The Nose

Amber was quite the sport for this photo. The front of the lens was

1 inch from her nose and I held the flash from about 1 foot above,

and she let me take as many shots as I wanted.

Beautiful B&W!!!! NICE shot!!!

lovely shot simon. would have ruined it if left in colour.

Perfect! I wanted, literally, to get this shot a while ago, but i guess my dog's nose just wasnt long enough to get the effect... This shot is perfect, especially the upturned eye.

Thanks guys. I totally agree, Matt. The first thing I did in photoshop was lose the color. Dan, I still can't believe she was looking straight up at the flash. I was shooting at iso100 f16, so I know it had to have been putting out some juice.

Dog tired...maybe? Great capture.

Incredible POV and DOF! Nicely done - the nose drip is perfect!

Sweet Dog, great shot

"Thanks guys. I totally agree, Matt. The first thing I did in photoshop was lose the color. Dan, I still can't believe she was looking straight up at the flash. I was shooting at iso100 f16, so I know it had to have been putting out some juice."

 

MY eyes/head heart thinking about that... None of my shots with the closed down aperture came out (was before i had an external flash) which is why i ended up just doing that short DOF experiment that i posted.

super cute!

A beautiful shot, Scott!

great shot, really made me smile.

I absolutely adore that cold, wet, big nose. Great light and B/W works 100%. Grat work!

Great fun!

Scott, your work is always fun and inspiring. It is interesting that at f16 there is not a totally deep focus and the nose is slightly forward of the sharp focus. I hope your dog can still see after all that flash work! Cheers.

Thanks for all of the comments. Kurt, it's kind of deceiving looking at the image, but her nose really was just an inch from the lens and I didn't have the focus set all of the way in. I'm sure her foot is in just about as good as focus as her eye, but it's not nearly as sharp due to the lack of good lighting on it. She seems to be ok today. Yesterday she was squinting quite a bit...I'm sure from a scratch from the tall grass she was retrieving in, not the flash, though.:)

this has to be one of your best shots to date. it would look stunning printed poster size, you should get in contact with some photo librarys as this is very comercial and im sure it would sell. pure gold mate 7/7

Thanks, Martin. I just got done telling someone I think this is my new favorite photo. I also just got done telling him I'm not sure this would make a good quality poster sized print, because it's only 4Mp. It's incredible how wide an 8mm fisheye is....lens against the nose and still a 50% crop to get her close enough. I know very little about printing, but I'm guessing black and white is a little more forgiving when enlarging prints. I think I'm going to find out very shortly. It looks 10 times better set as my wallpaper as it does here, so I'm sure a poster would look excellent as long as I'm not too short on pixels.

Great composition and more importantly - SO CUTE!!!

scott why dont you email me the image and i can have a go at washing it through some software iv got and then i can try and print it at a2+ if it works i can then write the image to disc and post it back to you. as email dosnt like very large images.

lovely old guy

 

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Thanks.

This brought a big smile to my face. I love it.

Hello Scott . Fantastic image . Congratulations !

This is so great! Made me smile and miss my best friend.

This is a brilliant image with wonderful composition. Nicely done. Dan