Tiny face, big ears!

Trying out Pet Photography - it was FUN! Comments welcomed -

thanks!

A really beautiful shot with very nice lighting, Kim!

I love it and him!

PDE

A sense of fun is on display here as well as affection. I'd like to have seen a little more critical sharpness.

I have to blame the lack of sharpness on the upload and low resolution image - I went back to my original and it's tack-sharp.  I shot it at 1/160 and f11.  I can see a real difference when looking back at the original.  I don't know how to correct that for uploads as I don't want to upload a higher resolution image. 

Hmmm...now that I look at it again, I'm wondering if the perception of lack of sharpness is because I took the highlights off his nose??  See SOOC attachment (again, a low res version).  Thoughts and suggestions welcomed!

To be sure, a delightful portrait of this pup.  You seem to have adequate DOF to cover all important elements here, nose, eyes, & ears.  I also think your decision to tone down the nose highlights was a good one. They could be considered distracting.  The totally black background increases the drama and, with no distracting elements there, helps maximize the importance of your subject.  On my screen I detect some colour distortions (red?) so I ran this one through PS to 'purify' it.  Your artistic bent may not agree & that's OK too.  In the end it's the customer's opinion that really matters.  I also cloned in a tad more background to give the ears a bit more room from the edge of the frame.  I then re-sized to 511 px width and then RESHARPENED.  This last step is where you may be experiencing some frustration.  Unless I somehow misunderstood, you may be resizing for display AFTER you've sharpened at another size.  ???  In any case, my 2 cents worth.  Gotta go now, I have this sudden urge for some Taco Bell take-out.  Best, LM.

I get my images ready for print, including sharpening, etc., then resize for posting to my Facebook page and PN, so don't sharpen at the reduced resolution/size.  Maybe I need to sharpen a second time then.  The original was actually shot horizontal, but I cropped this way for a head and shoulders type of portrait.  I could easily go back and get some more of the background on either side of her head and that's probably a good suggestion.  She is an orangey-pink pup more than the yellow in your edit.  Her skin shows through some of her fur on her chest and her ears, but I see why you would want the pink reduced if you hadn't seen her in person.  Thanks for taking the time to work on this and comment.   Funny thing - we had tacos (homemade) for dinner!  Now I know where I got the craving from!  :)

Very nice pooch portrait. I'd consider going with a last sharpen after reducing the size for web display.