I elected to use a rating table to decide on what value to assign during voting.
Here’s the table:
1 No Animal/People Interaction
2 Slightly Appealing, but no Animal/People Interaction
3 Moderately Appealing, but on Animal/People Interaction
4 Greatly Appealing, but no Animal/People interaction
5 Not Appealing, but possessing Animal/People Interaction
6 Slightly Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
7 Moderately Appealing and possessing Animal/People Interaction
8 Greatly Appealing and possessing Animal People Interaction
9 Better than #8, and caused an audible sigh
10 Better than #9, and would likely declare it a favorite
This is a fantastic shot, and is my hope for a blue. The way you show the interaction via the reflection in the eye is especially clever - it demonstrates a certain obediance and devotion in the dog - the way it's eyes seem so utterly fixed on the person. I'll admit that I'm biased being a huge fan of dogs, but even so this shot stands out above the other dog photo's I've looked at from this challenge.
Lighting's a little harsh, but very clever concept! It might be nice if the human reflection was a little bigger, but I'm sure this was an extremely difficult shot to get anyway.
Nice job of capturing the person reflected in the eye, hunting maybe? It's tough to tell at this size. good depth of field as well. Dog looks very attentive.