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04/01/2003 02:37:04 PM |
Critique Club Comment:
Although this image may have an emotion attachment for some, it does not affect me the same way. Dog images are difficult to do, and a great dog shot is near impossible. You have a nice picture here, but by your camera angle and lighting, it seems too much like a snapshot. When working with subjects that are shorter then you, it helps to move the camera down to the level of your subject. This allows us to take in the person/animal at a perspective more fitting to their height. Backgrounds are important to any good portrait. Under the circumstances a drop cloth or some other interesting material under the animal that could reflect some light back up might have helped fill in some of the darkness underneath the dog. The toy is a nice addition if it brings something to the shot. Had the dog been playing with it, it'd have worked, but in this case it seems to take the viewers eye away from the main subject.
Technically the image seems a little soft in its focus. This may be due to a small aperture and it focusing more on the carpet and not the dog, or the shutter speed of 1/45 wasn't fast enough to freeze the movement of the dog. When using the lower level of light in the room, bumping up to ISO200 and a faster shutter speed may have assisted in freezing the action more. I don't feel that the amount of noise added by moving to 200 would have been enough to be noticeable.
I feel that you have captured a nice moment in time for the owner of the dog and that means a lot to them. I feel that with some minor adjustments, the snapshot feel of the photo could be changed to a portrait feel and draw more viewers into the shot emotionally.
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03/30/2003 09:22:50 PM |
| I love dogs and photographs of dogs. I like this happy little pup and the photograph. |
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03/28/2003 08:27:56 PM |
| Nice lighting and image.. but the title over explains this. |
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03/26/2003 03:17:47 PM |
| Cute dog :) This will make a good addition to your family album... nice work :) |
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03/24/2003 11:29:53 PM |
| Cute. Wish the eyes had some highlights. |
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03/24/2003 02:23:57 PM |
| So flippin' cute I can hardly stand it. Put a smile on my face for the day. Congrats. |
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03/24/2003 01:35:11 PM |
| Sweetie. Good Luck to ya! |
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03/24/2003 01:01:55 AM |
| Beautiful composition for an dog portrait. |
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03/24/2003 01:00:57 AM |
| Sweet little dog and you captured a great look on her face in addition to a very busy tail. |
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03/24/2003 12:55:22 AM |
| MAGNIFICENT!! A very high score from me. |
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