I'm far behind on reading mails. The main reason is that some unpleasant is going on in my professional life. It drains a lot of energy. (I don't really want to talk about this; I just think the list should know why I am a bit more on and off, and perhaps a bit grumpier than what I regularly am.)
Ok, to the picture. The light is kind of harsh. But I do like the way he is posing. No. Not to the picture. This is just an excuse to ask for help. Rant warning. I know you are a dog person William, so I thought I'd ask you for some advice on photographing my dog. He is adopted. When I got him (he was six to eight years old) he went under cower the same moment I picked up the camera. After some thinking I realised he was afraid of the flash. Thats a kind of natural reaction, when a person is flashing at you, and you have no idea why. When I realised this, I started to fiddle with the camera without photographing. After a while he got used to it. But when I pointed it at him he went away. After some (read a lot) work he allows me to photograph him without flash. But no posing, none at all. Just "random" shots. The problem is that he is black, very black. He absorbs a lot of light, almost like a black hole. So it is hard to get the exposure and the composition right at the same time. Frustrating. He is a nice looking dog! Indirect flash would probably do the trick. I sure could shoot a frame or two with flash, but that would scare him of again. And that would definitely set us back to where we started, with him running of instantly. Ok. Here my rant is over. Do you, or other fellow PDMLers, have any advice here? Is there any method I can make him used to flash photographing. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30. januar 2006 00:24 > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: PESO: Another Dawg Picture > > We had an obedience trial this weekend. > This fella did really well for his boss. > > http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/dawgpictures/turboribbons.html > > Technical (such as there is any) > istD, FA50/1.4 > 1/60th at f6.3 > Lighting by Metz. > > William Robb >
