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Matt Davis
{K:3935} 8/15/2003
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Kim,
I've just beamed you an e-mail but thought I'd leave a note on this pic as it's different to see someone taking time to set up a lighting studio for their dog. It's well framed but as many have mentioned coud do with some catchlights.
Having recently commented on a great photo of a little girl walking her dog I would suggest some low angles getting into the dog eye perspective. The shot I saw was taken from behind and movement added in PS. I wouldn't say PS work is always necessary but crawling round on your knees may give a pleasing result. I guess Neko would be all around you then though 0 I know the problem with shooting pets, they either turn away or put their snout right down the camera lens!
Rgds.
Matt
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Richard Blount
{K:8015} 7/19/2003
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Hi Kim, A very simple way to bring out the eyes is as follows:
Draw around them using the freehand lasso tool in PS
Feather the radius by about 3
Paste both eyes into new layer by using Ctrl J
then when you have a pair of eyes in a new layer use the screen blending mode to blend with the layer beneath..... A lovely pair of brighter eyes.
I love this portrait, try the technique above, best regards - Richard.
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Bee Arthur
{K:2259} 7/15/2003
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Wow this is a wonerful portrait, good capture. The only thing I would recommened is a slightly weakend sidelight as I think the side is a little over exposed. Other than that it is an excellent shot. Nice work.
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Amy K. Chapin
{K:63} 6/10/2002
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Kim,
I always love pictures of dogs! I wanted to thank you for your comment and coloring a LONG time ago for the frog picture. It has been that long since I have been on the net, I had to finish up my homeschool year. I think what you did looks neat, my mom and I are going to try to work on it. We have Paint Shop, maybe it will work, Thanks again,
Amy
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 5/30/2002
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Thanks Dave and Mary Sue for your comments. It was a challenge to set this up, hold the treat (to get him to stay at look where I wanted him to look) and set the lighting. But I think it was worth it.
The print shows small catchlights, and I tried to play a bit in PS to make them show up in Usefilm, but no luck. They are very subtle though, so I should try again with a stronger setting for the catchlights.
So, thanks again for the suggesstions, and I will try this again for sure!
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Mary Sue Hayward
{K:17558} 5/30/2002
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Very nice photo, especially considering you had to control the camera as well as the subject. I agree that more catchlight in the eyes would help (doesn't show up at all on my monitor), and maybe just a tad more fill on Neko's right side. On the other hand, you have brilliantly captured this dog's personality, which is hard to do!! What does the print look like?
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Dave Holland
{K:13074} 5/29/2002
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Your choice of background and extra effort with lighting makes this one a cut above. I prefer a little stronger catchlight in the eyes. Maybe a bit of flash, set at about -1 to avoid redeye.
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