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Post by lobb on Feb 4, 2022 18:35:48 GMT -5
Probably not! But I could use some tips.
This is Seaglass and I'm having the hardest time posing her properly.
She's not super well aligned in the picture above but it gives you an idea of the issue. If she's even remotely close to aligned by the toes, she turns her head to the other side when doing a profile pose :/ If I try to turn her around enough so her head is ok, her legs look very obviously turned to the side and not in profile.
Dali pose is a bit easier but I honestly have a harder time with than profile poses.
Should I be aligning her in some different way? Any advice? Thank you so much!
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Post by Thor on Feb 4, 2022 21:59:33 GMT -5
Posing is hard... it takes a lot of patience and alignment just is hard sometimes. Is she physically able to just.... align with both back toes in a straight line: or can she at least the left back toe behind the right back toe? Like 1 pixel off: Problem is explained in detail on this WW post: whiskerwick.boards.net/thread/8192/extension-values-back-paw-problem
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Post by zan on Feb 7, 2022 12:43:29 GMT -5
Definitely not hopeless!
I agree with Thor that the leg alignment will look better if you can set the dog up so the back toes are level or with the foot furthest from the camera just one pixel behind. I know I personally penalise for the far hind foot being further forward than the near hind foot. I'd be looking for the best alignment the dog can manage; I don't dock points/placements if a dog isn't physically capable of lining up the toes exactly.
So, onto the thing you're most concerned about, the head alignment. When posing in P4, the dog will always start by offering the standard dali/forward-facing pose, then (while still posing) will begin to turn its head. What you'll notice if you look closely is that during each posing sequence, the dog will adjust its head position in profile pose three times - sometimes these changes will be obvious, and sometimes they will only differ very slightly from the previous position and therefore be harder to spot. I'm not sure how you take show pics but I hold the spacebar and autosave the pics then go and check to see if there are any I want to use in shows. Dali pose is easy since it's just about capturing the right frame, which will always be present as part of that pose sequence (unless your dog poses with a head tilt, sticks a tongue out, barks at the wrong moment, etc...there will always be the occasional blooper!).
Dane pose is harder. It can take a lot of time to get a good shot; especially if the dog has tricky features that you're trying to align (like protruding eyes, dane ears, etc). If you keep trying, she should offer you some poses where her head has a different alignment. It's just a case of perseverance.
The dali pose looks good aside from the foot/leg alignment - her eyes are level and it looks like the picture is taken at the right breathing point. My suspicion is that her best alignment will be with a 1 pixel difference in the toes in the opposite direction, which should also have the affect of making her front legs look more closely aligned.
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