The Dogs in Park Bridge

Of course it was difficult to get Frankie to sit still and pose in the right place and right direction. And look at the camera. This was either going to take a lot of time and effort (and treats) or I'd have to improvise and take what I could get. What I wanted was a good shot of Frankie to send to her vets as a thank-you following her recent operation - so I wanted her right leg in shot and her looking well and active outdoors. Of course she's sitting on it here so that's no good. I also wanted Park Bridge in the background but she wasn't co-operating with that angle.

Cute face. I've really discovered lowering the f/s to open the aperture but reduce depth of field to create some nice looking close-up shots like this one. Eyes in focus, nose and ears out.

 Another sad droopy face with a low aperture.

 Decided to try another angle and get the chimney in. She stood at last! But the lead ruins it a bit. I was shooting for a cloudy day which was perfect as there was lots of natural light but it was soft and not harsh. Everything was lit well. So we have a bright white dog and deep red chimney. It's a shame she's hiding that leg again...

Lovely shot of her waiting to have a run/play. I decided to change to shutter priority and shoot at a speed of 1/125 in case she moved as she was running around quite a bit.

My other dog Chance jumped in the water for a swim so I tried to get a good shot of him doing his thing but I think that the angle is too high and I'm too far away. He looks cute in the reeds though. I don't think that this water is even here in the summer!

I tried to get another action shot of Frankie but the sun came out and it's really made the contrast too harsh and quite ugly. I should have changed the white balance and possibly the shutter speed to be faster but the light was changing rapidly and the dog was moving quite quickly.