A rare occurrance: Huskies in Holland

[Michiel de Brieder]

My friends,

last weekend we had had some days filled with a lot of snow, especially for our country, it has been 20 years since we've seen that much snow (and I was 5 at the time :rofl). I went for a walk with a good friend of mine and suddenly, after we rounded a corner I saw them standing.... 8 proud huskies with their staff :D. I stopped, aimed the camera and waited... Then the moment came that they were 'charging' towards me, what a sight! Something that doesn't happen often in The Netherlands as far as I know.
Presenting winter in The Netherlands:
http://www.pbase.com/giel/image/40448926.jpg
The white spots on the guy are spots of snow drifting off and I'm still considering cloning them out.. But I'm unsure as of yet whether I should, perhaps only the spot in his face...
Hope you like the picture!!!

As per the advice of our Highly Valued Second Rate Photographer :lol (Thanks Andy :wink) I present to you the Huskies without spots:
http://www.pbase.com/giel/image/40653199.jpg

[Andy]

lovely dogs, great pic, too, mdb :thumb

yes, clone those little specks of snow out, all of 'em. why? imo there's not enought snow falling to make it obvious that it is snowing, so get rid of them :D

[Dixie]

Great shot. I had to count ears to find that eighth dog. Love the composition and also the detail, especially in the snow, under less than ideal metering conditions.

Did you shoot programmed or did you manually pre-set in anticipation of the shot?

[Angelo]

Great shot. I had to count ears to find that eighth dog. Love the composition and also the detail, especially in the snow, under less than ideal metering conditions.

Did you shoot programmed or did you manually pre-set in anticipation of the shot?:rofl :rofl you got me searching too! What's the old saying? something like, um, "..when you're the rear dog the view never changes"?


Michiel: Really a wonderful, beautiful shot. I'm seeing Christmas cards!

[GSPeP]

Great shot :thumb

You really got your load of snow in Holland last week. We only got 3 cm.

[Michiel de Brieder]

Did you shoot programmed or did you manually pre-set in anticipation of the shot? Hey Dixie,

thanks for the compliments!! I shot at Av mode partial metering of the snow, and I forgot to set +1 EC, but I was shooting at ISO 100 so I thought it would be no biggie to correct a stop in post :D
EXIF:
1/320s f/4.0 at 104.0mm iso100 20D 70-200 F/4 L
I even forgot in my haste to set the camera to continuous shooting :D so I was holding the shutter in one-shot mode, it felt kinda silly :D luckily this was my only and best shot :wink
Cheers Dixie!

[Ric Grupe]

...I really like this! Sometimes we (photographers) are in the right place at the right time. Thanks for showing this to us, Michiel.

[wxwax]

Sweet shot, Michiel.

[Harryb]

Hey Michiel,

Nows that shot I could never get in Florida. Excellent pic. :thumb Andy was right about cloning out those spots of snow. Please don't let him know that I agreed with him.

[Michiel de Brieder]

lovely dogs, great pic, too, mdb :thumb

yes, clone those little specks of snow out, all of 'em. why? imo there's not enought snow falling to make it obvious that it is snowing, so get rid of them :D Hope I could satisfy you :D
Thanks friend!

[Michiel de Brieder]

Great shot :thumb

You really got your load of snow in Holland last week. We only got 3 cm. Say Whot?! :D

We got 40cm in the north and about 20 in the south :D guess you're so far south :lol

Thanks for dropping in Peter!!

[shaman]

Great shots of the Huskies Michiel... I've been waiting for snow all winter, all we've had has melted off in a few hours. My "boy" Dusty here has been waiting too, he's only had mud to play in!
http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/16737310-L.gifHope I could satisfy you :D
Thanks friend!

[Andy]

As per the advice of our Highly Valued Second Rate Photographer :lol (Thanks Andy :wink) I present to you the Huskies without spots:
http://www.pbase.com/giel/image/40653199.jpg


michiel

:thumb :nod

and, my dw says "fantastic shot, gorgeous animals!"

[Andy]

Andy was right about cloning out those spots of snow. Please remind me, Michiel, as I'm getting old and a bit tetched in the head, I often just forget that I should always agree with him.

harry, fixed that for ya :lol3

[Steve Cavigliano]

Michiel,
I don't know how I missed this first time around, but I did :dunno A beautiful shot with great color and an almost 3-D quality to it :thumb :thumb Like it says in the subject line, Outstanding :clap :clap

Thanks for sharing,
Steve

[sash]

wow, michiel... really, really nice! love the composition and you even got all the dogs' heads in the shot, lol

nice work!! :clap ...gotta love huskies too!
sash