Puppy portraits

The lady that now owns Hitch and Heidi (my parents former dogs) asked me to take so photos of them.

day 131

I shot theses as I was dropping Kaylin off at school this morning.   Now before you think I went all crazy with photoshop, dont!  These are right out of the camera, straight to the blog.   That is really how the sky looked this morning.  I didn't even stop to crop them, though it pained me not to do so.

As for this little guy, he was NOT little! 

He was the size of a football and I found him less than a block from the school park.

I've seen these things scurrying along the road before, some as big as a cat.

Rat? no, Muskrat? likely

 

day 81..11-22-09

sleepy puppy

day 51...10-23-09

geese in a pond

On my way to Edmonton, I stopped just before I got to Lloydminster and shot this.  Yep it's blurry, so are all my other shots that day.  I was having a little freak out thinking my camera or lens was broken.  The auto-focus on my camera was not working, at all! I checked all the various controls and swtiches, knobs, dials and toggles  Turns out there's a little toggle on the side of my camera that allow me to switch between M, S, and C...um what's the heck is this?  Out comes the manual, which I do carry with me, and problem solved YEAH!!!

So after I get back in the car and head on down the highway, I get a call from my Dad who's wondering if that was me stopped on the side of the highway and why?  What are the chances he would just happen to pull over on the opposite side of the highway at the very same time, in the very same spot.  "No Dad, no car trouble, I just stopped to take pictures".  I'm sure he was rolling his eyes and shaking his head. 

day 47...10-19-09

lonely seagull

day 43...10-15-09

heidi

hitch

tip: when photographing dogs (and small children)

treats and lots of praise are essential, but more so the treats

day 40...10-12-09

                 tastes like the real thing

I thought I'd post a couple extra shots from my outing today as I did not touch a camera at all in the previous 2 days (head hung down in shame). 

day 35...10-07-09

gull

Shooting birds in flight is tough.  Clearly it requires more than the 5 minutes I invested on my lunch break.

day 30...10-02-09

Some days the only shot I get is what I can take on my way to someplace else...I wonder where the dog is going?

day 26...09-28-09

cows