You oversharpened this picture toooooo much! It does not look natural, and that is why alot of people have probably questioned the validity of this picture! When your sharpening causes black lines around your subjects, it is just too much! Those are some nice dogs though! ;) jgillard4
Where are the ears of the bigger dog? I also am missing one of his front legs. I can't tell for sure but it looks like the bigger is straddling the smaller. Neat idea of way of taking the photo, It is either out in the snow, or you spot edited. And I don't think you would break the rules. Nice sharp focus with very vivid colors. Would like to have seen all of the dogs, feet and tails. But nice job.
I think the white background and the darkness of the dogs makes them a little hard to look at. I like your composition - it's different and works quite well
Looks like there's something taken out of the photo ... like the background ... or the image was sharpened too much. I always like pictures of dogs, though.
Classie composition, but to me something looks strange like the dogs are cutouts placed in the snow and rephotographed. I see an outline around the dogs and I don't know what is causing it, do you?