Are you shure that you did not come in my yard and took a picture of my dogs. I have two GSD that live for the ball. Check out one of my early entries to the "Garbadge" contest. Good shoot as well with great colors and DOF. Good luck -8- PS: my spelling is bad - sorry
Great animal, but it looks artificial. Was this one pasted on a new background, or did you just over do the dodge and burn? The bottom of his chin makes it obvious, and the lighting doesn't seem to match.
The black on the dogs muzzle/jaw area looks washed out, like this was underexposed and brought up in PP to lighten it some? Not sure why, but the dog looks very isolated/disconnected from the background, especially near the lower jaw and grass.
Cute shot! I might have been tempted to try and clone out the leaves but his head as they are a bit distracting, but I nice shot with a cool title. Good luck