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04/22/2011 03:10:59 AM |
Greetings from the Critique Club:
Technically, this is a well executed image that reflects good photographic choices; you've shot wide open and looking at your ISO and shutter speed I'm guessing you were out at 200mm with your zoom. This has allowed you to limit your depth of field and isolate your subject from the background (as much as possible). I like how the focus is nailed on the eyes and the front paws. I'm less keen on the highlight on the back leg, I don't mind blown highlights but this one stands in over-stark contrast to the rest of the image. Perhaps you could have used a highlight recovery tool or even used a partial opacity clone brush sourced from the adjacent fur to take it down a little.
Artistically, I like your coloration but I think the overall composition is a little problematical, like many full length portraits (including people), having the face in the top centre position doesn't offer the best visual balance, though I've tried cropping this in various ways and losing the whole dog doesn't seem to yield a better picture, so given the shot you got, this is probably an optimal composition.
Overall this is competent work but in a challenge with some very high quality at the top end, the overall relatively low visual interest in this image and led it to be placed rather lower than it's absolute quality might deserve.
Paul |
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04/13/2011 05:47:21 PM |
I absolutely looooove Dobies! This is one gorgeous dog, hope to see more of him/her!
Only critique about the image...way too much distracting background. A tighter crop on the dog would've been ideal! |
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