Friday, October 30, 2009

Big Monkey and Little Monkey

The unlikeliest of dog friends, Charlotte and Tippy. They get along brilliantly. Charlotte is a girly girl, and shies away from dogs that are too rough. Tippy is a feisty little guy. They are Yin and Yang. Ebony and Ivory. They both know it's all in good fun, no one gets hurt, no one gets mad, no egos get bruised.










They both have a play move that involves flipping over on their backs, and thrashing legs around happily. For those of you that know dogs, you know dogs don't flip on their back for just anyone, especially other dogs.

I used my 50mm f/1.4 on sports mode. Used the 50mm lens because it's my "fastest" lens in non-flash conditions, but the trade off is that it has a shallow depth of field; ie, focus happens at a specific distance from the lens, and all else will be out of focus. Some of the fuzziness is due to movement as well. I could use a wide angle lens, with greater depth of field (everything in focus), but out of direct sun and without flash (flash would distract pups from play, I assume, but maybe not?) there would be a lot more motion blur.

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