Snow Ballet

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• Tomek (16762)
• [2008-02-17 6:52]

Hello Dot
Very nice snap shot of dogs in action - that is always nice time to spend outside with man's best friend and play.

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• lisapw1 (8338)
• [2008-02-17 6:55]

Hi Dot! The thumbnail caught my attention as I am a dog lover! This is just a splendid photo of dogs having fun!! I love the action, the "actual" catch, and the placement of dogs in the frame.

This one brought a smile to my face. I just love it!

tfs, Lisa

Lisa

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• lindamccloskey (357)
• [2008-02-17 7:00]

great action shot.very nice job.it looks like fun!

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• c-ynthia (1763)
• [2008-02-17 7:04]

Love the dogs playing that way. Iknow it it hard to catch them in action. Well done
TFS
Cynthia

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• JohnTulip (35290)
• [2008-02-17 7:51]

Dot
Very funny and beautiful composition seeing the German sheppard
dancing in the snow. Natural colors and good clarity, only you could have given it a sparkle more contrast but it is a very nice view
I like the pose of the black doggy too :-)
Greetings
John

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• Hendrika (19218)
• [2008-02-17 8:07]

Hi Dot,

And what a lovely snow ballet you have captured here.
The cold is radiating out of my computer screen, although the dogs seem happy enough to play.

TFS
Els

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• ls_photography (7365)
• [2008-02-17 8:10]

What a funny capture Dot!! Fantastic job keeping room above their heads, as well as the poses. I think that with post processing it could use some saturation, contrast, and levels to make it a bit more brighter and happy looking. It looks really dim to me.
Otherwise, it's a great picture!
TFS

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• gnada (21687)
• [2008-02-17 8:26]

Hi Dot...
Great action post my friend... Beautiful atmosfere... Beautiful capture of "Snow Ballet" and colors!!
Well done - Bravo!
Rgd, George

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• dusklilly (365)
• [2008-02-17 9:50]
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very nice action, you actually caught them both moving, and it's not bad at all. Very good
Ioana

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• trekks (13617)
• [2008-02-17 9:56]

hi Dot

Lovely dogs in play mode with nice jumping action. Well done.

TFS, bill

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• pablominto (27446)
• [2008-02-17 10:00]

Hello Dot,
What maybe is most amazing is you capture them both mid air..!!
And I'm impressed, handling camera and snowballs at the same time and get away with this great image...
Greetings,
Pablo -

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• Helen9466 (966)
• [2008-02-17 10:13]

Fantastic shot~! Really made me smile. I love how you have captured the movement and fun they were obviously having. Gorgeous :) Helen x

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• Arox (847)
• [2008-02-17 14:18]

Hi Dot,

Great shot! Two dogs in air. I like it very much. Good job!

Greetings
Arox

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• farradhim (1362)
• [2008-02-17 19:11]
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I just love the dog action here, Dot, you can capture such great ones, they are well framed and the composition real good:) I think the snow is a bit too bright so featureless at some places and those dogs also should be a bit darker. please see my workshop?
Jacline

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• gyamtso (42)
• [2008-02-18 3:39]
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Interesting view. It's not easy to catch those beast in full motion. You did it well. Congratulations and regards.

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• yamataraja (6737)
• [2008-02-18 10:21]
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Bonjour Dot
Ce type de photo est un réel défi taant pour la mise au point que pour le cadrage, le sujet ayant tendance à
sortir du champ de vision. Je trouve que tu as très bien réussi. Les dedux sujets sont bien définis et l'ensemble présente beaucoup de mouvement et d'interaction. Quant à savoir su la photo peut être améliorée, c'est une question piège étant donné que je peux la modifier mais est-ce que ce sera meilleur? C'est toujnours une question de goût e de ce que tu voulais vraiment exprimer par cette photo. Personnellement, j'y y ajouterais un peu de clareté et de contraste mais ce n'est peut-être pas ce que tu désires. À tout hasard, j'ai fait un workshop qui ressemble finalement à celui fait par Jacline. Elle a été plus patiente que moi, j'ai conservé la bordure tout au long de mes manipulaions. J'espère ue ça te plaira.
Ça demeure une excellente prise de vue.
Serge

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• Kingarfer (2348)
• [2008-02-18 20:10]

Hello Dot

What a fun shot,I can't help but feel good when I look at this.
Those two look like they are having a blast.
Nicely balanced and well timed to capture the action.
Great job.
TFS

Rob

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• mvdisco (35340)
• [2008-02-18 21:20]

Bonjour Dot,
Une belle photo prise en mouvement de ces deux chiens qui jouent ensemble, Très difficile à prendre un photo comme Ça;) Excellent cliché et les mouvements sont très bien arrêtés, well done.
Michel

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• snousse (1541)
• [2008-02-19 13:41]

Salut Dot,
Très belle et spectaculaire photo d'action.
En effet, on dirait bien un ballet.
Très FUN.
Amicalement,
Stephane.

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• Josine (4069)
• [2008-02-19 22:39]

Hi Dot
This is a nice action shot, a little pale.
Well composed. TFS.
Josine

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• hester (9994)
• [2008-02-20 11:16]
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Hi Dot

That looks like fun! This is a well composed shot and you have great timing to capture the action. excellent exposure, good DOF and the shutter speed gave you a nice sharp shot

TFS

Karan

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• PierreFrigon (15465)
• [2008-02-26 4:46]
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Wonderful capture.
The WS really improved it.
Still a very good action capture.
Composition is very good considering that you can't pose this :-).
Image is just a bit washed out though.
Well caught.
Pierre

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• joebatista (5412)
• [2008-02-26 11:23]

Wonderful capture Dot

Perfect timing, this is a real action shot that terrific to look at.

Thank you for sharing :)

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• codge (613)
• [2008-02-27 12:57]

Hi Dot.
Thanks for looking at my pics. I had a good look at yours and thought they were very good. This one is my favorite. It captures just the right moment. How many throws did it take to get it right?
Cheers Codge

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• ajitjoshi19 (170)
• [2008-02-28 6:03]

Hi Dot,
A great action captured here very well. The picture is quite clear inspite of the constantly moving dogs.
TFS.
-Ajit

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• kri54 (614)
• [2008-02-28 21:48]

super ces chiens
j'ai un labrador noir aussi

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• lilimih33 (17701)
• [2008-03-01 2:42]
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Hello Dot!
I love this capture! Excellent done!
Lovely winter picture and very sweet two dogs!
Best regards!
Lili

...I return with points... :)

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• limba3 (13302)
• [2008-03-01 10:41]

Hi
Wow!!!!!!!!!Great shot!
Congratulations.
Anna

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• disease (890)
• [2008-03-03 11:57]

funny picture, I guess it was difficult for you to catch this moment... great shot:)
tfs

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• amcolli (1258)
• [2008-03-10 10:09]

well I don't know how many experts would have been able to achieve creatingv the scene AND catching it too.... surely catching pictuires in the whiteness of snow is difficult enough as it is , if i were betetr at Post porcessing i might be able to try something with saturations, i leave it to those in the know
ciao for now... and so long
anna

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• budgun (2091)
• [2008-03-10 22:06]

Hi Dot,
You did a wonderful job of capturing these animated canies in their winter frolick. I think the dead grey winter sky works to your adavantage making the darkly colored dogs more prominent. Excellent focus to this fine action image.
Regards, Tom

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• atomas59 (2318)
• [2008-03-14 1:09]
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Hi Dot, this is a lovely shot, the interaction of the dogs is just great. One problem i found in some of your shots is exposure. I don't know if you use an automatic or manual mode while taking your shot. But if your using manual, here a trick, the meter of your camera, always think that the object is grey, so if your aiming at a scene with a lot of white, just remember that your camera think it's grey, so if you take a picture, you have to let more light come in, using a slower shutter spead, or a bigger aperture. ex: from f8 to f5.6 or for speed from 1/125 to 1/60. Same principal for darker and black objects, but doing the opposite, the camera give you an exposure and think it's grey, so you have to tell..))) the camera that it's darker and cut down the amount of light coming in..like from 1/125 of a second to 1/250. experiment you'll see it works. One last thing..high contrast (ex: bright day, and snow) has a range of 5 from black to white, so here it goes..black, dark grey, medium grey, light grey, and white. Just remember that your camera always think it's medium grey.
Now for the critique of that photo..)) lovely action shot, the focus is good, the composition is good, so to me it's worth a big smile....))just underexpose than push to much to reveal details in the dogs. (p.s. Hope you get well soon.)

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• thiv56 (1136)
• [2008-03-14 5:53]

Hello Dot!

Wonderful shot, at the right moment! Well done! TFS.
I like farradhim's WS!

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• shelbeesmom (47950)
• [2008-03-19 7:11]
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Your composition on this shot is PERFECT Dot, perfect timing here, they look like that are dancing, love your pp work on this! Thank GOD you didn't use a flash, I had flash photography, even though it would have caught them more sharper in action, sometimes it's just better to do it this way! This is a great stop action photo!
Linda
B-)

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• brianna1 (1393)
• [2008-03-20 8:54]

C'est une très belle capture. Le plaisir est au rendez-vous et vous avez bien saisi l'instant.
Bravo
France

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• manujmehta (11904)
• [2008-04-02 1:50]

hello DOT
amazing shot
You had a good control over shutter speed.
a brilliant shot.
You were right, its not easy to get a shot like this.
brilliant.

regards
manuj mehta
Opps i am finished with smily today, will come back sooon.

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• Zhangyang (0)
• [2008-04-04 23:20]

don't they feel cold? in our city all year no snow, but i always put clothes for them except summer. for cleaning and for keep warm of their bodies.

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• otherpete (925)
• [2008-04-12 14:59]
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All paws in flight! Unfortunately I have not done any photoraphy in the snow, but I suspect exposure is always a challenge. You have managed to control good exposure on the Shepard with sharp detail in his coat. I suspect that a little detail has been lost in the snow, but this is not a problem. Great action shot!

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• hamed31568 (2437)
• [2008-04-27 20:52]

ok, to be honest, i think its a bit too white, i dont mean the snow, the dogs are just a touch over-brightened, but apart from that, the action and the capture itself is great :)

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• karatas1999 (425)
• [2008-07-06 0:28]

ha ha ha
very nice!!!

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• Monceflibra (1002)
• [2008-07-08 9:46]

Hi Dot,
Very nice snapshot, details are excellent as well as colors
Well done
Bye