Peanut: I walk around my complex every day 5 times around which makes a mile and a 1/4. This little dog named Peanut waits for me every day to pass by and pet him. The owner lets him...

roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

I walk around my complex every day 5 times around which makes a mile and a 1/4. This little dog named Peanut waits for me every day to pass by and pet him. The owner lets him out on her porch and he sits on a chair and watches for me. She is putting up a screen around her porch and this is the last time I could get a shot of him peeking over the railing. An art gallery is having an "Animal Photo" contest-exibit and I'm going to enter this picture.

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randave2001 Loc: Richmond

Cute subject but feel your color balance may be a bit off. The gray seems like it could be right (however just a bit blue) but the peachy color seems to be off.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

roadsideron wrote:

I walk around my complex every day 5 times around which makes a mile and a 1/4. This little dog named Peanut waits for me every day to pass by and pet him. The owner lets him out on her porch and he sits on a chair and watches for me. She is putting up a screen around her porch and this is the last time I could get a shot of him peeking over the railing. An art gallery is having an "Animal Photo" contest-exibit and I'm going to enter this picture.

CUTE.......Like it

ecobin Loc: Paoli, PA

Agree that the white balance may be off but I like it. Suggest that you crop out the lower half of the fence - try it.

roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

This is the original jpg from the camera. I also have RAW. The Sun is setting right behind the dog's head and the dog is high energy and doesn't stay put for more than a second especially when he can see me. He jumps up and down so given the lighting conditions and the energy of the dog this was the best I could do.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

What a cutie! I looked at the exif data from your jpg, and it says "manual white balance." You might want to go to auto WB or do some controlled test shots. By the amount of blue in your jpg's, I expected the data to show a fluorescent setting.

How is this? I don't have a WB adjustment tool in the online app I used, so I could only move temperature to warmer and fiddle with levels sliders

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Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida

That is a look of love and anticipation! Cute.

roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

I looked at the white balance setting on my camera and it was set to custom. A few weeks ago I ordered a white balance, grey balance and a black card. I wanted to see the difference between auto, white, and grey balance with my camera. I did this at night under LED lighting. All of my lights in my home are LED with soft diffuse bulbs. I forgot it was still set to custom and the night before I took the shot of the dog I downloaded the new firmware for my A73 which includes animal eye AF. So that's what I was focusing on and missed the white balance setting. Even though I am 70 years old I can still remember my name.

When you fiddled did you fiddle with saturation also?

roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

One final attempt with Affinity and PSP. I should have gotten closer and had a proper white balance to start with and I wouldn't have had to do all the extra editing and cropping. Live and learn, learn and live.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

roadsideron wrote:

One final attempt with Affinity and PSP. I should have gotten closer and had a proper white balance to start with and I wouldn't have had to do all the extra editing and cropping. Live and learn, learn and live.

Looks fantastic! (re your question, I think I did do a slight de-saturation on first go-round. Mine looks more yellow than yours because of the limited tools I was using.)

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

rikhar Loc: Ct. shoreline

roadsideron wrote:

I walk around my complex every day 5 times around which makes a mile and a 1/4. This little dog named Peanut waits for me every day to pass by and pet him. The owner lets him out on her porch and he sits on a chair and watches for me. She is putting up a screen around her porch and this is the last time I could get a shot of him peeking over the railing. An art gallery is having an "Animal Photo" contest-exibit and I'm going to enter this picture.

I like it very much...good luck on your contest entry

Wasabi

[quote=roadsideron]I walk around my complex every day 5 times around which makes a mile and a 1/4. This little dog named Peanut waits for me every day..."

Like the original post the way it is. The verticals establish the fence/confinement aspect, the slight coloration says the sun is low. The dog has catch lights in its eyes. A good shot.

I too forget to check the settings when hurried or distracted so I try to reset to auto when I shut down. Sometimes I forget that also.

roadsideron Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

I tend to fix things till I break them. That way I know I'm done. After fixing the eyes I can see myself standing there.

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randave2001 Loc: Richmond

roadsideron wrote:

One final attempt with Affinity and PSP. I should have gotten closer and had a proper white balance to start with and I wouldn't have had to do all the extra editing and cropping. Live and learn, learn and live.