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A Wife's Best Friend
A Wife's Best Friend
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Challenge: Life III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Pentax K10D
Lens: Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
Location: my backyard
Date: Jan 10, 2009
Aperture: f.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 11, 2009

 This is Rex, and he truly is my wife's best friend. (Well, perhaps after me...) When my wife became sick, was unable to work, and was being passed from Doctor to Doctor, it was Rex that stayed at her side night and day. He was protective, loving, and encouraging (in his own doggy way) 24/7 and has undoubtedly helped in her being much healthier today.

pp: duplicate layer, smart fix, levels, crop and flatten, shadow/highlights, USM, resize and save for web.

Statistics
Place: 105 out of 200
Avg (all users): 5.4578
Avg (commenters): 6.2857
Avg (participants): 5.5250
Avg (non-participants): 5.3953
Views since voting: 824
Votes: 166
Comments: 10
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Sony Alpha a6000
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 02/22/2009 01:14:39 PM
I am positive that Rex contributed to your wife's recovery - Bless him !!!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D7100
Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM
 01/17/2009 03:53:47 PM
Very nice dog but the wooden fence as a background does not help the picture.
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Nikon D700
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 01/17/2009 01:14:52 PM
Very good. Beautiful golden colors.
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Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Canon TC-DC58B 1.5x Tele Converter
01/17/2009 11:20:12 AM
The focus is very, very good. The downfall is that I'm getting a lot of unnatural blue color in the nose and around the eyes.
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Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 01/13/2009 09:53:54 AM
Very handsome (or beautiful, as appropriate). I'd move the dog a few feet more in front of the fence so the background blurred more. With a biggish dog like this you need a fair amount of DOF to get the whole head in focus, and the fence color isn't enough of a contrast to enhance the dog so I'd want to minimize the detail in this background.
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Nikon D40X
Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED VR
 01/13/2009 12:14:15 AM
beautiful face
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Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 01/12/2009 05:18:52 PM
Lovely golden tones.
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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 01/12/2009 11:04:36 AM
Awwwww ... I love Golden Retrievers!
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 01/12/2009 12:45:37 AM
SWEEEEET. Wish we could see more of the other eye, but if he's like one of my doggies, he doesn't like the camera. :~)
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Nikon D300
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G
 01/12/2009 12:25:02 AM
Great color.
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