DOG
by Dim7

Comment by ellamay:
Great shot, by far the best in this challenge IMO! I love the snow on his chin, crossed paws, intent expression, not to mention the clarity and sharpness of moving animal, and even the snow is exposed perfectly.

Beary Christmas
by Dim7

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Initial thoughts/My opinion
Nice tacky decoration but the way it is presented is not very interesting.

Content/Composition
The content itself is great and for sure tacky, but presenting it in front of a white background was not a good idea, especially because the bear has a white, lower portion. Hanging it into the Christmas tree or in front of a dark-green paperboard might have been way better. Also the angle of view is to straight: a little from the side so one sees the third dimension would been good here. Of course not too much, because it is necessary to be able to read the text.
To the bear itself: I wonder what these lines and speckles are, but it was probably not possible to get them away.

Camera work -technically
Exposure is a little dark on the bear, probably because the automatic metering had problems with the large amounts of white. It seems to me that the flash was used (reflections in the eyes and harsh shadows). A softer light would have been better here. Focus is fine.

Digital Processing - Technical
You could have adjusted the overall tint towards a warmer colour instead of the bluish one. Also for this angle of view a slight rotation is need to make the bear levelled.

Fits the challenge
Yes, very tacky!

Good luck for your further submissions

Shooting for the stars
by Dim7

Comment by Coley:
nice not shot ...good action shot

Shooting for the stars
by Dim7

Comment by Dave Gordon:
I could see this cropped to a very tall and narrow vertical panoramic. As it is, there's too much empty black.

Shooting for the stars
by Dim7

Comment by vtruan:
A verticle cropping would have looked better.

Shooting for the stars
by Dim7

Comment by Alexys:
Good job... Nice image. One of my favs of this week. 8

Shooting for the stars
by Dim7

Comment by Ivar:
Nice capture. It would have been better if the discarded fireworks would not be in the picture.

Shooting for the stars
by Dim7

Comment by e301:
I like this - a refreshingly different view of fireworks. I do really think it would have been better in a portrait format: as it is, the central composition weakens the impact of the image: the large amount of negative space (whilst helpful in isolating the spark lines) doesn't add THAT much. 8

Shooting for the stars
by Dim7

Comment by willem:
I think this requires a picture in vertical orientation, taken from lower to the ground, to add height, to increase the impact on the viewer.

Beary Christmas
by Dim7

Comment by lockjawdavis:
The white background washes out the composition a little. Very tacky, though!