5D, 100mm f2.8 macro lens, natural light. Critiques appreciated please.

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Re: Holly - one in a litter of 9 Lab puppies [Re: Greg Lynch] #27562
01/02/10 11:28 AM
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Greg,
great puppy; very nice image. I'd eliminate that flare/light spot on the lower left corner but that's it.

Jim


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Re: Holly - one in a litter of 9 Lab puppies [Re: Jim Garvie] #27563
01/02/10 11:53 PM
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Quote:

Greg,
great puppy; very nice image. I'd eliminate that flare/light spot on the lower left corner but that's it.

Jim




Hey, Jim - thanks for the comment. did not think to do that - it's where Mom's black coat falls off at the skin line. That's her bare tummy. Should I clone that out?

Greg

Re: Holly - one in a litter of 9 Lab puppies [Re: Greg Lynch] #27564
01/03/10 12:58 PM
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Greg,
although you said it was Holly on her mom, you really can't tell that's mom under her so, personally, I'd clone out the skin area. It's a matter of personal choice. If you could see more of mom, it wouldn't be an issue. Like in this shot.



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Re: Holly - one in a litter of 9 Lab puppies [Re: Greg Lynch] #27565
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Hope it is okay with you, but I find it most helpful in this section when people show what they would do with the image posted. I love this image of this pup. It is very calming and one of those aw moments.
I do like the curve of the body but two points bothered me. The first was the bottom right was too close to the edge and I added a little more room for that pretty face.
The second was the large out of focus body drew my eye away again from that darling face. This is how I would have handled this finished image.



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Re: Holly - one in a litter of 9 Lab puppies [Re: Peggy Sue] #27566
01/03/10 10:06 PM
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Thanks - I really appreciate the input.

Jim - excellent illustration of what you were trying to convey. I don't know whether it was intentional or not, but the area in your image (lovely rotties, btw) was placed exactly right, so I could scroll just a smidge to effectively "crop" it and it made you point very well.

Peggysue - nice crop, and I love the almost medium format look it gives to the image. I also agree - taking out most of the body focuses attention exactly where it should be - on the face.

Thanks again - anyone else?


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