Greetings from the critique club!
Aesthetics: This is a nice shot, with good tones, and clearly duotone for the challenge. The dog is not engaging the viewer, however, since it's looking off to the side, and that loses a bit of the cuteness factor dogs have when they look into the camera. Yes, it looks less "candid" that way, but it's generally more endearing to people. Also, while DOF is working for you here, the objects in the background do not add to the story, and hence while not emphasized by the treatment, it still would be better without them.
Which brings me up to the "candid" aesthetic. A candid often tells a story. There's no context for a story here. So you might has well have gone for the posed, looking the viewer into the eye. Or next time, add some context and tell a story to charm us!
Technical. The shot is produced well in general, but there appear to be some reduction and sharpening artifacts around the whiskers (jaggies). I've run into this as well with my dog, and sometimes there's little you can do about it--especially in a basic editing challenge. In a full editing challenge, you can try some selective softening of those areas before reducing.
Overall. Cute dog, good picture. Looking forward to seeing some more shots of this dog! |
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