My pet Irra- First post

[invu69]

Hi everyone! This is my pet, "Irra". She's a shih-tzu. I would be very glad to know any of your thoughts on this photo. Thanks!

[Palachandra]

She is cute but its hard to appreciate your shot at this size...

Arent you using any photo sharing sites like flickr, photo bucket? This link may help you for posting the shots:
Posting Pictures from Photo Sharing Sites (A visual guide)

[invu69]

Yeah! I thought so too! I'll be doing what you said. Thanks! Will have a bigger picture soon.

[invu69]

Irra.

[Palachandra]

invu69,

Thanks for reposting.

You have done good job shooting at her eye level. Love the sharp focus on eyes and face.

My only critique would be, pet belnds too much with background. B&W is right from camera or through some software?

[invu69]

Yes, you are right. Right from the camera(B&W). I like taking pics in B&W. Any suggestions what could have been done or new suggestions for a better B&W? I'm still doing trials and error and haven't tried shooting in RAW as well. Thank you very much for your thoughts.

[clockdoc]

Nice shots- exceptionally sharp of a furry friend as many cameras have trouble auto-focusing on fur. Or was this manual focus? I, too, like a good black and white image. Instead of shooting in B&W at the camera, shoot your originals in color and convert them to monochrome with software. Picasa2 by Google, a free download, has some interesting Filter Effects, that will convert your color image to what it would have looked like if shot on black and white film through the basic color filters such as red, green, yellow and orange. It is a neat program if you have not used it.

[invu69]

Clockdoc- thanks! I'll try doing what you said. I'll take raw instead then convert it B&W. This photo was taken using auto focus. I'm glad it looked fine.