ok, I am so totally biased about dog pictures right now. Just so you know. This perfectly captures a feeling that I've been trying to capture with my dog, and it does it with a crisp clear sharpness instead of all that noise that I generate. Lovely composition with a diagonal movement from darkness to light, or vice versa.
I don't know Shane's real age, but this for me is the Old Dog, the Good Old Dog, the one who knows you much better than you know him, the one who is a pain in the ass to take care of but who would give his life to take care of you. This is one of those rare photos that DPC would love and that I also love.