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I'm afraid lacks technical quality Chuck! No sharpness and details enough!

PDE

Hi Chuck. Is he/she an Australian Cattle Dog (Blue Healer)? I kinda detect an accent.

Super portrait.

Regards, John

Thanks, yes, he's an Australian cattle dog mix. A longer legged version, but the personality is pretty standard cattle dog: Hyper-ish and not bashful.

Oh, I love those eyes, those alert ears, the mischievous smile, the body slightly tensed as if ready to spring back into action!  The conversion and tonality are lovely, especially the areas of black blacks and very white (but not blown) whites against the softer mid-tones of the grasses.   Sharpness?  Detail?  Who cares?  IMO this is a wonderful image, the success of which has nothing to do with such technical details (or, let's say, is not diminished by those technical aspects); its success has everything to do with pose, personality, lighting, conversion.  All those things that make *any* portrait successful, at least in my book.  I doubt that I could enjoy this any more if I could distinguish every pore on the dog's nose, LOL.  (Heck, maybe I'd even enjoy it less.  :-) )

You like the same things I like about this image. It is bursting with HIM. And actually the out of focus, etc. areas to me are good and contribute to the overall feel.

It seems like you and I have a lot of overlap in tastes.

beautiful... thanks for sharing, Chuck

Wonderful capture of what appears to be a lovely dog full of personality! I bet if my cat Ernie were a dog, he'd be this one! Such a sweet face; love his eyes and smile! Very well done. Thank you for sharing. :)