A new world just beyond the glassby
Cjorgy2oo4Comment by indigo997: HEY!
I love your dog, but I'll try to still look at the photograph critically. ;P
This looks like one of those capture shots where you don't really have a lot of time to think about what you're doing so I would give you some slack in voting. However, if you want to know how to really perfect the shot, you might have to have someone stand outside and hold the dog's attention. This would give you more time to notice things like the distracting cord on the floor.
You also seem to have soft focus. A higher f number would help. That shutter speed is fast enough that camera shake shouldn't be a problem so I'm not really sure why it isn't sharper.
The fur is also a little overexposed. With such a difference between light and dark in one shot, you're going to have areas that are over or under exposed, but the dog shouldn't be one of them. Those areas of fur that have all the highlights blown out (along the top of the head and on the chest) are what you needed to expose for. It would also help if you could make more light in the room behind her so that the difference between light and dark isn't so great. However, I sort of like how she fades into the black.
Composition is good, but cropping could be better. You can do any shape you want so just drag a box around until all the distractions are gone. I'd crop off the top until that lit area in the left corner is gone, and then crop off the left side until that white area is gone.
I'm not really sure about the b&w since I don't have anything to compare it to. I sort of like the b&w, but I would also like to see the color of the dog. Maybe you can play around with saturation and channel levels for different variations.
You obviously have an eye for making good shots. Of course this appeals to dog lovers more than anyone else. Now you just need to focus on perfecting the technical aspects. I think that the score is a reflection on the focus,cropping, and exposure issues.
Keep on shooting!
