If nothing else, I hope you smile

[lovelife65]

As much as they are. (yes, black lab is poorly exposed, but...)

skf

[LePetomane]

Thanks for the "pick me up " shot. I' headed into the Bighorns tomorrow with Nikki to do some fishing. Hopefully I will get a nice dog picture.

[NorthernFocus]

I've yet to see a dog that doesn't love snow. Looks like yours are no exception

[lovelife65]

Thanks for the "pick me up " shot. I' headed into the Bighorns tomorrow with Nikki to do some fishing. Hopefully I will get a nice dog picture.

The expressions of a dog living life never fail to make me feel better. LOL
Yeah, I need to spend more time photographing these two. The right way . This is about a year ago, near spokane.

I hope you do get a good picture, would love to see it here.

[lovelife65]

I've yet to see a dog that doesn't love snow. Looks like yours are no exception

:-). They have a routine, Black lab will for some reason start digging a hole in snow, and Yellow lab will stand and bark at her... unless she chases him away. Such hams. What a way to remember to live life. Like nobody is watching

[rpcrowe]

Sharon, I think that one reason you have lost detail in the black dog is that the image is generally underexposed. A camera meter will most often try to make the white snow look 18% gray and in order to get it white you need to add around two stops or so of exposure. Obviously, adding a couple of stops of exposure will allow more detail in the black dog.

Than if that isn't enough, I would try to use the NIK Viveza filter (NIK is free) and choose the shadows slider to open the dog a bit and then if that still doesn't give you any detail in the black dog, using NIK Viveza and placing a control point on the dog and reducing the circle to just include the dog and then brighten the dog a bit...

I tried it and it works fairly well. However, a black dog on white snow will always be a problem exposure wise...



Shooting in white snow, I like to use Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB) at one stop intervals combined with a one stop exposure increase. That will give you 3-shots (one at the meter reading, one plus 1-stop, and one plus 2-stops... Using a Canon DSLR, this is very easy since by setting the AEB and shooting in burst mode, you get three bracketed shots every time you press the shutter button. Then the camera stops firing until you press the shutter button again for three bracketed stops. Using high speed burst mode, the shots are very close to each other.

[lovelife65]

Hi Richard, thank you
Yes, underexposure in this particular shot. It is a photo from a couple of years ago, and with our previous camera (Canon 7D). Most likely shot in auto mode
I'm not doing that any longer, and really like my new Fuji much better. Learning curve tho. And not enough time for practice.
I really need to check into those tools you suggest. I think I will today. I also need to learn Photoshop to a better level, as I think it would give me a bit more than lightroom. And of course, always getting as close to perfect out of camera is a goal

[lovelife65]

Hi Richard, thank you . Your edit looks much better.
Yes, underexposure in this particular shot. It is a photo from a couple of years ago, and with our previous camera (Canon 7D). Most likely shot in auto mode
I'm not doing that any longer, and really like my new Fuji much better. Even using Auto Bracketing on it. Learning curve tho. And not enough time for practice.
I really need to check into those tools you suggest. I think I will today. I also need to learn Photoshop to a better level, as I think it would give me a bit more than lightroom. And of course, always getting as close to perfect out of camera is a goal

[zen]

This shot reminds me of Merle's story in the book "Merle's Door." I recommend you look up the book and buy it. It is a great and wonderful read for Yellow lab owners, and you will not live with your dog in the same way after reading it.

Zen

[lovelife65]

This shot reminds me of Merle's story in the book "Merle's Door." I recommend you look up the book and buy it. It is a great and wonderful read for Yellow lab owners, and you will not live with your dog in the same way after reading it.

Zen

Thank you for the suggestion. I may just have to check it out. Our dogs are family. Excessively spoiled and loved and a huge joy. I let our Yellow know he's my boyfriend, and he knows it. LOL. You know what I often hear about labs and it's pretty true in our case: female labs love you, but male labs are IN love with you. Yep. (and we love them both, but they are very different).

[Shadowman]

I missed this one, definitely a smile inducer.