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Isabella
Isabella
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Best of 2009 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
Location: Merrickville, ON
Date: Sep 11, 2009
Aperture: f.10
ISO: 200
Shutter: 200
Galleries: Humorous, Animals
Date Uploaded: Jan 21, 2010

A sweet Borzoi bitch (in its true meaning) named Isabella, who fortunately belongs to an understanding man who is an artist. He cut a hole in the fence so she can stick her head out and watch the world go by when he's away from home.

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Isabella says thank you all very much for your nice comments!

Statistics
Place: 266 out of 445
Avg (all users): 5.6653
Avg (commenters): 6.3704
Avg (participants): 5.6546
Avg (non-participants): 5.7018
Views since voting: 975
Views during voting: 419
Votes: 251
Comments: 35
Favorites: 1 (view)


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01/29/2010 08:20:18 PM
What a nice story to go with the picture! I knew this had a special kindness about it..
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01/29/2010 03:08:50 PM
Sweet, brilliant. Dog, processing. Wondered who... Story worthy of the picture.
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01/29/2010 01:50:34 PM
What a cool shot, Susan! Love the dog of course and I love the fence with it's peeling paint.
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01/29/2010 10:16:17 AM
wonderful - was an 8 from me. what a snout.
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01/29/2010 10:12:11 AM
How hilarious that the owner did this for her lol. She looks like a little kid with her head poking out like this. What a sweetheart!
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01/29/2010 10:09:12 AM
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

LOL - did you appreciate all 27 of those splendid comments as this sweet image was being voted on? And then, later, two more and a favorite!

Well, I hope you had your scores turned off (yeah, sure) because the 5.6653 just doesn't match up. What happened? Having lost my crystal ball some time ago, I don't know.

There is little to 'critique' in this fine image. Before I got to the main subject, as this appeared on my screen I was appreciating the fine detail on the weathered fence, then spotted that amazing expression on the amazing dog, and went Wow! The greenery just finished off the story in an appropriate way.

It was a terrific find and a very good handling of the story-telling process along with the careful post processing details.

Nicely done.

Alice
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01/29/2010 03:16:08 AM
Ilove this image so much, and now I love the kind artist man too :O
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01/29/2010 01:59:25 AM
This one grabbed me too. I can't see why it didn't get some 9's and a few 10's. More saturation in the green plants would probably have helped DPC wise, but not actually helped the shot for it's honesty, which is the best thing about it to me.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/28/2010 10:33:33 PM
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time comes to mind - Isabella had better be careful.
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01/28/2010 06:38:11 PM
I'm hanging this in the Posthumous Fantasy Art Gallery.
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01/28/2010 05:41:54 PM
Fantastic model. This image really makes me smile :)
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01/28/2010 04:23:53 PM
cute puppy!
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01/28/2010 03:53:19 PM
Super cute.
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01/28/2010 01:54:13 PM
Unique portrait.
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01/28/2010 08:08:47 AM
This is classic. Great capture.
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01/28/2010 06:16:27 AM
A most intersting dog portrait.....6
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01/28/2010 01:53:24 AM
Cool , I like it , a little oversharpened though. 7
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01/27/2010 11:04:36 PM
Nice situation. I feel that the dog is not isolated enough from the surroundings (perhaps a shallower DOF could have made it?).
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01/27/2010 09:14:58 AM
a little oversharpened...
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01/26/2010 06:54:43 PM
This feels a little too sharp. Cute shot though.
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01/26/2010 09:03:04 AM
Very nice pic of the dog. Love the lighting here.
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01/25/2010 01:32:43 PM
what a funny shot, your lighting is good (not in the full blaring sun!!) and your detail are well defined...good job
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01/25/2010 10:32:45 AM
LOL ... what a cutie!
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01/24/2010 08:55:51 PM
Very charming shot! Looks like the lighting was rather difficult as well, with patchy lighting coming through vegetation..
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01/24/2010 02:11:41 PM
I love Isabella :)
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01/23/2010 06:44:13 PM
Wonderful capture; the dog really stands out from the background yet they look good together. Excellent post processing.
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01/23/2010 06:13:14 PM
Fun! A little more pop/contrast in the fence and foliage would have helped this I think.
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01/23/2010 01:51:40 AM
nice shot. I think that it could have been made stronger by some judicial dodge n burning . burn down the bright greens in the foreground and dodge Isabella a bit. IMO.
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01/23/2010 12:55:21 AM
Very well done.
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01/22/2010 10:31:39 PM
Composition rocks!
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01/22/2010 05:25:08 PM
This is a hoot!!! Good one.
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01/22/2010 12:30:11 PM
I like the sharpness of this. cute scene too
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01/22/2010 11:58:48 AM
Very cute! Photo looks oversharpened.
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01/22/2010 11:15:26 AM
Oh I love this. Borzoi??? I might have cropped out most of the lower and upper areas and made it in landscape mode, so we can zoom in on her face.
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01/22/2010 12:50:52 AM
her expression is priceless
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