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Officially, my first portrait of a person. Any thoughts, any comments,

any questions, or any suggestions?

I'm feeling like there's a lot in this which could be different, It's a long

stride away from my usual genre, and I'm hoping to improve upon this. I

would apprectiate any suggestions to make this better. Thanks!

He may have been tired, maybe missing his sister too; or perhaps he

knew that he was soon to be neutered this day... ?!

-great new stuff. Here's what I think about this piece: Great expression on your dog's face-a very worthy model-what's its name? The shadow across the background causes a major distraction however- and because your subject's color is similar in tonal depth to the grass, we kind of lose the definition of it; something a little darker behind this model may work out better. (see my comments on David Elliot's 'Vizsla' photo: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7188860). The hand on the left also becomes very distracting and seemingly unnecessary, as your model is looking up, presumably toward someone's eyes; and in this case, perhaps a little more vertical space would be more effective (take a look at the one I posted today: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7211622). Believe it or not, nearly every dog I shoot is wearing a leash at the time; I've just learned how to diminish its presence making it less impacting within the frame-

I've made some quick adjustments to your photograph, I hope you don't mind-and yes, indeed-IT IS in the eyes. :) Hope this helps & looking forward to seeing some more... -Max

Many are saying to me that I have some degree of potential in this-an

entirely new and completely different venue than anything that I

usually do?

Foster proved to be a difficult subject-extremely camera shy at best.

This was nearly my last attempt at it that day-and a vastly different

approach from my usual style. I've gotten some good reponse on it-but

I'm not entirely convinced-feeling like something here could improve

or different. Any suggestions? (& I thank You in advance for this:)