2 dogs

[Llama]

i took some pictures of one of my moms friends dogs, how can i improve on these?


dog 2 by j.clarke213, on Flickr


dog 1 by j.clarke213, on Flickr

thank you for looking
btw not had a chance to process these yet, so this is how they came out the camera.

 

[TinaC]

A little more light would be good to lift the dark shadows and a tiny bit of sharpening then voilà!

In composition I would be careful not to clip bits off, e.g. the nose in #1 I would also try to get down nearer the eye level of the dog to give a better aspect. Shooting down on top of the dog makes for an awkward composition.

But with such patient models I would take advantage and keep practicing

 

[Llama]

A little more light would be good to lift the dark shadows and a tiny bit of sharpening then voilà!

In composition I would be careful not to clip bits off, e.g. the nose in #1 I would also try to get down nearer the eye level of the dog to give a better aspect. Shooting down on top of the dog makes for an awkward composition.

But with such patient models I would take advantage and keep practicing

thank you, its rare they are this patient, have to take them out for a very big run, and yea the light was a problem, didnt wont to use flashes in case it scared them. when i see them again ill use my new 35mm lens with a nice wide aperture so the light shouldnt be such a problem
thanks

 

[TCR4x4]

A reflector on the 2nd shot would have made a world of difference. I wouldnt use flash, it sacres the dogs, and probably doesnt do thier eye sight a lot of good either.

Wide aperture and natural light with a bit of manipulation with reflectors will do the trick!

 

[Llama]

A reflector on the 2nd shot would have made a world of difference. I wouldnt use flash, it sacres the dogs, and probably doesnt do thier eye sight a lot of good either.

Wide aperture and natural light with a bit of manipulation with reflectors will do the trick!

i was shotting with the widest apature, and all the light i could get in
but yea a reflector would have been good, i might just buy a big piece of card though

 

[TinaC]

i was shotting with the widest apature, and all the light i could get in
but yea a reflector would have been good, i might just buy a big piece of card though

Or borrow a sheet or tablecloth?

 

[GSDlover4ever]

Why don't you take your camera out with you the next time you take the dogs out for a run...

Bet you will get lots of good natural shots if you did

 

[Llama]

would love to, but unfortunately they are very badly trained (there not mine, we do try to train them but just dont have long enough time to do a good job) so any time with them is spent making sure they aren't running of towards cars or playing a bit to hard with other dogs