Skateboard Dog

Every time I look at this picture, without fail, it CRACKS my butt up. What a great picture!!!

This picture, as others I have recently seen on PN, is a good demonstration of the fundamental unreliability of photography as a means to record reality. Put all these jaws and fangs into a photojournalistic service on illegal pitbull fighting in Southern Italy (big business, managed by Mafia and Camorra) and they will look threatening and sinister. Put them in a different and more relaxed context, and they will just be funny and cute. See also similar work by Laura Napolitano (e.g., http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1708767).

The dog is obviously just yawning, but it's a lovely pohto and it gets 6/6 from me.

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I caught this shot of this dog on the boardwalk of Pacific Beach ~ San Diego.

He was yawning but I see so many other possible expressions going on.

 

Comments?

Excellent capture. DOF is perfect, terrific lighting and this guy just cracks me up.