Merry Christmas DPC
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by posthumous:
Merry xmas to you, too. Cute family. This will make a great card.

Day 18
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by jomari:
I'm just imagining that expression on a person who wasn't happy to be photographed. The only difference would be that the person would have his arms crossed. Cute little dog, though and nicely captured. I love the luminance of his eyes.

Day 18
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by daisydavid:
Jesus and no quarter, a regal hound captured well.

Day 18
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by RKT:
So cute...I've been saying that a lot in my commenting during this SC, but it's true, so much cute stuff.

Day 18
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by EL-ROI:
Great shot of the dog. Standard RoT composition... great exposure, nice and bright, crisp and clean focus! Perfect!

Merry Christmas DPC
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by GAP2012:
ribbon placing for me congrats on a simple and meeting challenge that more than half of the entries failed to do imo... well done!

Day 17
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by jomari:
I've taken shots of my son in a similar pose. The forced look comes from trying to accentuate those muscles as much as possible, so it looks 'normal' to me for what it is.

Day 17
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by nam:
It's the hand position especially that looks forced, I think, though his expression seems a bit strained, too.

Day 17
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by Venser:
The lighting seems off.
It doesn't accentuate his physique at all, and like Karen pointed out, looks a little forced.

I did this, but it took 30 attempts to get the lighting semi-correct.


The inspiration for my take came from this photo by nsjabs.


You could always throw a fill light in the front and I think it would look really good. I can tell that you have lights on both sides of the subject and because of the amount of light, no definition comes through.

Day 17
by MinsoPhoto

Comment by KarenNfld:
I find the pose a bit too forced - but I really know nothing about people photography.