When they were puppies

[lovelife65]

Old photo(jpeg so hard to play with) of our two labs as puppies, after some beach play in the Marina (San Francisco). So hard to capture with the contrasting colors, especially in mid day sun. Yet, the cuteness still makes me smile (I'm biased), and labs are puppies til they pass on.

[rpcrowe]

Nice shot Sharon... I might have cropped it a bit tighter!

[Shadowman]

Nice effort.

[lovelife65]

Nice shot Sharon... I might have cropped it a bit tighter!

Thank you Richard. I cropped a bit and also "filtered" to take a litte of the sun off our little girls face.
They've been best of buds (litter mates) for over 10 years now. High energy, not for everyone field labs.
Wish I could play with it some more.

[IzzieK]

The edit is more prettier, Sharon...typical pose these two. They are both beautiful and looks like they had had a lot of fun.

'Saw a labradoodle yesterday on our way to church hanging its head far out of a car window. Hubby kept saying "Don't fall...don't fall..." and he drove a bit faster to keep up with the car. Then we saw s/he was quite safe because s/he was harnessed well.

[bnnrcn]

Lovey babies The edit looks better Sharon . If the image was mine I would crop from the LHS just a little bit more and I would leave just a little more empty space on the RHS to put the babies off centre.

[lovelife65]

Izzie, LOL. Ours stay in the back of the jeep with giant "Big Barker" dog beds. No harness, very risky yes. They are beautiful, thank you. Littermates but very different, the yellow male is a huge love bomb baby, his sis is more independent (runt complex?). The old saying is a female labrador loves you, but a male labrador is IN LOVE with you. I see it. Again, it's not a great photo, but the expression were cute.

[lovelife65]

Binnur, thank you. The crop would definitely improve the framing, and somehow working on the harsh lighting would help for sure. Thank you for your kind words and suggestions.

[NorthernFocus]

Beautiful pups. The edit definitely looks better both lighting and crop. Nice job.

[lovelife65]

Beautiful pups. The edit definitely looks better both lighting and crop. Nice job.

Thank you Dan. I believe I need to start looking at my photos in different settings. I think my mac set up gives a different lighting than what is seen elsewhere... not as bright/over exposed.
They were great puppies, and continue to be amazing dogs . Best ever.

[rpcrowe]

I often use a hotshoe bounce flash with dogs both indoors and outdoors. The flash will produce catchlights in the eyes but, using a reflector diffuser will prevent the green glow caused by the reflection from the retina back into the lens...

Using a diffuser reflector such as the Joe Demb Flash Diffuser Pro will allow you to use bounce flash even when there is no ceiling or wall off which to bounce.