Sad Eyes
by EssAreDubya

Comment by CNovack:
Lighting is very good on this Collie portrait - a nice soft lighting that plays softly on the colors of the dog and waves in it's long hair. I really like just off to the side frontal portrait pose of the Collie. It really shows off the beauty of this dog's features and colors. Not a big fan of grey borders that has faded lines (thought I am not going to dock you for that because it is minor). I think this could have done with a sharp line, high contrast border (thin line of white bordered by a thick black border or vice versa) for a clean, polished look. Last little critique is the top portion that shows the corner wall of a room could be cropped out without effecting the portrait negatively. It would in fact help it for that top portion does nothing to enhance the image. Yes, a closer crop would trim some of the ears but it would not be too noticable because the closer crop would keep the attention focused tightly on the facial features of the dog's face, and it is a beautiful face at that, so you should play it up and keep the eyes attention focused there.

Sad Eyes
by EssAreDubya

Comment by kelli_K:
I see royal eyes. Great pic, love the lighting and composition.

Sad Eyes
by EssAreDubya

Comment by macrothing:
5 - Like to have seen the eyes a little sharper and better control of the whites, or 'using' the blown areas more overall. Not sure on the frame.

Breakthrough
by EssAreDubya

Comment by griz210:
center clouds seem blown out to me

Breakthrough
by EssAreDubya

Comment by bassbone:
the clouds appear a little too blown out on this one

Sad Eyes
by EssAreDubya

Comment by bryantbus:
Nice set up, it is somewhat soft focus. There was a time when that was prefered. The eyes are a little blue? Over all good job.

Sad Eyes
by EssAreDubya

Comment by MaryO:
Nice pose and crop. Lighting is mostly good; it looks like you blew out a good chunk of the white on the left side of the dog's chest but that might be on purpose. I would darken the pupils (they have a bluish cast) and maybe color the background stuff to be the same color as the floor (or clone it out or something) so it doesn't draw the eye away from the dog.

Dirty Business
by EssAreDubya

Comment by justamistere:
These Mountain-movers, hit the concept-on target. if only the machine on the right were not there and the main-machine, more in the top-left corner.

Dirty Business
by EssAreDubya

Comment by pixeldust:
Meets the challenge well and has good colors and lighting. A little tighter crop on the left cutting out the brush and putting the machinery more to the edge would make it even better (IMO). A few minor spots in the sky could have been cleaned up in processing. Still scoring it high. I like it more than most I've seen so far.

Dirty Business
by EssAreDubya

Comment by mpeters:
Somebody has to do it!