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Hunting Hounds at Cheverny
Lens: DA 40mm Ltd. Camera: K-30 Photo Location: Cheverny, France ISO: 100 Shutter Speed: 1/320s Aperture: F2.8 
Posted By: lectrolink, 07-24-2016, 01:49 AM

It has become a tourist attraction to watch the daily feeding of this pack of hounds at Chateau de Cheverny in the Loire Valley, south of Paris. There are 70 of these large muscular dogs in total (a cross breed of English Foxhound and French Poitou) and the owner of the chateau takes them hunting twice a week, year round.

I shot wide open at F2.8 and manually focused on the tip of this bitch's nose. She alone seemed curious about me-- the others, not at all. A male peed on her leg as she was posing for me.

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The FL and DOF really gives this shot a lot of character--"Portrait of a Lady" indeed.
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Excellent story and the photo is wonderful. The subject hound really 'pops' in this picture and the out of focus hounds in the back really contribute to the flavour of the story about this venue being a center for hunting with hounds.
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QuoteOriginally posted by lesmore49 Quote
Excellent story and the photo is wonderful. The subject hound really 'pops' in this picture and the out of focus hounds in the back really contribute to the flavour of the story about this venue being a center for hunting with hounds.
I have to admit, some of the 'pop' of this photo comes from applying a touch of Tonal Contrast and Pro Contrast from Nik Color Efex 4. The light was overcast, so the RAW photo, even after LR adjustments, was noticeably flat.

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