Dog Blog Post #329: Bad day for the Daily Shoot...
Make a photograph using hard light today.
... made nearly impossible as there was almost no sun to be had today. I was just starting to make battle plans (big flash light, Coleman lantern, find a dark corner of the house...) When the sun peaked out for a micro-second, and I rushed into the kitchen and snapped a picture of the nearest dog (see top of post.)
Note to self: It's much easier to "rush" with the point-n-shoot than "rush" with Baby, who lives in a special case, with a lens cap, and fancy hood that you have to (at a minimum) unscrew (as it's stored on backwards (on purpose) so it will fit in the case. If you actually want the hood (say, to keep dog noses at least a few inches away from your $800 lens) then you need to screw it back on the right way, as well.) Then, and only then, can you turn it on, fiddle with the auto-focus mode, and dink with any other settings that might fit the moment, which, by this point. probably isn't the moment you set out to take a picture when you started. Not that I'm complaining, because the moment you do capture will undoubtedly look far better than if you had just whipped out the point-n-shoot and snapped the shot you were staring at in the first place. Actually, given the lag between pushing the button on the point-n-shoot and it actually taking the picture, you might end up with the some moment either way!
I did slip outside with the boys a bit later, and while I was throwing the Lacrosse ball for Zachary, Henry somehow managed to drop one in the pond.
Below is Zachary's reaction to this traumatic event...
... and as a change from Lavender, how about a Japanese Maple...
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Your photos make me smile and your writing makes me LOL! It would be interesting to grab a stop watch and actually check if there is any time difference between taking a photo from scratch with the DSLR and P & S cameras:)
ReplyDeleteI try to jump back and forth with 2 different cameras...trying to get a different result. I usually just make myself crazy and end up with just MORE mediocre pics!
ReplyDeleteYou got some great ones today :)
Wyatt's Mom
Great quality, wonderful willing subjects, intense color saturation. Very nice. I can rachet the concept of "rushing" to photograph: try a border collie! Very enjoyable site and posts!
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha! I have to laugh, because I feel the same way sometimes, but I love the results!
ReplyDeleteThose pictures of Zachary at the pond -- definite calendar shots!
Great point about the DSLR... it's definitely more of a process to get ready for a photo than it was with the point and shoot! But they're worth it, I think. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the first photo, so sweet.
ReplyDeleteYup, welcome to my world.