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yes they are small, my boy weighs less than 5 kgs but he is a tough little critter and a sturdy build. My friend who has pomeranians won't let hers on the couch because she says they will break their leg if they jump off - I have no concern with that with my griffon, he jumps up and down off with no problems. as I said his best mate is a tall coolie and they rumble and chase each other - he certainly doesn't show any signs of being tiny or fragile then - he gives as good as he gets. when i was thinking of getting a show dog I thought hard and long about what to get as I did want to get a little dog - i have four other dogs, two goldens and two coolies so I needed a "tough" dog - the griffon ended up ticking all boxes - my griffon breeder also breeds golden retreivers and finds the two breeds are a good combination. Naturally I don't leave my small dog with my larger dogs unless I am around and I think the situation that OP was talking about is the same I was thinking more about with kids. They just always look so delicate to me! :laugh: But that's probably because my two are built like bricks.

Griffs are pretty tiny though, aren't they?

Get that kid a Frenchie! Sid loves my boys.

What a bargain! I love LR :D

Canon or Nikon. While the 50mm 1.8 technically isn't a macro lens, it still works quite well for that purpose(I use it at weddings to photograph rings and flowers). It's such a cheap lens. Examples are here: http://www.katietakesapicture.com.au/?p=377

Yep, they are on Flickr :) 52 Weeks of Selfies ETA oops - made it a linky instead.

I started out with Nikon for the same reason. I actually learnt on a Pentax and the dials are similar, so Nikon was the natural choice.

Congratulations and welcome to the Darkside, Kuma :laugh:

Well, thank you. But don't leave - how do you think I started? Here, on DOL :)

Discovering new sources of light opens up a whole new world, doesn't it? Here is mine: Seven 'She shows no emotion at all, Stares into space like a dead china doll...' - Elliot Smith

I initially had it stacked up on a pile of books, but it still wasn't high enough, so I asked my OH to hold it. It literally took a second, because I only took the one. My head is in front of the masking tape, so I didn't need to edit it out :) In your case, I would try leaving the spotlight on, turn your face towards it and then wave the sparklers around. You will get motion blur in your face though if you do a long exposure.

To get a replacement cert, you'd have to post in the one you have anyway.

Love it Gila! Yes, you may :) It is a long exposure - one second. So camera on tripod. I also had to stick a bit of masking tape on the wall behind my head, so the camera knew where to focus. ISO 400 f/6.3 (I think), but I should have gone higher, because I am slightly OOF. I wanted the lights to glow, so knew it had to be a long exposure, but there was no where near enough light to see my face. I tried the flash (off camera), but that was too much light, so I had a torch aimed at my face (which I also needed to light the masking tape on the wall, otherwise it was too dark for the auto focus). Does that all make sense? :laugh: Try with a different light source. On camera flash never looks great. As you've probably noticed, I've been trying to push myself and experiment with light a lot. It's amazing what can be done.

Six 'It must be love, Love, Love...' - Madness

Well, I'm glad you have continued :D I have been using OCF in almost all of my selfies. This week I used a torch :laugh: I am really trying to push myself with the technical aspect. Flash really opens a whole new world, doesn't it?

Love it Snook :D

I barely touch my pugs nose roll. Only after a bath to make sure it's dry. We've never had a problem.

Only the breeder can change the dogs name. If your name and address details are incorrect, you may have to pay for a replacement certificate - depending on whose fault it is (Dogs QLD or the breeder).

I love stalking this thread and I do it frequently. But I just had to say - Helen, your images are always so very creative and you always pull them off. I love your processing, I love the texture and I love love love that seagull image :)

No. I feel it falls under the heading of 'Things Crazy Dog People Do' :p

I am always asking myself why I bought a white dog...

Cool! Do you do the layering in something like Photoshop? Can it be done in Lightroom? Yep, PS. You can't work with layers in LR (but I do everything else in LR - the fine tuning in PS).

Nice processing :) It's three shots, layered over each other.

Five 'But these monsters follow me around...' - Something For Kate

Cute Froggy MTD! He looks a funny texture? I'm so used to the smooth skinned frogs. Fine actually, much better than I thought :laugh: He took it all in his stride, so I did too. Nice car. I always love the colours in your photos :) Gosh, highschool. I don't know if I'll ever be ready for that! Eeep - that second plane shot looks really scary!