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Can you help me take better photos of my all-black dog?
An all-black dog is hard to photograph.
She is gorgeous, but her features blend together in a pic.
I tried to use an eye-enhancement app, but it said that it could not detect any eyes.
Which is exactly my problem.
To make matters even more difficult, she is curly.
The camera just doesn’t know where to focus.
I’ve taken a zillion pictures of an undefined black blob.
If anyone has any advice for taking pics of a curly, all-black dog, let me know.
But please, please, please keep any advice idiot proof.