Make it fast!

[Jandiep]

It's to difficult to keep my tail onder controll!

What's your opinion? shutter time error? or does it show the dog's state of mind?

[PopsPhotos]

I'm not one to call that shutter time "error." That is what you are supposed to show when taking pictures of dogs. Tail up and blurred is a happy dog. Tail down and still is menacing, Tail down and tucked is afraid.

I notice some blurring of the muzzle, also. I can't tell if that is movement or DOF. I think it is DOF, as the eyes are sharp.

Nice shot.

Pops

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Jandiep,

I think it would be fine if it were just the tail blurred, but unfortunately his head has moved too.

1/50s was a little slow for such a shot.

Certainly the camera was held steady enough, the rest is nice and sharp.

Cheers,

[RobO]

Hi Jandiep

I have to agree with Dave here - the head needs to be sharp. You may be able to do some PS work on it - too late tonight for me!

I see that you used F14 @ 1/50th & 400 ISO. You would have done better to open the apperture up and increase the shutter speed. You don't require a big DOF here, especially with the lack of detail in the snowy background.

A potentially a good shot unfortunalely spoiled by the dog's head movement.

Just my personal view, you're nearly there.

Regards

Rob

[Jandiep]

I have to agree with Dave here - the head needs to be sharp.

Hi Rob and Dave,

After Dave's comment I noticed the same issue in the other pictures of the serie I made.
I wasn't aware of the head movement during the shots.
Thanks for your comments, Lesson learned.

Regards, Jan

[Jandiep]

I notice some blurring of the muzzle,
Pops

As Dave noticed, it's due to head movement. I used a Canon EF 28-135mm IS. The IS helped to get the rest sharp.

Thans for your comment
Regards Jan

[Bunter]

Hi Jan

This looks very much like a Boxer - great dogs! - but I'm just wondering
why his tail is (or, appears to be) so long?

And yes, nice shot.


cheers
B

[Jandiep]

Hi Jan

This looks very much like a Boxer - great dogs! - but I'm just wondering
why his tail is (or, appears to be) so long?

B

In the Netherlands it's not allowed anymore to crop the dog's ears or tail. You're not allowed to show a dog with cropped ears/shortened tail on any dog shows. So all official breeders do crop/shorten the tail.

This is our second Boxer, I would not have an other breed.

kind regards,
Jan