Thursday, August 23, 2012

Katie is kerfuzzled

Katie

I love it when Katie head-tilts. I had one of those Audubon talking-bird stuffy in the shape of a loon that, when you squeeze it, turns on a loon recording. The loon was out of her sight behind a comforter that was bunched up in front of her.  I closed down my aperture from f/2.8 to f4 for a little more depth of field, and had to press both arms into my sides to try and minimize hand-shake. I focused on her eyes as always.

It came out a little underexposed so I increased it a bit in Lightroom, sharpened around her eyes, added clarity and vibrance, and desaturated the blue pillowcase a little. Her eyes came out too dark, so I dodged both of her eyes.

I wonder what Katie would do if she actually met a real live loon because she whines whenever she hears the call.

(Shot with the Nikon D300 using the 50mm lens; aperture-priority, with aperture set at f/4; camera chose shutter speed of 1/60 second at ISO 800; center-weighted metered; auto white balance; normal JPG.)

11 comments:

  1. great shot! When my dog does that... we call it "tilty head thingy". :-)

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    1. she tilts both ways but definitely favors tilting to the right as opposed to the left.

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  2. I adore head tilt shots! You really got a great one of Miss Katie! :)

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  3. Such an inquisitive look. Hand-shake is always an issue for me for inside shots. Especially anything less that 1/60s or so.

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    1. i have to come up with other sounds that might elicit the same reaction. i don't want to wear out the loon.

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  4. Great head tilt shot! Have a fabulous Friday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  5. Casper is a head tilter. Whenever he does it, I just melt.

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    1. same here, that head-tilting gets me every time. sadie does it occasionally. katie does not do it much, but more often than sadie. it's cute when either of them do it.

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  6. Katie is such a stunningly beautiful hound! I have a hard time with camera shake too. Great shot!

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