Dan Perovich's Cyberfront Property

1/200 sec @ f/1.8, ISO 200, 50 mm (EF50mm f/1.8 II)  I have come to the realization that my dogs need more training.  Mela (pictured) does exceptionally well with the house training.  Leila, is another story in that department, but she has gotten much better recently.  But I am actually writing about other training.  Take for example the command “SIT”.  Both girls will gladly sit when asked, as long as you have treats in your hand.  Otherwise, no such luck.

How does this relate to today’s photo?  It is tough enough to photograph a subject in a dark room so that the focus is spot on.  Ccouple that with an ever moving subject who will not stay still for longer than 5 seconds and you have my photo shoot from tonight.

Luckily, Mela “listened” to my final sit command plea and laid down.  I know, I know…I asked her to sit and not lay down, but to her credit, she laid there for a good 2 or 3 minutes.  Just long enough for me to get a few really nice photographs of her.

The setup for the shot had the 430EX II on the light stand aimed at the shoot-through umbrella.  It was pointed downwards at a forty-five degree angle at camera right and was tripped by the 580EX II in my camera’s hotshoe.