Dogby
GinaRothfelsComment by Harz_Joerg: Greetings from the Critique Club
Initial thoughts/My opinion
Well-selected subject shown with great sharpness and good use of DOF. The composition is not too well balanced though.
Content/Composition
As other already commented, the dog fits very well for this challenge: it looks energetic and how it looks to the right side of the is great.
However, the balance between it and the nice tree is not too good:
The dog is too close to the bottom border, it almost stands on it. The tree takes to much space, which is not necessary: you needed to cut it at the top anyway, so cropping it a little lower would not have hurt.
Having the dog standing on a horizon with just blue sky as background might have worked as negative space, but here the tree makes just a second, equally (or even more important) object in the picture.
The balance between the tree and the wonderful red earth is just great though. A tight rectangular crop might have improved this balance even more by placing the line between both regions on the diagonal.
What I like is how the dog is standing out of the shadow of the tree!
Camera work -technically
Very, very good: focus and DOF are set awesomely and the exposure is great too.
Digital Processing - Technical
No flaws here either. Sharpening, hue/saturation etc. all top notch. Having no border was a good choice too.
Fits the challenge
Yes, beside the balance between tree and dog it does.
Good luck for your upcoming submissions
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