"Old Shep"

© Graham Robards

"Old Shep"

Uploaded: May 08, 2008

Description


Enterred in Animals. I saw this old dog at training and immediately thought of the title, he has cataracts in real life BTW.

Shot on an overcast day and the image was changed to greyscale to suit the mood of the photo.

ExposureTime : 1/125Sec
FNumber : F3.5
ISO: 400
FocalLength : 14.50(mm)


Comments

Graham Robards May 08, 2008

Musical Version found HERE

#917359

Dr Silly level-classic May 08, 2008

Wonderful capture. I like the song "Old Shep", but I like it better by Walter Brennan then Elvis. :O)
#5899377

Avril Young May 08, 2008

oh Pat, this is just so awesome love your photos...love the eyes......he is just so adorable....
thanks for the music... #5899407

Melinda F. Schneider level-classic May 08, 2008

Fabulous portrait of this old man... #5899488

Sam Britt May 08, 2008

Wonderful portrait of this senior shepherd, Pat. Looks great in B&W. #5899814

Ray Clarke May 08, 2008

Love the full frame and great detail Pat, wonderful musical version too #5899987

John Connolly May 08, 2008

Impressive work here Pat, I love this big B&W portrait!
I had an uncle with a dog called Shep at Inverell. #5901583

Barbara Waldoch May 08, 2008

Beautiful work on this, Pat! #5902027

May 09, 2008

This is an outstanding shot! Beautiful black and white. Wonderful work on this great dog! #5903007

Graham Robards May 09, 2008

Thank you all for your kind words, ver very nice of you! I am glad you liked this kindly old dog.

John the next male dog I get I am going to call Shep, I like the ring to it.

Doc, I can't find Walter Brennon singing 'Old Shep", I didn't know he sang it. #5904416

Sherry McClead May 11, 2008

What a sweetie! What a shot! #5910208

Aimee C. Eisaman May 12, 2008

Great shot....I'm amazed at how you get such nice shots of strange dogs.....especially not knowing them and their personality! :-) #5912753

May 12, 2008

I've enjoyed looking throught your gallery! This is definitely one of my favorites. Good job! #5913545

Candice L. Carter May 12, 2008

Perfect capture! I love the soft light, the B&W, and the expression! #5914296

Graham Robards May 13, 2008

Thank you all! Very kind of you to drop in.

Great you like the gallery Laura, I keep it very small, put one up take one down otherwise I run out of bandwidth with the music on the other site. ~Pat #5916852

Aimee C. Eisaman May 20, 2008

Congrats on your EP Pat...way to go! #5952517

M.Christine Duncan May 21, 2008

Gosh, could you get my dog to sit like that, the crazy mutt, lol!!! Well you two, another fabulous portrait... exceptional in the mono conversion. Gosh it's beautiful! #5956069

Ruth Robbins level-classic May 21, 2008

What a beautiful portrait! #5957330

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