Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by msdoubletrouble:
what a sweet, soft dog :-)

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by strags:
Okay... your dog is freaking me out. I don't know why, but he reminds me of Michael Jackson.

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by primus76:
are those the dogs real eyes?

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by deapee:
Wow -- what a facial expression, Konador ;-) He could be saying one of many things. Dogs are very interesting.

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by FirstAid:
I have to do the same. I have 4 little poops myself.

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by Bear_Music:
A virtually flawless image, and an extraordinarily poignant one. I would only wish for a little more "life" in the dog's right eye (left as we view it). Well done!

Walk Him Every Day
by Konador

Comment by dsb_mac:
the eyes look a little scary.

Christmas Magic
by Konador

Comment by swagman:
Konagor

Technically, an excellent image. Nicely exposed, held just long enough to paint paint some of of the branches with detail but not so long as to wash out the colors.

I think my one nit would be in the composition - the placement of the doorway. It faces out of the frame, and combined with the walk, tends to lead the eye out of the image. It's an uncomfortable feeling. Like a person looking out of a frame, and the viewer not knowing what's there. It can be powerful if that's what the artist intended, but I'm not sure it was your intent here. Apologies if I'm incorrect.

As lovely as the colors are, they are only one element of the composition. They grab the viewer's eye. I think if the blue had been placed in the upper left third of the frame, approximately where the large patch of red lights are, the door and walk would pull the eye towards the middle of the frame.

Unless this is a close crop, it would mean reshooting the frame. I can't tell what is to the left and bottom, outside of the frame, but I think if it were more lights or if just faded to black, it would be a more pleasing composition.

If have the time to reshoot it, I'd be very interested in seeeing the results.

Just my opinion, of course.

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas!
by Konador

Comment by deapee:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Very well thought out. The smaller drops of water toward the top give the image a nice overall perspective. The way the light fades away toward the top right corner makes the plain background rather interesting -- especially because the water droplets maintain their sharp color throughout the image which adds a nice depth.

Your composition is great -- there's just enough subject there for my taste, and there's also the right amount of space left to 'surround' the subject to give the photo its interest.

Good work.

Love
by Konador

Comment by Melly8522:
This is very nice! I never saw this one before and still I think it was love at first sight! LOL! Anyway congrats on your 2nd place! I never would have done that good!