The Tube Shot

Over the weekend I gave myself an assignment... take some "common" photos, but in a "new and unique" way.  For my first shot I decided to take a picture the family dog.  To make it unique I shot through a rolled up set of plans that I grabbed out of my office.  She is a golden retriever, which is a bird hunting dog, so I thought taking a photo of her through the barrel of my shot gun might look cool.  That didn't work out because the barrel is so dang small.  The rolled plans worked much better.  Here is the result:

I like the circular glow it put around Tahoe.  I decided to convert it to black and white and cranked up the sharpening in Lightroom.  I pushed the sharpen amount all the way to the right (150) and this is what I got.

I think this gave the photo an almost hand drawn look which I really like.

Here is a picture of me taking the photo.  What an awesome model Tahoe is... and cheap too!  She agreed to work for a handful of raunchy smelling dog treats. 

I shot aiming down towards the ground because I wanted the grass to serve as a simple backdrop.

For those who are interested, my camera specs were as follows: Canon 1D Mark III with an EF24-70mm lens at 25mm; 1/100 sec @ f/5.6; ISO 400.

Keep shooting!

Ryan