Rue

This is a submission for the MonoMonday114 challenge with the theme of portrait. Rue was selected instead of our other Shiba because he has reds and blacks in his coat, making for a better black and white photo. Nilla is cream-colored, so there is not much contrast in her coat.

Rue's first year or two of life was in a puppy mill, and we adopted him through Midwest Shiba Inu Rescue in March 2005. Our best guess is that he is 12-13 years old. He does not like his picture to be taken, but does beautifully when someone distracts him.

The photo was taken in our family room. The camera and TTL flash was positioned one meter from the wall and flash swiveled 90 degrees left to bounce the flash back at Rue. Photo was processed in Lightroom and Nik SilverEfex Pro 2. Am not pushing the product, but FYI the Nik collection is free today.