Saturday, April 25, 2015

Animal Portraits

Animal Portraits
#1 and #2 
  are shots of our friends Pit Bull Bailey.

#2



#3
  Dane, a male German Shepherd I met while walking near the house


#4
 His owner was nice enough to pause and let me take some pictures

#5
  another shot of Dane




#6
 Bailey again


 #7
  We'll call him Donald. He insisted I do a portrait of him :-)
If you thought taking portrait shots of pets was hard....try chasing 
ducks and swans around asking them to pose nicely .....lol



 #8 
This swan was pretty cooperative and let me 
take several pictures. Then apparently it was nap time and when I continued taking pictures, 
he rose up, started hissing and I took that as my cue that he was done posing.


#9
Just before he hissed at me


#10
 is a picture I took about 10 or maybe 15 years ago of my two 
Shepherds, Greif and Sasha..they are missed :-(

5 comments:

  1. Good job Mark. Looks like you got around. Glad you were able to get your friends to pose for you. I like #2 best, just the look on Bailey's face :-)

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  2. Wow - you really got into it!! Nice job. I agree with Robin, #2 is awesome....looks very professional!!

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  3. For me #1 is the best, I like the profile, it's sharp, and a nice catch light. Of course #9 is very beautiful in all respects and #10 is a very nice photo of your personal pets!

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  4. 1,3,6, best eyes and expressions of them all. Very good Mark.

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  5. #1 is a great profile and the 'bokeh' polished it off - nice shot. I really like #8 - the texture, 'flow' and the color in the beak just pulls your eyes into the shot. great job as always....

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