She promised...
by Prash

Comment by Camilla7481:
This is such a darling photo...and although the black in the corner is too solild and seems to take over the photo, the photograph of the man himself is a stunning image.

Watching the extinction line...
by Prash

Comment by SaraR:
I do feel that this might have been stronger if it hadn't been framed quite so tightly; in particular, I find the cut off ears rather awkward. There are a number of 'spots' where the detail appears missing, which I do find somwaht distracting.

Watching the extinction line...
by Prash

Comment by Rasai:
Evidence of Natural Environment is missing.

Watching the extinction line...
by Prash

Comment by Jessi:
Hi :)

I had actually noticed this one when flipping through entries before, it kinda stood out. Now that I see the full size, it's great in focus but I think you might've gone a little bit overboard in the sharpening. Composition is excellent, his eye is on (or close to) a rule-of-thirds line.

Lighting could use work -- I realize you probably didn't have too much control over conditions, but parts of this are horribly overexposed. You're losing detail in his muzzle, the fur on his front leg, in various spots on the background bokeh, and the entire top third of the background. Try underexposing by a couple spots. Animals with darker coats are usually harder to meter from (I have a black dog, I should know!!) so I would have metered off the ground right in front of his nose and then taken the shot. Remember, it's advanced editing, so you can dodge the parts that need to be lighter back in, like the eye. (Alternatively, you could possibly have done a shadow/highlights adjustment on just those parts that were too light...but probably only if you originally had shot in RAW.)

What's with the weird smudgey bits? They're kind of distracting.

Hope I was helpful!! :):)

ETA: spelling failures :(

Watching the extinction line...
by Prash

Comment by Jedusi:
What a sweetie - maybe a little oversharpened ?

The secret "M" (for mystery)
by Prash

Comment by magenmarie:
This is beautiful.

Watching the extinction line...
by Prash

Comment by snaffles:
very poignant and emotive but wish the ears had been left in. 7

Where the heart is...
by Prash

Comment by thompp1:
I'm an old stick in the mud, so I can't see what the tilt does to the photo. All the water is going to run out from under the boats.

Where the heart is...
by Prash

Comment by kotzie:
I really kinda like this. I don't want to. I'm not a big fan of just randomly tilting the camera to make it interesting. It usually doesn't work. But it does here. Nicely done.

Where the heart is...
by Prash

Comment by GeneralE:
I really like the effect the oddly-trimmed and tilted tree gives to the perspective.