Festive Wippet

Trying to be creative by getting the Christmas Tree and Ruby in one shot.

Harder than it looks when you are all your knees trying to get eye to camera contact with your whippet.

I used my flash with this and had to do some post processing to remove "blue eyee" on Ruby (Humans get Red eye's on Flash and Dogs get Blue Eyes) !

hope you like this :)

[Annie D]

isn't she a treasure - a lovely Ruby Christmas portrait

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

You need something like this to help you : https://petapixel.com/2017/06/22/smartphone-treat-holder-helps-shoot-pet-portraits/ ;-)
Love Festive Ruby's expression - great angle.

[Peter Dulis]

LOL-love it

[Phil Howcroft]

@annied thanks, glad you like little Ruby :)

@dulciknit thanks ALison, I did have something similar for some of my shots...My wife offerring "Ruby Treats", althogh this one I think I managed on my own ((2nd shot of the shoot)

@pdulis thank you very much Peter :)

[Beryl Lloyd]

That expression on her face tells it all "Aaw ! dad, do I have to wear this silly neck tie !! " ha ha !!

[Allison Williams]

I haven't seen Ruby in awhile. She has gotten quite gray around her muzzle, hasn't she?

[Pat Knowles]

Wow this is a fabulous shirt! Festive Ruby all dressed up for Christmas, quite an igdignity really for a proud dog! Well done Ruby for humouring your human!

[Pat Knowles]

Shot!

[Phil Howcroft]

@beryl thanks beryl :) she didn't mind wearing the red and white xmas band :)

@allie912 yes quite grey alilson, i think it is emphasised by being a black dog :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, Ruby is quite OK about wearing things :)

[Lee]

What a great expression.

[Granagringa]

"'Ears" to you on this shot..the ears do it, along with the eyes...!

[Granagringa]

a question..I've noticed your using your Canon on these, and not the Sony...what's your thinking on it?

[Kerri Michaels]

very cute fav

[*lynn]

fav fav fav!! He looks a little bewildered!! Super shot!

[Islambad]

Eye to camera contact - yes tell me about it! Had visions of 4 perfectly lined up attentive looking chickens for my shot...all I got was 4 heads down tails up eating their treats...but at least they were all in the shot given they'd kept escaping before that!!

[Cherrill]

Happy Christmas Ruby! You're lovely if not a little grey these days - but aren't we all!!!

[Dione Giorgio]

Fav. This could be your best 100 Strangers portrait if Ruby were a human and a stranger to you. Love those eyes and ears.

[Lin]

Love this!

[FBailey]

This is fab!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Call me Joe]

💕😍💕

[Phil Howcroft]

@gamelee thanks lee , much appreciated

@granagringa I shot this with an external flash , but i don't have an external flash for my sony. thanks for your kind words :)

@moviegal1 thank you :)

@lynnz thank you very much lynn :)

@islambad thank you very much for your kind words and visit

@Cherrill thanks cherrill for your words of support on my photography and for Ruby too :)

@sangwann that is very high praise dione , thank you ever so much :)

@linnypinny thanks Lin :)

@fbailey thank you for your visit and helping Ruby get on the PP


@kerristephens cheers kerri

@joemuli thank you joe

[Nick]

Really gorgeous shot of Ruby - she is just so cute.