Not long ago, I ran across this gentleman and his handsome canine assistant taking pictures of the bay using a large-format camera.
Man, Gordon Setters are big.
I don't know what happened to that sky. It wasn't nearly as bright out as it looks.
Wild and wooly dog. Look at the foot fluff, and the huge paws.
I know I had a blogroll set up. Did it really not import onto the new server, back in February? Or did it disappear when I updated to WordPress 3.0? I suspect the latter.
In any case, it’s gone. I’ll have to rebuild it from scratch. Bah. And I didn’t start daily backups until after I updated to WordPress 3.0…
Working on my Mad PotatoShop Skillz. Trying to figure out how to brighten an area of a picture, and darken the rest of the picture, without leaving an incredibly ugly line in between the two.
I’m open to advice, if anyone has some. I’m sure it has something to do with gradients but I’ll be damned if I can figure out what.
I lightened the bottom half of the photo, and haven't even darkened the top half yet, but you can see the odd line above the edge of the sidewalk. It gets much worse if I try to darken the top part. Suggestions?
Secret: Greater Swiss Mountain Dogs are just Bernese Mountain Dogs who visit the barber regularly.
Warning: ear floppage detected.
Hand-tooled leather dog collar with silver fittings. Yup, this dude is stylin'.
A few pictures I took back on St. Paddy’s Day, of a gorgeous ginger dog. And a corgi (don’t know what kind)/golden retriever mix… two of Autumn’s (and my) favorites.
(The pictures were accidentally taken at low resolution, so there are no higher-resolution versions to go to if you click on them. Sorry about that.)
Final verification of my theory that neckerchiefs/bandanas on dogs are the only pieces of clothing that make a dog MORE awesome.
Bonus: this dog appeared to quite like Irish music.
Don't know whether it was half Pembroke or Cardigan. Big floofy tail, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Slightly late post. Busy day.
Sad pug.
I think part of the reason this pug looks sad is that the grocery store he's tied up outside of has sooo many delicious smells...
I have a soft spot for gangly, awkward dogs with ridiculous ears. Okay, okay, I have a soft spot for most dogs, but you gotta admit, this guy is really something.
Rocco loves carrots. In this picture, he is being amazingly obedient. Because I have a carrot.
This is after he ate a carrot. You can almost see the thought bubble: Where there's one carrot, there may be two!
And this is him when he discovered that I was all out of carrots. Aww... poor pup!
Neither Autumn nor I had ever heard of an English Shepherd before, but we totally fell for this gal as soon as we saw her. Apparently English Shepherds were actually bred in the United States, and are of the same lineage as collies. And they’re super-smart and hardworking and loyal and trustworthy and brave and thrifty and… oh, no, wait, that’s boy scouts. Well, many of those things, anyway.
They also make great silhouettes.
Caylee is absolutely gorgeous. I can't believe there aren't more English Shepherds around.
Cute as a button! I love the 'V' shape on the forehead.
Such a happy smile. Almost think these pups are related to golden retrievers.
Her tail looks kind of like my eyebrows: big and fluffy, and a different color on the top than the bottom.
And here she demonstrates that in addition to being a poised, ladylike pup, she is also quite capable of being a goofball.
I know I took down notes about these three, I know I did. But I can’t find any. I remember that one was a corgi mix, and one was had some papillon in him. And the third is either a Chihuahua or a Chihuahua mix. Anyway, they sure do make a cute trio.
If I could figure out how I got them all to look in the same direction at the same time, without food, I'd bottle it and sell it to family portrait photographers.
I should've gotten these guys in the shade. The one in the back is so white in the sun that I didn't catch any detail at all.
The guy in the back has deployed his ears, and they are fully as ridiculous as befits a papillon mix.
Just a morning’s boxer in Huntingdon Park. It’s a great place to see dogs at all hours, although a bit more so in the afternoon and evening. Some mornings when I go through at 8 or 8:30 there isn’t a single dog there at all. Terrible!
Those stub tails always crack me up. Boxers should have 'Not to be used as a handle' and 'Do not attempt to lift by tail' printed on their backsides. (If you look close you can see a basset in the background.)
Boxers can get up a damn good head of steam, but they don't corner so well.
Pretty nice action shot if I do say so myself.
Plus one point for ridiculous ear floppage.