Treble 20
by Konador

Comment by 0055:
WOW

Treble 20
by Konador

Comment by Bear_Music:
Interesting abstract. Interesting bokeh, for that matter. My eye's having a hard time deciding where to go here. High points for originality.

Treble 20
by Konador

Comment by K-Rob:
Now this is exactly what I thought this challenge was all about. Yes, there are some pictures with very nice and pleasing bokeh but this is the first one I see where the bokeh actually enhances the subject. It's actually framed but the bokeh. Excellent job.

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by BAMartin:
Greetings from the Critique Club. This is one of the most beautiful pet portraits I have seen on this site. The focus is spot on, his eyes are clear and sharp and the focus fades from there. His entire fur coat is soft focus, which relates directly to how soft it must feel in real life.

I love that his eyes are at diagonals from each other, this adds to the "tension" of the photo (for lack of a better word, I mean that it adds visual appeal). His eyes look a little sad, which is very appealing as well.

I love your use of black and white for this lovely portrait. Without the distraction of color, the entire focus of the photo are on the lovely eyes.

I am sorry that I can not give much critisism here, this portrait is close to perfect. The one, very small, distraction to me is the flop of hair over his right eye. If you would have cloned out just the very tip if it, I would have no further critisisms. Great job Ben.

Barbara

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your top 20 finish with this lovely loyal model.

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by Konador:
Thanks for the comments everyone. I recieved a few comments about finding the reflections in the eyes distracting. They are actually not reflections, but cataracts which are there permanently. I considered cloning them out but I think they are part of Charlie's personality and uniqueness so I left them in despite them being distracting.

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by TLL061:
Great job , I love his eyes

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by ursula:
I love this picture! I really like how you managed to keep so much detail around the whole face, all the little hairs, the shine of the eyes, yet also have such a lovely blurred background to set it off. And his expression ... his eyes just say, "I love you!". If I were to get a dog (next Summer), I think I'd like one like this.

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by scalvert:
Of all the pet pics, this one is best of the breed. Perfect DOF and lighting. 8

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by SDW:
Nice soft photograph. The reflections in his eyes are slightly distracting because your picture draws my attention to the eyes. With that said, you photograph has good lighting, focus, and composition. I also like the use of B&W. Good luck in the challenge [6]