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Hi everyone, 'had a go' at another dog I captured during the agility competitions recently. Similar manipulation to the previous but I have tried to put the dof in the grass in a different place as this was mentioned in my previous upload, difficult to get exactly right as the dog is jumping in the original and is a couple of feet above ground level. I have enabled 'mods' again if you feel it could be improved upon.
Many thanks to those of you that took time out to view and vote on my previous upload and a special thank you to Mike (hasslebladuk), Ann (EAS), John (lonely_oryx), Sylvia (teocali) for the UA's and Pete for the HC. I never expected such a response and for that I am very grateful,
Regards,
Geoff.
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Nikon 70-200mm VR f/2.8 Plus 1.7x TC |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 24 Sep 2011 - 3:13 PM |
| Focal Length: | 150mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/4.8 |
| Aperture: | f/5.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/1000sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1/3 |
| ISO: | 640 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Title: | Izzy |
| Username: | 
FeatherFriend |
| Uploaded: | 5 Oct 2011 - 11:13 AM |
| Tags: | Agility comp, Digitally manipulated, Dogs, Honiton Showground |
| Votes: | 83 |
| Modifications Welcome (Upload a Modification) |
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A big congrats on all those well deserved awards .....
and looks like another award winner here
Another stunner here, very well captured and processed.
Carol
Thanks all and a special thank you to Steve (EOS_fan) for the UA, really appreciated,
Regards,
Geoff.
Quote: Hi Geoff,
This has more of a cut-out feel to it compared to the previous one, especially around the back legs and the elbow of his front left leg.
Hi Cole, a big learning curve for me I'm afraid, maybe I didn't soften the edges you mention enough. I've put a V2 up which is a crop of the original jpg........your thought's if you have time please,
Geoff.
Thanks again all and a special thank you to Patti for the UA, most appreciated,
Geoff.
Terrific detail and action on the Springer Geoff, but have to agree with Cole , the longer you look at it the more it looks superimposed against the bg not like the last one. The blurring to get dof might work better if you sharpen the grass all the way to the front, I feel the band is too narrow. Also take some of the left hand side away to give thirds as the dog is too central, that could give more perspective. Still though great work and a fab dog. V2 is the one for me as it shows what he is doing and has the story to it.
Richard
Quote: Terrific detail and action on the Springer Geoff, but have to agree with Cole , the longer you look at it the more it looks superimposed against the bg not like the last one. The blurring to get dof might work better if you sharpen the grass all the way to the front, I feel the band is too narrow. Also take some of the left hand side away to give thirds as the dog is too central, that could give more perspective. Still though great work and a fab dog
Richard
Thanks Richard, the more comments like this the better to help with this type of work which I would love to get to grips with,
Geoff.
Hi Geoff
Practice makes perfect, and boy I need practice to even get to this standard, nice one mate!
Regards
Trev.
The original capture of the dog in V2 makes a superb action capture, Geoff, but my first impression when looking at V1 (WITHOUT having read any comments first) was that the blurring of the grass around the hindfeet and LH elbow was a bit clumsy and made it obvious that the BG had been replaced. Like Richard, I also feel that the narrow band of in-focus grass seems incongruous and doesn't really work for me. However, still a great processing effort and I feel the perceived faults have really only been made that bit more obvious by comparison with the last upload, which was perfection 
Sylvia
The first thing that struck me Geoff was that narrow dof band across the image looks out of place.
That simply would not be there as the sharp focus of the dogs head is way out in front of that - any area around the dogs back legs would most likely to be blurred.
Having said that I like the image - great detailed dogs head.
Brian.
Quote: The first thing that struck me Geoff was that narrow dof band across the image looks out of place.
That simply would not be there as the sharp focus of the dogs head is way out in front of that - any area around the dogs back legs would most likely to be blurred.
Having said that I like the image - great detailed dogs head.
Brian.
Hi Brian, my thoughts too (easy to say afterwards ) seems I should have stuck with the original 'game plan' re the grass, I was possibly right on the previous image,
Geoff.
Quote: The original capture of the dog in V2 makes a superb action capture, Geoff, but my first impression when looking at V1 (WITHOUT having read any comments first) was that the blurring of the grass around the hindfeet and LH elbow was a bit clumsy and made it obvious that the BG had been replaced. Like Richard, I also feel that the narrow band of in-focus grass seems incongruous and doesn't really work for me. However, still a great processing effort and I feel the perceived faults have really only been made that bit more obvious by comparison with the last upload, which was perfection
Sylvia
Thanks Sylvia, your comments are appreciated. However I found this one so much more difficult to do and spent much more time doing it, the first was a hard act to follow though and all comments taken on board,
Geoff.
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Quote: V1 is definitely worth working further on, Geoff, as V2 just doesn't really work for me because of composition issue.
My problem is I've only just found out how to do a mask Cole, it's the coloured poles coming from the paws downwards which I find very difficult to work around. Was hoping someone would do a 'mod' and tell me how to improve it.....................any offers out there
Geoff.
Thanks again everyone for your support,
absolutely great, I have been trying to find a dog to perform like this - mine are all too lazy
A super shot of this sprightly springer spaniel springing into action
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