Puppies c&c

Redisle

Just got a new camera, eos400d (well it really says kiss digital x on front )

Been taking some photos of my puppies and a puppy my neighbours just got, would appreciate any comments/advice on my photos,

Lens is a 50mm 1.8 btw (all I have at the minute, not sure what to get next)

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Thanks Guys!

TelePaul

Seems like you have a cool lens, what aperture were you shooting with? I have a 50mm 1.8 and I keep the aperture at 1.8 for almost everything - you get that lovely shallow depth of field which compliments portraits so well. I think you should get right up close and try blurring the background - like you did with number htree - though the second shot is a great one.

Muineach

I found that generally with animals people are used to seeing and taking pictures from human head height like number 4 (i know you were kneeling), but I found the photo's 1 and 3 to be more interesting in my opinion, I like taking/seeing photo's from the same head level of the animal of even lower, but maybe that's just me. See my flickr below to see what I mean, the "fox" shots.
Good shots thought btw

Redisle

TelePaul wrote:

Seems like you have a cool lens, what aperture were you shooting with?

1.8 for most of them although it was actually 2.8 for number 3, you can check out the shots of my flickr (sig) to get all the settings, most of the time I was using tv mode and setting the fastest shutter speeed I could while still getting a good exposure, It usually worked out pretty good!

Muineach wrote:

I found that generally with animals people are used to seeing and taking pictures from human head height like number 4 (i know you were kneeling), but I found the photo's 1 and 3 to be more interesting in my opinion, I like taking/seeing photo's from the same head level of the animal of even lower, but maybe that's just me. See my flickr below to see what I mean, the "fox" shots.
Good shots thought btw

I agree totally!! When I was over in my neighbours/cousins at one stage I was down on my chest totally, like for number 3 there, and I think it does make the photos more interesting when you are looking straight at the subject rather than looking down on them from an angle, my cousin was just looking at me funny and asking me why I wasnt taking it standing up..
I think it makes the pictures more intimate or something, they definetly look nicer from it anyway!

Muineach

I'm not sure if it's true, but I seem to remember someone mentioning E.T. the film was all shot from "kid" height throughout the film so you got more of a feeling of being a kid again, ah wikipedia, here ya go

In his family-friendly work is a childlike, even naïve, sense of wonder and faith, as attested by works such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook and A.I.. According to Warren Buckland[33] these themes are portrayed through the use of low height camera tracking shots, which have become one of Spielberg's directing trademarks. In the cases when his films include children, (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park, etc.) this type of shot is more apparent, but it is also used in films like Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Terminal, Minority Report and Amistad. If one views each of his films, one will see this shot utilised by the director, notably the water scenes in Jaws are filmed from the low angle perspective of someone swimming.