100 things #37: BACON!!!

This photo really doesn't need any sort of introduction does it?


Sony A580 | Tamron 18-200mm |  f/5.6 | 1/800 | ISO 100 | 18mm

100 things #36: Valentine's Day

Sony A580 | Minolta 28mm f/2.8 | f/2.8 | 1/40 | ISO 3200 | 28mm

100 things #35: The Fun Police

Even though Dahlia is not the main focus in this photo I love it for how much of her personality it shows.  Dahlia is a "fun police" dog.  When other dogs get into wrestling or playing bitey face, Dahlia runs up behind them barking and tries to split them apart.  Here she is chasing Ruskin and Gracie, who were having a great rousing game of body slamming bitey face.


 
Sony A580 | Minolta 135mm f/2.8 | f/4.5 | 1/1250 | 135mm

100 things #34: The severed arm

Dahlia found part of a toy in the park.  I couldn't resist getting her attention long enough to get this shot.


 
Sony A580 | Minolta 135mm f/2.8 | f/4.5 | ISO 400 | 135mm

100 things #33: Out of the fog

I set Dahlia up in a sit/stay and walked a couple hundred feet down the hillside to get this photo.

Sony A580 | Minolta 135mm f/2.8 | f/4 | 1/320 | ISO 400 | 135mm

100 things #32: Dahlia in the fog

It was a foggy morning out in Vermont, so I decided to take advantage of that for some shots of Dahlia up on a hillside.  This was taken on top of a ski jump that I had her climb up and pose on.

Sony A580 | Minolta 135mm f/2.8 | f/4 | 1/250 | ISO 400 | 135mm

100 things #31: Upside down!

Another "Dahlia learns a new trick" photo. Or at least, Dahlia sort of learns a new trick. I wanted a photo of her upside down. She knows "roll over" so getting her to actually STOP in the middle of rolling over was hard. But I succeeded. To a degree.

Rather than looking all cute with her paws curled up next to her, I got a dog who stretched out oddly with her paws waving around awkwardly in the air.



Sony A580 | Tamron 18-200mm | f/3.5 | 1/640 | ISO400 | 18mm

100 things #30: Autumn Dahlia

I really wanted a photo of Dahlia laying with her head cutely buried in some leaves. So out I went with a bunch of hot dogs and my camera and trained her to put her head down and keep it down. I still have work to do if I decide I want to really have her learn it but she picked it up SO quickly. I was super impressed.


Sony A580 | Tamron 18-200mm | f/3.5 | 1/125 | ISO100 | 18mm

100 things #29: Foxy!

I was playing around with my bounce flash last night (something I haven't done since before I got this new camera!). I bought something to attach to it so I could bounce it off it and even use it outside.

This is Dahlia and her favourite toy: her foxy. I think it's Foxy #6 as after awhile they start to rip and the stuffing all comes out and we get her a new one (she has an old foxy for dog class that has no squeaker and almost no stuffing left, but she still loves that thing).


Sony A580 | Minolta 28mm f/2.8 | f/4 | 1/200 | ISO400 | 28mm | Bounce flash

100 things #28: Wipe your paws!

Dahlia says "I wiped MY paws!"


Sony A580 | Tamron 18-200mm | f/3.5 | 1/100 | ISO 1600 | 18mm

100 things #27: A raincoat on a sunny day? Torment!

My mother found this raincoat at a garage sale.  It was marked "small" and so she thought it would be perfect for her 18 pound dog.  It was much too large for her, so she gave it to me.  As it turns out it's a bit too small for Dahlia (not that I'd make her wear such a thing on walks anyway!).  But despite not fitting around her chest, it sure did make for some amusing photos!


EXIF data: Sony A580 | Minolta 28mm | f/5.6 | 1/50 | ISO 100 | 28mm

100 things #26: Why hello there!

EXIF data: Sony A580 | Sony 18-55mm | f/4.0 | 1/320 | ISO 400 | 22mm

100 things #25: SQUIRREL!!

EXIF data: Sony A580 | Tamron 75-300mm | f/5.0 | 1/320 | ISO 1600 | 210mm

100 things #24: The Majestic Canine

There are so many things I love about this photo. Dahlia's majestic pose, the way the light filtered through the trees behind her and created some interesting circular lights with the bokeh used, the way I was below her when I took this photo (which I think adds to the majestic aspect), the way the light highlights her fur a bit. I just really loved it. So now you get to see it here!


EXIF data: Sony A580 | Tamron 75-300mm | f/4.0 | 1/800 | ISO 1600 | 110mm

100 things #23: Flopped out

This photo was taken at Twin falls in Vermont this past week. Dahlia was flopped out and I decided to see what would happen if I used my wide angle lens coupled with my wide angle attachment when taking a photo of her. I placed the camera on the ground, used the LCD screen instead of the viewfinder to compose the photo and took a few photos. I like how this one turned out!


EXIF Data: Sony A580 | Sony 18-55mm w/ wide angle attachment | f/5.6 | 1/30 | ISO 400 | 18mm

100 things: #22: Shake off!

I love photos of dogs shaking off and last year I got a few decent ones of Dahlia. This time I kept looking for an opportunity and finally, at the very end of our visit to the local off leash area, she gave me that opportunity. I took several photos, but this one was my favourite of the group.


EXIF data: Sony A580 | Tamron 75-300mm | f/4.5 | 1/500 | ISO 100 | 180mm

100 things #21: Take off!

I like to get photos of Dahlia running. This past weekend I decided to try to get photos of her taking off from runs. I took several and this one was my favourite. I'm not sure if other dogs take off this way but it seems that Dahlia powers off from her back legs when she takes off. It looks really strange and awkward, both in person and in photos. She does this weird excited "OMG!!" thing with her paws in the air as she takes off.

Does anyone else have a dog who takes off from a sit like this? How do your dogs take off from a sit?  And yes that IS drool coming out of her mouth.


EXIF Data: Sony A580 | Tamron 75-300mm | f/5.6 | 1/800 | ISO 400 | 300mm

100 things #20: From the ground

This one was one of a series of photos I took for a prompt in another community. The prompt was "from the ground." Now, I take a lot of photos of Dahlia from the ground in general. I'm usually kneeling, squatting or laying flat on the ground to get photos of her. So I decided that I was going to be truly literal about this and set the camera on the ground.

I like the hazy look to this photo though I'll confess here: the hazy blurry feel in the front of the camera is nothing more than blurred grass. It gives it an interesting affect doesn't it? The concept doesn't look nearly as nice in color.


EXIF data: Sony A580 | Tamron 75-300mm | f/4.0 | 1/100 | ISO 100 | 85mm

100 things #19: SU tug toy

I got Dahlia a new Syracuse University colored tug toy. I loved this photo for the way she was slightly downhill and the way her mouth is wide open so you can see all her teeth.


EXIF Data: Sony A580 | Minolta 70-210mm | f/5.6 | 1/800 | ISO 500 | 210mm

100 things #18: Manual focus

This photo doesn't really look like much. I've taken a lot of "Dahlia on the porch" photos over the past nearly 4 years. But here I was experimenting with manual focus, something I almost never use. I figured it was high time I try to get to know that side of my camera better!

One of these days I'll take a fully manual shot. This one was taken using Auto ISO and Aperture priority mode.


EXIT data: Sony A580 | Minolta 28mm f/2.8 | 1/50 | f/5.6 | ISO 100 | 28mm