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Category Archives: Mixed Breed

Fun or Fight? Quiz 2 Redeaux

In the photo for Quiz 2, most people thought it looked like the dogs were having a less-than-friendly encounter, more like fight than fun. The nature of the interaction becomes very clear when you can see the rest of the encounter.  Below are about 50 photos shot over about 4 minutes, in sequence with the…

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Fun or Fight? Quiz 1 Redeaux

There were some great comments to the photo in Quiz 1 (you can read them here). Most people thought the dogs were playing based on body position and balance, tail carriage, the lack of tension in the face of the brown dog (no wrinkling on the muzzle), and the non-aggressive face of the dane and…

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HOW DOGS PLAY: Teamwork

Know when to say Uncle.   Incoming search terms:great dane mastiff mixmastiff great dane mixmastiff dane mixgreat dane husky mixweimaraner mastiff mixgreat dane bull mastiff mixhusky great dane mixgreat dane dog fightbull mastiff dane mixgreat dane mix

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SHOOT THE DOG™: Visualizing speed

I was going to go forward from the last SHOOT THE DOG post on shutter speed to discuss aperture and how it can affect the look of your photos. But I took some photos at the dog park the other day that are great for illustrating the effects of shutter speed on action photography. Incoming…

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SHOOT THE DOG™: Oh Romeo, Romeo

This is the first of what will be a continuing series of posts about photographing dogs.  I get lots of questions from people who ask how I captured a particular image, or what kind of lens I use, or if I think Nikon is better than Canon, or did I take photography classes, or whether…

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