Bob I am not going to give too much in the way of comments, since it looks like you have plenty. I just be brief here, for this shot I think it is the wrong angle. Actually, I think it is stronger as two seperate compositions. Cover your hand over the left dog... a good shot. Cover your hand over the right dog... a good shot. It just does not vibe together with this perspective. I think it is the akwardness of the "dead" space in the middle that does it. Perhaps if the background wasn't white it would work. Just a thought.
However, it is a cute picture and wonderful dogs. It is one those pictures that has "everything" right but is just not combined the right way. Give it a couple years though, and this will be the prevalent style. Maybe you are just ahead of the times! I gave you a 6 in the challenge.
Dude, your whites are blown. You cropped off three of the four paws from the forelegs. None of these things matter, but they make people score lower. The important thing is that you captured the personality of both dogs and that both personalities interact in an interesting way. Just to be honest, I only gave this a 6 because I was blowing through these pictures too fast. But that's still higher than I scored the blue ribbon!
Only a dog lover can fully appreciate this. (and there's not enough of them on DPC) Nice capture that need to be a bit sharper. I have to take 200 shots of my dog before I get one that works. Great expressions.
For my .02 worth...nice doggies, but the white background throws me and flattens the image out. Didn't vote on this but probably would've given it a 5.
Hi Bob. I think the score is pretty on target. I probably would've voted a 5, but it would've been on the edge of 4.
Since you asked, I can see several things I'd try next time. Maybe some of them are possible to re-edit?
1) The crop is very tight on the larger dog. I'd like to see both of his ears and either crop it at his chest or show us his feet.
2) Same crop concept applies to the right-hand dog. It just feels awkward to not see his paw. Going the other way, cropping it at the top of his paw would also nicely remove the left-hand dog's legs. Maybe make the bottom just above the top of the white space between the left-hand dog's legs?
3) It's pretty blurry. Perhaps you can bump up the sharpness in processing?
4) What is that black stuff above and a bit below the left-hand dog?
5) The title's cute, but the left-hand dog really isn't looking at the right-hand dog, so it doesn't quite fit.
6) Where is the left-hand dog's leash? It seems to just vanish after a few inches.
7) I'm of two minds about the background. At initial glance, it doesn't bother me, but the more I look, the more it feels cut out. I'm far from an expert on knowing how to effectively use featureless background (see, for instance, my song titles entry). So I can't suggest a fix, just tell you what I'm seeing.
I am not sure if I really have a clue here but what I see that bothers me is the background. I like shots like these and I usually get hammered all the time when I submit one. The image has a "not real look" due to the color of the background. That and the section above the the larger dogs back that seems out of place to me. Regardless of how it scored, it is a good capture.
Bob, this is a wonderful moment, made me laugh. I gave it a 7 because the pure white background didn't feel right. The dogs look like cut-outs. You certainly wouldn't want a background to distract from the subjects, and with the dogs being such different colors, you have to be careful that one or the other doesn't get lost in the background.
It also looks like you may have removed some of the leash on the mastiff(?). I think it would be better to take it out completely. And there is something black behind the mastiff that sort of distorts the dog's shape.
Of course for DPC advanced rules, you can't remove objects or backgrounds, but now that the challenge is over, I think you could make this shot even better.
I love the title!!:) I think it's a great capture, great moment and a wonderful "communication" between the two dogs. maybe I would like to see a wider crop, I don't know why, just my feelng.
I can try to guess why it hasn't scored higher, but you probably know it:
there is no hdr, no beach sunsets, no smooth faces, no - you know:) it's a great moment, great capture and a very good "friendly" candid shot - as far as I understand it can't score high...
I tried to leave a comment on this last week, but dpc timed me out and I lost it. Just wanted to say that I love the capture and the exposure and focus and the crispness. Excellent title too. Also, I am submitting a guess that this might be bmartuch's - because it sure looks like his doggie!
Cute dogs, He just wants to play, I like this image however the balance feels off maybe because the one dog is so much bigger than the other, but very cute.
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