Payton - WC719

Back with another favourite subject from the summer, a spectacular German Shorthaired Pointer named Payton. We ended up doing two separate shoots with Payton, and I can tell you he is some kind of an athlete and a remarkably focused and intense (in a good way) dog. 

I'm used to having to clone leads out of dog pictures, but when you have a dog this well trained and utterly statuesque when not in motion, I had to take the opportunity to do some off-leash stuff down by the river as the last sliver of sunlight faded slipped behind the western hills. If it weren't for the mosquitoes, I could have photographed this dog in this setting forever.  I knew the owners were hoping for a very large art print so chose to keep the ISO down to base whenever I could...I probably could have taken a 20sec exposure of this dog when he locked in on something. 

Thanks for your time...please view the detail version if you have a moment.

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Nikon D600
Nikkor AF-S 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR
ISO 100
1/160sec @ f/3.5
-0.33 stop exposure from meter
Mounted on FEISOL CT-3372 Elite tripod with Acratech GV2 ballhead and Wimberley Sidekick
100% full frame (not cropped)
Cloned a couple of offending blades of grass but kept most for a more natural look