"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by Sinky:
I like the pic, but I dont feel it really meets the theme in question, even with the quote.

Red-Osier Dogwood in October
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Comment by OneSweetSin:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nice image. It's crisp well in focus. Nice detail to the dogwood.

Your composition however is so so. First try cropping in on the right side to get rid of the extra stem. Doing that will eliminate your biggest distraction.

There is something else I am seeing going on with your background and I can't really say what it is but I'm seeing stripes of two different shades of white. Not sure what it is but seems to take away from the berries.

I do though like this image, and yes it does fit the challenge.

Anna

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by lotfibm:
????

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by nemesise1977:
choice of shutter did not add from the shot other than it is exposed well

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by JH:
Nice shot of a dog. But I can't see how you've used shutter speed here.

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by LN13:
I don't see where "shutter speed leads to the main impact" in this photo.

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by Rae-Ann:
What a gorgeous face! But I am unsure how shutter speed impacts the shot...

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by Jammur:
Nice picture of your dog, but don't see how it expresses 'motion'.
Also you might want to clean his face next time, 'eye snot'

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by Jutilda:
AWWW. Sweet face. His eyes are lacking any sparkle. I'd like to see the light better and maybe adjust curves to enrich the tonality of it. Good placement of the figure in the shot.

"Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail." -Josh Billings
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Comment by westramp:
how did shutter speed factor into this shot?