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Sorry..... Now I am having too much fun with this.

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Even more blue in the eyes. For some reason I think that looks really cool.

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I obviously cropped a little, then adjusted the levels, then the shadow/highlight, then juiced up the saturation a little. That's about all I know how to do. Those adjustments have turned a lot of crappy photos into nice ones for me. Mine always seem to turn out on the dark side like Ohio's.

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Here, just for fun I added a little blue tint to the dog's eyes.

Great points from the others. They know more than I do. What settings do you like on your D70? ISO, White Balance etc...???

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ahhh what the heck. I went ahead and did the last one too.

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Two more...

I do like the photos. I really like it when the subject is in clear focus and the background is blurred. Nice

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I have used the D70 for over a year and I'm still trying to figure out the finer points. A lot of taking digital photos is the post processing. I used photoshop to tweek a couple of your photos. You will see a big difference. http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7707/untitled2pj9.jpg http://img339.ima...

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Very nice.

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Very nice Casper.

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It's going to be good to have you Rutt. This trial is also a first for me. It is my first go at being the trial Chairman. We are having it in a little different area of the State at fields we haven't used before. Hopefully we'll get some new faces. Already have at least one

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Looks like a keeper.

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bondoron wrote:Wow not sure which one has more fur.

That is exactly what I was going to say.

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..........oh and on those shots. a cheap 70-300 lens

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Man, you're waiting till the light's just right aren'tcha!!! Camera info please??? That Cooper is a "stylist"!!! Camera is a Nikon D70. I have not spent the time to figure out the best settings. I finally found something that worked on that night. Those shots were some of the best I have taken. The...

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Had another good training night. Everyone worked on different issues. It was great to get out and work dogs. Cooper crept in on his birds last weekend at the NSTRA trial. He is usually very solid on point. Tonight I worked on making him stand point by walking pigeons out in front of him. Critter Con...

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rnbiii wrote:Go Spooner! You've got a great looking group of dogs. Thanks for all the pics... they make for a nice break from all the reading. Ha.

When I was a kid I liked the books with all the pictures too

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Where are the Pointer pics? That's why I love your threads!! C'mon man! Post the good looking dogs! :D I was working the dogs and didn't have the chance to take pics of the pointers that night. Now I have one at TAK's house for some tightening up and just Cooper at home. I'll get some pics of Coope...

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Looks like it was 27 bucks well spent. I like the rope idea.

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Oprah is Critter Control's new pup. She is a Treborwolf dog. Not sure if she is a DD or a Wirehair (Nor do I want to open up that debate, always a can of worms). Whatever she is, she has some fire and prey drive already. Should be a fantastic dog.

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Great looking pup. Looks like he'll be plenty birdy.

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We got out and had a great night of dog work. The weather was perfect. We made some nice progress with several dogs. Oprah http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9981/dsc0058ja0.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9357/dsc0059mc5.jpg http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/7907/dsc0064dw8.jpg Tex works wi...

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Technically he belongs to my wife.

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Very nice.

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You guys are probably getting sick of all these pictures.... I can't stop. Here's some more. Made another trip to a local pond. Once again looked around for "dogs must be on leash signs". No signs. There were a bunch of people out there this time. One very important female person (I have better word...

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Oh and it's March. You can take the wreath down.

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Nice, that is pretty much the same as mine. Now that I have 15 birds in there it is too tight. I want something bigger. I am going to build another soon. One for my fliers and one for breeders.

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Truthfully I have found that many of the stereotypes about pointers to be false with my dogs. Particularly the ones about them not being affectionate or not able to swim. They do like to run. I have one that hunts more for himself at times, and one that hunts for me all the time. Great dogs both GSP...

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I'd say the main difference is about 12 inches of tail.

Sorry. Had to be said.

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Here are some videos. Poor quality from my cell phone. Hard to photoshop those

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sazMDLPW-Yg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYI7BCNU6FM

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I made a quick trip to a local pond tonite. Spooner needed to be introduced to water. I wanted to see what he would do. We got him in the middle of winter and I really would have liked to have had him in the water before now. Since it has warmed up a bit, I decided to day was the day. He was a natur...

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I feed a normal amount the night before. I try and make sure they get a chance to get out and do their business before they run the next day. Then if it is a two day event, they get fed right after their last run on the first day. I recently read an article posted here somewhere by Purina. It recomm...

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The Lab pup gets Pro Plan Large Breed Puppy. In a few months I'll switch to Black Gold in the Black Bag. I was feeding the Pointers Black Gold in the Red Bag through the hunting season and through the winter. Recently I switched to something that has made a nice difference. I have always had a hard ...

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Critter Control and I have started a weekly training group. We got the dogs out on some pigeons tonite. Had a great time. We made some progess. We can't do anything without taking a bunch of pictures....... "Peen-A-Lope" aka "Penny" ready to go. http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4083/dsc0233pu6.jpg...

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very nice pics. Thanks for sharing. I don't have any good ones that I haven't posted but this is a recent favorite.
Cowboy points, Cooper backs.

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Very nice loft. I would like to build one of similar design.

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http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/306/dsc0241nx3.jpg Something funny happened when Cowboy found this planted bird. See that ice sheet behind him? He was running top speed. He came over that ice and smelled that bird. He tried to turn quick and ended up on his side. He slid a good 5 feet, got up, s...

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Thanks guys.

Pear... You know I love bird dogs will all tail lengths.

Some are just prettier than others.

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Most of the guy's I knew shot most of the bird's they trained with. I don't understand the purpose in that as it keep's you looking for more bird's. The only thing a shot bird is good for is retrieving. Until you reach the point where the dog is really good at standing bird's, a bird leaving in the...

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Thanks for sharing this with us. Very informative. I am sure as I did, many of the members will benefit from this. I have thought of building a pigeon carrying box similar to that one.

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Great pics. That pup looks very nice.

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Critter Control and I headed out with some friends for a quick training session today. I was late, so I missed out on getting some pics of Shatzi (at least that's what I'm calling Zim's new pup) and Jonesy. I am looking forward to getting out more and polishing up the dogs. Meecham points with a nic...

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Yawallac wrote:Hey 12 Volt,

How do you keep that Snakefoot bred dog in a field the size of a postage stamp!?!?

Nice job and congrats! Hint: Next time, keep your head down!

Believe it or not, I can turn him on a whistle. I have never had a problem keeping that dog in the field.

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Great work. Congrats.

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I ran Cooper in a NSTRA trial last weekend. One of the fields we went 5, 4. I missed the shot on that last bird. I ended up only 30 points away from taking first place. Ended up 4th. Man it sucks when the dog does everything right and I screw up. He's really getting there. I imagine I'll report in s...

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Please put me in. I really like Dave Walker's stuff. I attended a seminar of his and learned a lot.

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Awesome pics Casper. Looks like a great hunt.

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Your dogs are really coming around Brandon. Awesome! and Congrats.

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Not sure on an exact age for pups to stop getting new ticking, but my Pointer's ticking shows up more during the cold months. Maybe their hair gets longer. During the summer it goes away. Kind of strange.

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