Holiday Pet
by renefunk

Comment:
Lighting, background, set-up, colors, and expression of the dog is great! With the dog's open mouth it appears to be flashing us a great big smile. Very cute and good pet portrait.

Jack Russell Terrier
by elemess

Comment:
Jack Russell's are such bundles of energy and zippy little dogs so I commend that you got this one to sit long enough for you to take this wonderfully expressive photo. Love the look on his/her face. Mouth is open is a seemingly wide happy smile. The terrier is also in his/her element with the backdrop of the park of which I can see the dog happily tearing around with his/her boundless energy. A very nice portrait of a happy dog.

grim
by shoelessaj

Comment:
I can make out very few details of the face. I can barely see the nose, there is no eye (I am going to assume that this is a sleeping cat) and the head is vaguely outlined by the sheen of the hairs picking up the lighting. Mayhap it might be that the monitor calibration is the culprit or upping the gamma or brightness & contrast might help the cat be more visible. Having a black cat on a black background is very challenging because you don't have contrasting colors. Thus lighting becomes very important. Mayhap you needed a stronger light or another light to illuminate the left half of the cat's face seen here so that the viewer could greater appreciate the features of this sleeping cat.

Mimbi
by JustinM

Comment:
The colors and the sharp details in this cat portrait are all there EXCEPT we only see half the face! The other half is totally lost in shadow - even the eye, the pink of the right half of the nose and the normally pink shade of the inner ear on the right hand side are all lost to shadow. Sometimes a face/portrait that is half in shadow can add drama and interest to a photo's appeal but there is no shadow of mystery/drama in this shot. Lighting and the straight on eye level angle of the shot make it a standard portrait shot where one expects to see the full details of the face in full. Better illumination of the right half of the cat's face would improve the appeal of the photo because the viewer will be more able to fully appreciate the cat's portrait.

"The Look"
by Blue Moon

Comment:
"That face, that face, that cover girl face." This photo could easily be on the cover of a cat/pet magazine that you see sold at Petsmart stores. Wow, just look at those gorgious blue eyes! They really draw the viewer in. The little touch of soft focus adds to the dreamy look especially since the attention is arrested by those baby blues.

The Good Patient
by idnic

Comment:
Great set-up but sometimes it's all in the expression and this little poochie has got the sad doe eyes down pat. The look in those eyes draw you in then one notices the set-up. Cute and creative set-up. Color is wonderful. Lighting is good but could be even better with maybe another light or two strategically placed to avoid/lessen/eliminate those shadows that fall on the ground.Great job nonetheless.

What sorry looks like
by Tammer

Comment:
Love that sad-doe eyed expression on this beagle! It is the expression that really makes this portrait. I really think that the visual impact of the photo would move out of the good category and into the exceptional one if you went for a tighter focus on the face. A tight square crop or rectangular crop on just the head and a tad of the upper body would keep the attention of the viewer squarely arrested on the face and that wonderfully sad expression. Plus keeping the background to just a simple red helps the dogs darker/black tones really pop visually.

Tiger in the Woods
by AlexSaberi

Comment:
I really like the B&W approach you took to this portrait shot. It really calls to attention the textures, shapes, and patterns of the cat stalking through the grass. Look at the great detail from the whiskers to the blades of grass to the hairs from the cat's ears! Exposure is just about perfect with the exception of the foreground paw that is in shadow. I think it would add greater visual impact if it was well light like the rest of the cat because then the impression/illusion of it stepping out of the tall grasses and coming towards us would be greater.

Working Like a Dog
by nsoroma79

Comment:
I hear the Beatles song "It's been a hard day's night and I've been working like a dog.." when I view this photo portrait:-) Very clever and cute idea that is well executed. Love the attention to detail you present here from the dog dressed in a suit with a tie to the briefcase with the Business section of the newspaper sticking out of it. Lighting is wonderful. There is only one little nit and that is the reflection off of the glasses on the left hand side. It prevents the viewer from seeing both of those 'tired' eyes of the dog - and that eye expression is an important part of the composition of the photo.

Mouse
by Ivory

Comment:
Love the cute expression and the off side profile view of this dog. The dog and especially the color of the red sweater really pops off visually from the black background. But I think there is too much negative space included in the shot. A tighter crop to just on the dog itself would keep the focus squarely on the dog.