Where's the Bird

Searching for the birds. Always searching.

 

Please speak to her. She always wants a comment. A Critique. My first time taking pictures of her with my new lens 50 mm f 1.8 and I have to MANUAL focus. Not that easy with a MOVING girl like her.

 

Thank you for always watching.

 

Micki

Nice shot. Lovely dog. I like this in b&W. Regards...

She is my MUSE and my favorite person, I mean dog, to take pictures of. :)

Sweet image Micki. The lighting and dof are great. Looks great in BW. :O)

Wonderful and sweet!

Leanna, Now I think she is going after your sweet kitty ;) he he

Oh! I like this even more than the other one!

 

B&W of coarse! But great pose as well... The DOF is near PERFECT! And you have great tones in it.

She will sit out there enjoying me sitting with here and look back and forth for anything to move. It is a treat.

 

I just had to try and focus. That was the hard part.

Manual focus is not easy... I've tried... My Xg SE folder is all manual focus on a manual film camera...

 

Hard to do, but can be well worth the effort.

This is more like it! Now you`ve got that focusing right into the spot and I like this a lot! DoF is a wonderful thing to explore and you got a great model for to assist you. I assume that you shoot this at 1.8-aperture, or perhaps something like 2.X... That certainly helps to separate the main subject from the background.

 

Good luck for the manual focusing! I don`t know about the viewfinder of the D40X, but in D50, manual focusing is a little bit of a pain... But, when you get enough practise, it`ll work more fluently. I use my 300mm Nikkor AI-S constantly and also often use the 24mm and 80-200 lenses in manual focusing mode. That helps to determine exactly what I want to show in my images. :-)

 

C U!

Alpo

It was still manual mode but they were on Sport Mode. I was practacing for the Soccer shots and trying to see what the settigs were on Sport Mode so I could duplicate them for my Manual settings. I still have to manual focus so I think it doesn't matter mutch with the 50mm but boy it turned out great. The neat thing with doing the NIKON in JPEG and RAW at the same time is I can compare which picture I like better.

On my - it's soooo beautiful!!! Great shot!!!

Hey ~ this was number one in pet pictures for a while ;) he he

 

well if you only counted my friends... lol

 

I don't know WHY the annonymous people didn't rate it.

Lovely - lovely!

She is just a joy to take pictures of. :)

Beautiful image. one to cherish.

This is how I remember her.  She was always so proper.  :)

After looking at the one running through the snow, I was curious to see the rest, and this one leaped out at me!

What a wonderful portrait! I love the B & W tones and dof / sharpness / blurred background.

One to frame and hang in a place of prominence

Beautfully done!

 

Best Regards

 

Alf

Thank you so much Alf ~  She was always loving getting her picture taken.  Such a wonderful dog!  :)

 

Beautiful dog and a lovely portrait! Thank you for sharing! :)