Neat.
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Comment by idp:
elegant

Neat.
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Comment by DJWoodward:
Challenge Relevance:6 Impact/Emotion/Mood:5.5 Technicals:5.5 Processing:5 Creativity:5

Neat.
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Comment by JunieMoon:
Great background. Like the brushed look to it.

Neat.
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Comment by NikonJeb:
Love the negative space & the minimalism. Well done!....7

Ele
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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Criticque Club!

Initial impression: 1-2-3-Awwwwwwww....very cute picture of a very lucky dog.

Technical: comp is a little centred which probably cost you in terms of score. The slightly oof foreground works well, helps draw the eye in. I think the creases in the quilt over her come across as a tiny bit heavy, there is nothing similar underneath to help balance it out. Some glare on the quilt, the bane of shooting anything white. ISO is quite high, 400 or even 200 may have done the job esp at 1/50.

Artistic: I like this shot because it has a spontaneous feel, and who knows when the subject will wake up and decide they want out of the shot?

Overall: Quite a nice shot, very peaceful, and you got a decent score. A little hit with fill flash or shadows/highlights may have taken out some of the dark areas in the quilt. And FWIW I was told long ago that it was best to resize once everything else had been done - THEN unsharp mask. Doesn't seem to hurt.

Feel free to PM me with any questions,

Susan

Ele
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Comment by Ja-9:
well she looks comfy...well done

Ele
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Comment by scooter97:
The light is just right.

Ele
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Comment by Balko:
Ah, how every dog should live :) 8

Rocky Reflection
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Comment by Mark-A:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

Composition:

The composition whilst not bad is just a little lacking, with setup shots on DPC you really have to nail the composition if the voters are going to look favourably on your shot, you have an odd number of stones which is generally considered a good thing for balance, but I think there may have been more interesting ways you could have presented them, maybe having one very close to the front of your scene would have given some depth to your shot, at the same time it would have allowed a lot more of the textures to be seen.

I'm personally not keen on cutting the center of an image with the horizon (or represented horizon in this instance), but that's quite possibly just my personal preference.

Camera Work:

The technicals look pretty good, the lighting is solid enough and there's just enough detail in the shadow areas for my taste and your focus is on the money.

Post-Processing:

I think that you have processed your shot fairly well, I might have taken a few different steps had it been my shot, a shadows highlight definitely brings out some more details and then a small contrast brightness boost puts the levels back nicely and just finished off with a little sharpening

My Opinion:

It's a nice enough shot that is well executed, I feel the composition is a little weak - but I am assuming these are small pebbles on a home setup rather than some huge boulders on a lake somewhere as one of your commentors remarked.

Anyway the above is just my personal opinions and I hope they have helped in some way, if not please do not be offended and I am more than happy to discuss this critique further should you wish to pm me.

Good luck in future challenges!

Mark

Rocky Reflection
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Comment by SandyP:
I really like this. The simplicity of it is beautiful.