GoodLuckDog

[whyified]

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I know one of the guidelines (not rules :rolleyes:) of photography is that when you have the subject looking in a certain direction you should generally try to give them a bit of room in that direction, but for some reason I felt like this worked. I don't know. You tell me.

[oriolhdz]

Hi whyified:
The dog is pretty. Also the mood in his face. The angle of the photo is nice. What I think it would help was not to cut off the tail of the dog. If this is a cropped version, maybe you can try to re-crop it. Also there is a little bit lack of focus on your dogs face. Other point I like is the diagonal bar. It kinds of guide my eye to the dog, so I think I can say thats a nice composition.
Thanks for sharing it!

[whyified]

Yes, this is uncropped, but the least blurry version of the shots. :(
It was kind of taken when it was snowing out and I wanted to get out of there as fast as possible. My mistake on not bringing any gloves.

[NWatkajtys7]

I agree, I think this does work nicely. Like whyified said, I like the emotion you captured in the dog's face. I also like the texture in the dog's fur. Wonderful composition. :)

-Nate

[inkista]

The thing about the leave space in front of the subject "rule" is that it assumes you don't want the subject to give an impression of being crowded, that you're going for a feeling of liberation and freedom. If, otoh, you actually want to give the impression that something's being crowded or slightly claustrophobic, it works great. You have a fence on one side, the photo border on the other, and an expression on the dog's face that works with the crowded feeling and the angle--it really helps to express what your dog might be thinking.