Oldies
Dog Photographer of the Year 2019 Overall Winner and Oldies Category 1st Place Winner, Denise Czichocki, Switzerland
Title of image: ‘Dreaming Merlin’
Dog: Merlin, rescued Podengo, 14 years old
I was lucky to find this beautiful magnolia tree near my home in Switzerland. And still more lucky to get the chance to take photos of wonderful dogs in these magnolia. Merlin was one of them. He is a 14 years old Podenco rescued from a shelter who is happy to live his life since two years in a lovely home in Switzerland. It wasn’t easy to take photos of him because of his absolutely deafness. So I couldn’t work with noises to get his attention...afterwards it wasn’t necessary. He gave me so many beautiful moments as you can see in this picture. This is Merlin, beautiful, dreamy and kind of wise. A wonderful old dog with so much charisma.
Technical specification
Canon EOS 6D Aperture - f/1.4 ISO – 250 Focal length - 105mm (Sigma 105mm f1.4 ART) Exposure time 1/800 sec (manual) Flash - No
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Oldies Category, 2nd Place Winner, Cat Race, UK
Title of image: ‘Young At Heart’
Dog: Bailee, Labrador Retriever (bitch)
This grey-faced gal had absolutely no concept of her ripening age. Right to the very end of her photo session at Beacon Fell, Bailee leapt and scrambled over logs smiling down at me hopefully for a snack! Although she had slowed down a little more with each grey hair appearing on her soft face, Bailee was as raring for adventure as she had ever been.
I created this portrait in a bright wide angle format to accentuate the pup-like spirit that shone from her. I tucked myself in close as she gleefully watched my lens, capturing every grin - and drop of drool - that she had to give.
Technical specification
Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Aperture - f/11, ISO – 400, Focal length - 16mm, Exposure programme – Manual, Exposure time - 1/200 sec, Flash - Yes
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Oldies Category, 3rd Place Winner, Susan Lang, United Kingdom
Title of image: ‘Contented’
Dog: Ozzy, 12 year old rescued Greyhound
This is my Greyhound asleep with his head on the coffee table. It was something he did rarely so I had few opportunities to catch it on camera. It usually happened when he started getting off the sofa, then in true Greyhound style decided to lie down again. On this occasion the light coming through the window was just right and helped me to capture the shot. It’s one of my favourite photos of him and I’m glad to have it as I lost him to cancer 6 months later.
Technical specification
Fujifilm X-T2 Aperture: f/2.0 ISO speed: 640 Focal Length: 50mm Exposure program: Aperture priority Exposure Time: 1/125 Flash: no flash
Website / http://www.dogscapes.co.uk
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