Chili
My sisters beautiful dog Chili. He lived with me for 6 months when he was a puppy and he is the most loving chocolate labrador. He will put up with kids climbing on him and pulling his tail and ears (if we arent around to stop them!!). This was taken after a day of soccer matches and playing on the beach – he was getting tired so it was a good chance to snap some shots. One of my first outings with the 50mm f1.4. Not sure if i have the DOF right here but i love his expression!
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Stephen Thomas
Very cute dog photo!
Courtney Goddard replied
Thanks Stephen! He is a good subject when he is tired! :)
Samantha Goode
I love his eyes! – bless him!!
Courtney Goddard replied
he is an unbelievable dog. You can leave him for 30 seconds and come back and he is so excited to see you like you have been gone for a week!
JudyBJ
lovely shot and sweet Labrador
Courtney Goddard replied
thanks Judy – he is a big sweetie!
Dave Reid
awww look at the little puppy!! obsessed with dogs they are so cute and look at his eyes! awww adorable
Courtney Goddard replied
yeah he was a good subject when he stopped moving for 5 seconds! thanks Dave :D
Maximus
Awww, eyes that would melt steel. :)
Courtney Goddard replied
Uhuh! thanks Max :)
Mark Chapman
I have a black one of these and I just love those eyes, It’s the “how cute am I, and by the way have you got anything to eat* look.
Courtney Goddard replied
Hi Mark – your dog is BEAUTIFUL! Yeah that is the exact face. I think we had some s&v chips with us at the time! ha! He is a guts…
matt ucar
this is awesome Courtney, i m proud of u!!!
Courtney Goddard replied
thanks Matt :)
PPPhotoArt
absolutely beautiful shot and your dof is fabulous!!!!
Courtney Goddard replied
Thank you very much for your kind comment :)
FelicityB
Love those eyes!
Courtney Goddard replied
thanks felicity – i do too – love Chill :)
inventor
I trained my friends chocolate labs. Chili looks enough like one of them to fool my friend. Oh the stories I could tell. But I won’t do that to you.
Courtney Goddard replied
Oh i can imagine!! :) I trained this one and we had fun times..he chewed off my bathroom door!! thanks for commenting! :)
Jan Wall
Looks really good to me. I just bought a 50mm F1.8 and am playing around with that. The eyes being the only part in focus make this really wonderful. Well done!
jegustavsen
Love his adorable face. I have a black lab (second one), and he is “always” excited and happy to see me. They are wonderful dogs
lisa1970
what a beautiful boy :-) lovely capture
Mammalia
Look at those eyes, I wouldn’t be able to resist, lol…tooo cute!!
delicedesign
oh my goodness! that is so cute I just wanna snuggle him!
Ann Rodriquez
Ooooooh I love this! : ) LOVE THOSE EYES!!! Great capture, and perfect for the emotion group! : )
Sue Nueckel
Gorgeous!!!
Danny Cross
this is a nice looking dog!! i can’t wait to get my lab!!
Courtney Goddard replied
he is like a big brown bear – so gentle and lovely though! I cant wait to get one – one day though! Thanks for the comment x
Robert Battram
A great portrait with nice use of DOF to highlight the eyes