Light, Texture, Form, and Fur
by littlemav

Comment by Zepcrmc:
Nice shot

Light, Texture, Form, and Fur
by littlemav

Comment by tanguera:
Seriously!!!???? What a wonderful pet portrait. Love that he's pigeon-toed :-)

Light, Texture, Form, and Fur
by littlemav

Comment by onepurplerose:
I love the dog...I have a Chinese Crested too! 10

Weston's Tomatoes
by littlemav

Comment by bassbone:
nice conversion to b/w and good subject - but the crop seems wrong (square wasn't Weston's thing) and the shallow DOF does match his style

Light, Texture, Form, and Fur
by littlemav

Comment by puzzle:
Wonderful. I'll take one.

Weston's Tomatoes
by littlemav

Comment by bvy:
Beautifully luminous. Tomatoes hold up so nicely in black and white.

Light, Texture, Form, and Fur
by littlemav

Comment by Jutilda:
Sweet. My only complaing is that I can wee all of the wrinkles of the drop in the BG. Maybe adjust levels or curves to darken the blacks and it'd fix it. 6

Wash Day
by littlemav

Comment by onepurplerose:
I love your portrait...I'm partial to the Chinese Crested. I have a sweet little boy at home.

Wash Day
by littlemav

Comment by Louis:
Technically, this photo is sound -- great light (with caveats), perfect focus, nice post work. Whereas the subject matter is "cute", it isn't too much in my view. I think where it is less successful is in the backdrop: a bold featureless stamp of black. I can see that there is actually a dark drape of some kind that extends up the left quadrant of the frame, but it is generally lost in the clipping. This backdrop is incongruous with your subject matter. If it had been a white featureless backdrop, or some kind of relevant room, or a light backdrop with a prop or two nearby, the effect might have been less dramatic. That's the issue for me. The backdrop says drama, the subject says cute.

Another issue is the cramped composition. Whereas the dog is nicely composed, it's not the whole story. Its bath is important, and the tub and bubble items are a tad cramped here. Together with the dark backdrop, the composition becomes claustrophobic, and thus unappealing overall.

One noticeable artifact is the shadow on the washboard. I would have tried to diminish it with my light setup.

Of story I can't comment, because I don't connect with subject matter like this generally. Perhaps many people are in the same boat. For me, content is as important as form, or at least my interpretation of it is, and I always like to feel something about the photographer in images. I don't get that experience here.

Wash Day
by littlemav

Comment by KarenNfld:
LOL cute.