Sebastian (or I hope I remembered his name right!!!)

         I was sitting at the park Plane Spotting, trying to get an image with the new Sigma 100-440(way cool zoom), when Sebastian came tumbling out his peoples truck and Barked and Waved his hello to me. All he wanted to do was run around and play ball. He sure is a good looking guy, though I am not sure what he is!

        It turns out his people were going to the local Brewery for a tour and a taste and wanted that furry bundle to run a bit before hand.

         Now this dogs one smart cookie. When his man threw the ball too far, this great furry beast started to to go after it. But stopped dead in his tracks and turned back to his guy with a WTF look in his eye!

         Well, I am still new to this lens and trying to understand its ways. These images could be better(Sharper). If you wanna set up a time for a more formal shoot, let me know!

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A Cat and a Dog

Princess Nova

 Where is my dinner?

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More from the dog park

The first shots are of a very Beautiful gal and her guy. I did a little post here. I cropped the images and then put some added blur to bring the two into more prominence. 

I really love this ones eyes!

Call me Cooldawg

He knew I watching him and posed for me.

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What you lookin at?

This just a handsome dog. He was alert and patient.

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Pretty pitt

Look at her eyes. She wants to know what is going on over there.

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More in the Dog Park series. Murphy, I the name.

This is Murphy. He seems to a local celebrity.

This old Gal

This old gal is the companion of a lady I met in Pack Square. She is a Beagle and I think, when I took this photo, she was tracking a mouse. Right after I took the shot, she went off on the hunt.

The next time I see Princess, we will have a little eye to eye time...work on the drama a little.

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A little puppy

This little guy was so cute and looked so safe with his people

But I need to work on this image a little, maybe crop it some more.

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And then there is Mary

This young lady has such personality. I love all dogs, but Mary is something special. She brings smiles to all who know her.

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Dogs on the 5th of July

I had this really great lens for a shoot. Really, I had to rent the thing from my peeps at Ball Photo and supply. I wanted to use it a lot. Sunday was beautiful and I had time to walk around Downtown AVL. After a minute, I decided to focus on the dogs I saw. The lens was a 24-70mm 2.8. I have used this thing a few times and really love it. It makes me look goo. Kinda like I know what I am doing!

This guy was just being thee while his person made money. I thought the eyes were most powerful.

When I was younger, we had an Italian Greyhound. They are great dogs with fantastic personalities. These two were prancing around with their people and I could not let this opportunity go by.

My editorial note here. 

People are kinda funny. During my brief foray in dog photog I found 3 distinct dog owners. The first was  the street entertainer with his dog as a kinda of prop. They ignore the dog unless it needs something, and go on with their crowd pleasing show.

While the people who had the Italian Greyhounds were simply being tourists who had dogs as companions. They were nice and very into the moment. I wonder if they learned that from their four legged friends.

The third kind just seemed to be annoyed that any one would possibly be looking at them. They would look up at me and realize what I was doing then ignore me. I have a couple pictures of them, but are not posted here for various reasons.

I first got this camera, my first DSLR and went around a river park. Unfortunately, I did not have the background to understand some of the aspects of digital photography. I saw this guy and his person sitting on a bench. He knew I was up to something and kept his eyes on me. I don't think his person even knew I excited. I like the smile.

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