Bender the Mini Pinscher.

[mjm]

A quick image taken of my puppy while he was playing in the grass. I took about 60 shots of him, 6 turned out OK. This being my favorite. He runs around sooooooo much it was a miracle that I got this framed up and shot while he was still for 1/4 second.

Absolutely no photoshop work done on this shot. Straight from camera to the web

Canon 300D
F5.6
1/80th
400ISO



More Bender photos here: http://www.mattmcinvale.com/gallery/Bender

[jcharris]

Hi MJM

Nothing that i really can add to this shot .
Composition , color everything is very good .
It happens to me as well , took lots and lots of photo's to get one that is fine !

Regards
james

A quick image taken of my puppy while he was playing in the grass. I took about 60 shots of him, 6 turned out OK. This being my favorite. He runs around sooooooo much it was a miracle that I got this framed up and shot while he was still for 1/4 second.

Absolutely no photoshop work done on this shot. Straight from camera to the web

Canon 300D
F5.6
1/80th
400ISO



More Bender photos here: http://www.mattmcinvale.com/gallery/Bender

[Elysian]

Not a bad shot at all, focus on the eyes, background that is not distracting and the lighting seems to be quite ok.

The only thing I don't like is the distortion of his head, caused by using the wrong focal length.

Thanks for sharing.

[mjm]

Distortion? He is a puppy and has a really big head... maybe I am missing something?

[Elysian]

Got a shot taken from further away?

[gahspidy]

Mjm,
This is very good. As another stated, focus is right on the eyes dof is great, framing, lighting all good. Great job. btw what focal length was this?

[kitst3r]

I agree with gahspidy. Top job!. I also like the colour saturation. i could see this in the pages of a book on puppies. Btw i never would agree to a strangers request to see his puppy normally

[PuckJunkey]

A Doby!

Really nice shot I'd say. No corrections necessary that I can see. Congrats on the new pup. Dogs rule.

[Photo-John]

I'm not sure whether the big head is caused by distortion or not. Regardless, I like it. It's kinda goofy and makes the picture more interesting and fun for me.

[mjm]

Thanks everyone. I'm sure you will see more photos of him as he grows up.

JoeD, My site is currently down. Once that comes back up I will try to post another photo of him in this thread.

[Elysian]

Congratualations MJM; featured photo!

Well done ;)

[mtbbrian]

Great pet pic!
It shows a lot of character!
I don't think there is anything you could do to improve, you captured him with a good expression and pose.
Brian

[mjm]

Sweet. Thanks for picking this photo.

JoeD, I don't want to clog this thread up with more images. Check out this one for the distortion you were talking about: http://www.mattmcinvale.com/gallery/Bender/IMG_2980

[Elysian]

Yes, I agree, there is no distortion at all, not so much when I compare the original image with your link, but more when I compare it with this one: http://www.mattmcinvale.com/gallery/Bender/IMG_2967

I made a false conclusion, sorry.

[mjm]

No worries JoeD, thanks for the comments.

BTW, what would cause the distortion you were talking about? Wide angle lens perhaps?

[Elysian]

BTW, what would cause the distortion you were talking about? Wide angle lens perhaps?

In general people tend to use at least something like a 90mm (more is better) for portrait photography. Try to take a full shot of someone's face with both a 50mm and 90mm and compare the results and you'll see what I mean; eyes pulled to the sides, nose that is too big, just the whole face is slighty (but visible) out of proportion.

[mjm]

Cool, I will check that out. 90 is pretty long, what if you don't have a lot of space to work in? any way to compensate for a shorter lense?

[mbeth16]

this looks just like my mini pin Roxy! She is not a puppy any more but is just as small! Same eyes and everything. Great shot. l like it....


melinda