I took many pictures of my little dog today, and she was so bored that she would insulted me if she could speak.
Dark room, only a 500W lamp near the dog.
Although this is an advanced editing challenge, I didn't touch the picture too much, just burned the dark zones to give strenght to the blacks, resized it and sharpen.
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Camera Work/Technical: Very nice focus and great depth of field use. The crisp focus on the dog's eye is very right for this photograph.
Lighting: Your lighting is just a touch too harsh. The overexposed area on his left cheek is significantly distracting and surely detracted from the overall score. In an advanced editing challenge, I try to expose for the highlights, as burning out light areas that I want dark is fairly easy to do. I do find the side lighting very appealing and the shadows your created very interesting.
Composition/Content: Great doggie expression, and the dog's position leads the viewer deep into the photograph. I agree with ShutterPug in that I would also like to see the rest of the dog's snoot and paw. With this crop, everything feels tense and crowded.
My Opinion: I think you met the challenge very well and very creatively. With some slight lighting and cropping changes, this one surely would have scored a good deal higher.
The angle the light is hitting the subject just does not work well for me. I would like to see a bit more of the face not so shadowed, as well as the mouth and front paws not cropped off.
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