Wild Dog Pup-Innocent Eyes II

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

A baby WD shows curiousness on seeing humans & a safari vehicle probably for the first few times in its life. They were just days or weeks old.
At Selous reserve TZ.
5D III
500 II
1/500
f/7.1 (Should have gone 6.3 and upped that SS)
ISO 1600

[Stuart Philpott]

Glorious Sanjeev,frankly I loved the last one,but I feel for me this is even better,great framing, those completely adorable eyes and ears it must be said,could make even the hardest heart melt. Sanjeev the bright green splodge just to the right of the center of the head,grabs my eye a bit.

This must have been the most special experience to see Sanjeev I painted African hunting dogs for my art exam at school,to see them this young and so inquisitive must be spell binding. thanks for sharing these ,so cool to see.

Sanjeev might pushing the iso higher keeping dof the same and ammending the SS that way have been a better option,forgive my curiosity,it's always worth asking these questions about techs??



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[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi Sanjeev ..gorgeous looking puppy !!!!
Love the head on view ....great work Doc .
Crop a little too loose for my taste , i would address the blues in the whites and open up the blacks a fraction , i bet there is more detail in the nose .
Love it !!!!!!!!
TFS Andreas

[Steve Kaluski]

Hi Sanjeev, at this age they are like little fur balls, so hard to get all the detail, but did you use some recovery in the 'gold' part of the fur above the eyes? At 7.1 I would expect more DoF, so I'm guess this pup was close??? Can you remember to add if this is FF or cropped please. Why did you think going to 6.3 would have been better? Definitely more SS!!!

I'll leave the colour to Andreas.

TFS
Steve

[Rachel Hollander]

Hi Sanjeev - What a cutie! The curious head on pose is great and the low pov works really well. I would not have wanted less dof. The 5D3 can handle a higher ISO to get the additional ss. I agree with Andreas' suggestions on the color and tones.

TFS,
Rachel

[Glenn Pure]

Excellent shot, Sanjeev. I would not have opened up the aperture any more as you might start to lose focus on parts of the head but more ISO would have helped get the SS faster. I think there is a slight blue/cyan tint in the whites of the dog but that's about all I can pick.

[Sanjeev Aurangabadkar]

Hi Steve. I did not recover much at all from the golden part of fur. This was shot horizontal and I cropped it vertical for presentation.

[Jonathan Ashton]

A very appealing image, personally I think I would have been around 1/1000 f8. I think you could definitely get some more detail out of the darker areas.