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Well, the first thing I noticed is that the tongue seems to be cropped off just a little bit too close! Of course, if that’s the way the picture was taken, it can’t be helped, but if not, I think it would enhance it to leave a little more “tongue room”.
It looks like you got the focus on the eyes, which is where you normally want to focus on an animal. But I think it is focused a little bit too far forward, the corner of the eye and the tongue aren’t really in focus. Again, that is almost impossible to know when you’re taking the picture, but if you consciously try to focus on the eye, you’ll be more likely to get better results.
I attached a closer crop so you can see what I’m talking about. As you can see, the part of the dog that is the closest is in focus, but the eye is only partly in focus. Maybe raising your aperture to f/8 or so would have helped some.
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It doesn’t seem to me that it would be very common to see this angle on a dog licking it’s nose. But that’s about the only thing that is interesting about the picture. The light-angle is normal; the subject, though special to some people I’m sure, is normal to me, an outsider; the dog’s expression is normal and the arrangement of elements is normal too. I mean, like, I don’t feel anything special when I look at the image.
Placing the eye on the top right would help, using a faster shutter-speed to freeze the action would help, and giving more breathing room between the edge of the frame and the tongue (and bottom chin as well), would also help.
Try it again at a more colorful time of day, and see if you can get what could be a dynamic subject with some dynamic light!
FYI, the reason why photos may not upload is because I have set a size limit; keeping pictures small decreases loading time and is perfectly fine for on-screen viewing.
Thank you for the advice and your opinions about my picture. However, I do disagree on one point. I like the close crop because it lets you focus on what is the most important about the picture: the tongue and the nose. I do wish that the tongue was more in focus, but unfortunately I don’t think a photo-op like this will happen again.
I like the idea. Unfortunately the tongue is cut off and out of focus and underexposed. your eye will be drawn to the lighter portions of the image. You should have plenty of opportunity to get this shot again and again given that its your neighbors’ dog.
I tried cropping it square, de-saturated the background, and increased the exposure at the bottom left corner where the tongue is and added a very light vignette.
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