Dog visits with her master and whiles away the time hoping to see cat/s outside window. Conversion in Picassa/Irfanview, lots of fiddling. Just happens to be very similar to e301's With Dogs, though it is an older photo.
Original crop
I like this, it has a great feel to it. I might have gone even a bit more extreme with the high key, getting rid of all of the trees outside to the extent I could, a blank canvas for the dog's imagination . . .
Thanks for all your great comments. Originally not a great photo - plastic on the windows, ugly window division, ill-defined dried flowers; converting to BW minimized some of this, and cropping brought out what I felt the dog felt, which is also what I used to feel about Sunday afternoon as a child. (Of my work on DPC, this and 'Lady' are the two I feel best about).
You know this caught my eye of course, because of the strong contrasts! I love how it looks like her ear is perked up. And the open chair behind her leads one to wonder what else is missing. Also cool is how the window seen kind of evolves from total blankness to a growing nature scene. Pretty cool!
I like the high contrast, and how the dog is just sitting there, waiting for its owner. To make this stronger, I would consider cloning out the dark vertical line those goes through the chair, although it would take a bit of time to do.
You remind me that air space is sensual. To remove the space between the notes of music is what many musicians do. Yet when the beat is opened out, as in James Brown's music, the dancer can fit in better - same with visual arts. Let the viewer in. You did. I learn.
First off I prefer this crop to the other one you have. Pity you couldn't hold more detail in the flowers in the vase when you hit the 'kicking high contrast' button. The dogs ear poised and listening is great btw.
I really like shots like this - very simple yet quite expressive. I like that there's still the hint of foliage outside the window - adds a nice depth.
i think the high contrast works well...sorta..i think its just a tad over done, looking at the color, it would have been nice to seen a little detail in the dog and in the wood of the chairs/table...but that might just be my style, awesome capture regardless!
i find this image very interesting - the super high contrast works so well, especially since we can still glimpse a bit of detail of the face of the dog
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