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[Lava Lamp]

It has been quite a while since I have posted. Your comments and critiques are welcome. Thanks.

[Didache]

What an adorable little critter you have there!

You have caught him (her?) very nicely at the top of his leap, and I like the way you have given lots of space on the right. Movement shots are often ruined by too tightly cropping and you have nicely avoided that. For a white dog you have also avoided too much 'burn out' (although it is pretty close).

My one thought is that there isn't a lot of separation between the dog and the ground to give a real sense of soaring. Partly this is due to the angle I think, although you have got pretty low. I am not sure how best to rectify this, except perhaps to play around with the relative tones of the dog and the ground to give a bit of tonal separation?

Cheers
Mike

[readingr]

What a bounder, I agree with Mike and would try and darken the floor to make the dog pop a little more.

It's a terrific photo though and perhaps getting lower would have nailed it into the perfect category.

Roger R.

[Greg McCary]

I agree with Roger and Mike. Also the highlights are clipping some. Always shoot to preserve highlights the shadows are much easier to correct for. What a great looking Dog, happy too.

[hminx]

As said wonderful shot and main points covered. With her scooting at you like this getting the eyes sharp was never going to be easy, but a little PP work there might help.

[LeeIs]

Lovely little fellow. Love everything about it, the focus is a bit confusing , It feels like the ground is right on, why the dog is a bit off. It could be a colour illusion also, white dog vs. brown ground. That being said, it's a great capture.

[GB1]

Ha ha - great capture. Not super super sharp but definitely not bad either, esp considering how the model won't take direction Nice composition too. Try another but from a little lower angle.