Pet Portraits - please post them here

[carregwen]

"And that's a beautiful pass from Beckham to Rooney, who heads it into the goal... they think it's all over... it is now..."

[Juniper]

Does she eat many of them?

Great shot.

Oh nooo....

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BTW: ALL of these pet-phoptos are so great! Don't know how to praise them!

[Sam Smith]

This is Leila. She is retriever mixed bred. A very loving puppy. She is the neighbors puppy but is at our house just as much as she is home. She is the smallest of the 6 dogs between both houses but she rules the roost.




Your comments on improvement are always gratefully accepted.

[wilgk]

She looks Lovely Sam - her eyes are sharp & her personality shines through.
We have a Golden called Dream - who is very much loved as I'm sure is Leila.

[Sam Smith]

She looks Lovely Sam - her eyes are sharp & her personality shines through.
We have a Golden called Dream - who is very much loved as I'm sure is Leila.

Thanks Kay. I personally like them better than any other bred. They are so friendly and easy going dogs.

[Maritimer1]

Another dogs on the beach shot. It was a real grab shot, as I saw the flash of colour and movement at the corner of my eye and just grabbed.

Kit, I love this photo! What a nice job you did with the processing.

Myra

[Klickit]

Kit, I love this photo! What a nice job you did with the processing.

Myra

Thanks, Myra. I played and played with this and in the end did a good, big crop to set the attention on the dogs, who were previosly lost on the beach.

[Peter Ryan]

Another dogs on the beach shot. It was a real grab shot, as I saw the flash of colour and movement at the corner of my eye and just grabbed.

Great action shot Kit. I love it.

[Nomadr]

the gang spy a new playmate,

[David]

Usually Tom is the featured feline. This time his birth sister, Arwen, is the subject. This is only the third shot taken with my brand new Canon 5D Mk2. Post-processing: sharpening using DPP after WB adjustment.




Cheers

David

[carsassy]

My very special cat who knows she is the boss...

This is my second attempt to list, such a great site been a fan for a while now. This was taken with a Lumix L3 as my Canon 50D spooks my cats, makes them camera shy.

[ScoutR]

Wow, I haven't checked in on the Pet thread for awhile. Lots of new ones. Nice to see and great job, Susan and David and Martyn and Kay and Sam... I think that's everyone since the last time I was here. I really must check in more often.

Wendy

[Owl]

This is my aunt's cat Walter, I took it with the Canon Rebel XTI I have and a Tamron macro lens. I'm not sure what it's called specifically only because it's not here right now with me, otherwise I'd post that.

[condellgetinhere]

This is my friends Yorkie-Chihuahua mix at the park. I'm surrounded by small dogs where I live so these guys tend to be who I practice photographing the most. Also, this is my first post

[condellgetinhere]

and Tinka ..

[Sahil]

Wow! Some great pets here!
My budgies are not very tamed, so its kinda difficult to take their shot. Here is one...

Meet Wall-E

[Dave Humphries]

This is my friends Yorkie-Chihuahua mix at the park. I'm surrounded by small dogs where I live so these guys tend to be who I practice photographing the most. Also, this is my first post

Hi Eric,

Welcome to the CiC forums from me, great to have you join with pictures so soon.

With your 'friend in the park' above, my initial thought was; "shame it isn't bigger in the frame", but that might have lost the sense of scale. It's a good exposure under difficult conditions though - we can see plenty of detail in the face and shadows.

As for Tinka, s/he looks like they don't get into much trouble anymore because they can't be bothered - great shot.

An impressive start, look forward to more

Cheers,

[Dave Humphries]

Wow! Some great pets here!
My budgies are not very tamed, so its kinda difficult to take their shot. Here is one...

Meet Wall-E

Hey Sahil,

You've been shooting with your 50/1.8 pretty well wide open again haven't you? - I reckon I can tell even if you block the EXIF

That's a painfully thin DoF and you've done very well manually focused, but I think it's still a bit soft (even when viewed full screen at 1024 high), I suspect the bird moved a bit during the exposure, there's not a lot you can do about that except up the shutter speed (and ISO). And of course more DoF would help ( more > ISO)

FWIW, I know I couldn't get close to that with a manual lens, so well done from me,

[Sahil]

Thanks for the kind words, Dave.
Here is the EXIF.
Shot at Aperture Priority mode.
Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/2.5
Focal Length 50 mm
ISO Speed 400

Now you can see how bad the light was. I am getting my room re-painted. Its too dark. There is never enough light
In 0.04 secs, the bird is sure to move. She was picking her seeds, when I took the shot. & yea, manual focusing is a pain when you don't have a stationery subject
Will buy a new body, but only next year. I am ripped off as of now

[Jim B.]

Willie and Mimi.