Sammy

My mother-in-law's new puppy has started to settle down and hopefully knows not to chew the carpet anymore.  She's also settled on the name "Sammy" after downloading pages of poodle names off the Internet.

I've always found it difficult to take pictures of black poodles because the pictures always seem to make them look like black blobs with no discernible features.  A flash only make them look worse because of the reflection off their coat.  Here is the best picture that I've taken so far.

I'll try photographing him again over the next few days to see how I can take better photographs.

Today I went to the Botanic Gardens to practice taking photos in dappled light.  I find this the hardest type of lighting, but one that I have to deal with a lot.