Something different from down under. This is my friend's pedigree Italian Greyhound. This was the only shot I got of her in focus, she's as nervous and flighty as a small bird.
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Daniel
Love this shot. I like the color one better then the b&w. I find the color gives it more emotion.
2007-05-09
Keffer
Great light
2007-05-09
Justin Gaynor
Wow, that focus is unreal Miles, beautiful image.
2007-05-09
zora
I like the b&w better, it leads the eye directly to your subject. That's my opinion.
2007-05-09
James
Great shot Miles, our two are difficult to capture as well, they're not skittish as such, just don't have much concentration!
I love the colour version, the dog has a lovely colouring.
2007-05-09
Neil
Wow! Gorgeous dog, the razor thin DoF really drags your eye back to where it should be. The colour one works best for me too.
2007-05-09
Justin
I think the color and B&W versions are equally beautiful. Love the narrow depth of field.
2007-05-09
Tanja
This is beautiful. I like the colour version as well... the earth tones are too perfect to discard.
2007-05-09
Otto K.
Hmm, I like both version. The DOF is terrific here.
2007-05-09
schmee
i'm gonna go with the b/w on this one.
2007-05-09
Turfdigger
A friend of mine had an Italian Greyhound named Alfa many years ago - definitely a breed in full-motion most of the time! The focal separation here between her face and the remainder of the frame is just superb considering the circumstances - I like the b/w as well, but it seems that the separation is much more pronounced in the color version seen here.
2007-05-09
Sunny
hi miles! i don't know if you had a look at all my seychelles shots..there are many photos at the at the beginning
http://n.ethz.ch/student/mistrys/index.php?showimage=4
(don't have an archive yet, sorry)...
Really appreciate your comment :D
i'm totally impressed by your wideangle landscape shots with those crazy blue skies :)
-> i'll have to visit your site more often...
2007-05-09
dennis
hard to pick between the two. i think i like the colour, but i do love how the b&w looks very much like a photo from the early 1900s.
2007-05-09
Jessyel Ty Gonzalez
No freakin' way! That's unbelievable bokeh. What were you at with your 50mm - 1.4 or 1.8? I have never been able to get bokeh like that. And the colors are gorgeous. WOW!
2007-05-09
Puja
i've been in a colour mood lately... i dig it.
your dof (or lack thereof) is consistently kick ass.
as always, thanks for sharing!
2007-05-09
Miles
Thanks everyone, I really love what the 50mm f1.4 can do with out of focus areas. This was shot at 1/200s and f1.6.
2007-05-09
Ash
Beautiful shot... such lovely big eyes on the dog :)
2007-05-09
Paweł Świnarski
wow, great shot , amazing eyes has that dog
2007-05-09
Maarten
i go for the color version, the tones in the background at a lot to the image. Dof is great !
2007-05-09
crash
someone give that dog a donut! he's starving! amazing shot ...
2007-05-09
nferreira
Both images are fantastic, and the b&w version is very appealing, but the color version is more enjoyable.
2007-05-09
Ashley
they're both stunning
2007-05-09
gSaenz
great DOF. like the B&W better.
2007-05-09
Toni
This is freaking amazing.
2007-05-09
James
Nice! I like the colour version.
2007-05-10
Jeff Ambrose
Oh man I love this Miles, just pops out at you like crazy. Just great!
2007-05-10
sari
I like this. Prefer the color version.
2007-05-10
thomas mueller
wow, the way of dof works so well.
and i prefer the coloured version because the grey and brown tones working together very well.
a very beautiful dog!
2007-05-10
Bruce
Both versions are superb, although for lasting effect, the B&W has an edge.
2007-05-10
armeen
photographing pets can be very challenging. i like the way the eyes are captured here. both versions are beautiful. as for me i prefer the b&w version. in b&w the eyes are communicating differently and also the leafs on the ground become less distracting.
2007-05-10
Tessa
Scary, but splendid!
2007-05-10
Jeremy
Wow! Excellent processing! Striking image.
2007-05-10
Robert
Seems like an old image from the toning. Well done, especially with keeping the DOF large enough to cover his face, but ending it at his ears.
2007-05-10
Zishaan
Color definitely.
2007-05-10
Paulo jorge Oliveira
Fantastic!
2007-05-10
ROB
Her head almost seem seperate from the rest of the image. Quite an incredible effect really.
2007-05-11
Pat
This is a beautiful shot, the focus is perfect. I like both versions very much.
2007-05-11
MarkDM
You really captured this little dog's emotion - it looks like she's ready to sprint off at any second. I prefer the color version to the B&W, because the colors are muted enough that they don't steal attention from the greyhound's remarkable shape.
2007-05-13
leeroy
Me likes the B&W better. How many did you have to take to get one in focus?
2007-05-14
jyoseph
Really great shot, what lens/aperture you shoot this with?
2007-05-15
Judith Polakoff
Wow, great shot! The out-of-focus areas are wonderful, too.
2007-05-17
peter
I love the dof in this shot - and if you put a gun to my head I think I'd go for the B&W version, although it does seem to make the big leaf under the dog attract more attention than in the colour version.
2007-05-18
pierre
very good, the focus is snap on
2007-05-20
marc
hi there. I think the b/w version does not work for me: it reveals to much detail in the background and looses on the other hand to much of it on the dog itself. Peter described it very well: the big leaf under the dog attracts attention. But maybe it's also just how you made the b/w version in terms of color channel mixing. But the color version is fantastic, especially the DOF and light.
2007-05-21
kristi
you chose the right one. the color one is the best no questions asked :)
2008-04-24
Mike Manzano
The selective focus abstracts the image well enough; I don't think a further abstraction of B&W adds anything. In fact, it drains some of the impact.
2009-01-04