Want Your Back Scratched?

This shot was made in the natural light from the window, at the same time as Golden Gaze and Up Close and Personal .

She was sprawled on our lazy-boy, and the the area of her paws was in the shade, much darker than higher up where her face was. I decided to try anyway, experimenting with high ISO, which explains the fair amount of noise in the picture. I converted it to black and white and added a slight colour overlay in the layer blending options.

Focal length 55mm
ISO-1600
Aperture f/5,6
Shutter 1/50 sec.

Shot in manual mode
Nikon D60
AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f3.5-5.6G VR

Finished in 7th position of Top Ten in the Paws! challenge of the Mans Best Friend’s (Dogs Only) group on April 6, 2009