Snuffling in the Snow

On a recent snow day, we took our dogs and the camera for an outing in one of the local dog parks. The pups are almost one year old, so this was their first real snow. The romp in the park was a real joy for them and fun for us to see.

With the diffuse light and snowy backdrop, the camera was using very fast shutter speeds at all aperture settings. I thought this would help freeze (no pun intended) the action as the dogs never stop moving. Surprising, I had no such luck. All the photos of the dogs were quite blurry and the camera did not get a good exposure for the black dogs, despite spot metering. Most of these images had to be tossed and the rest heavily edited. This photo’s light levels were heavily manipulated in LR, but I liked the finished prodcut anyway.

Tags: diffuse light, dog, dog park, flickr, image, park, photo, photography links, snow day

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