Black & White Dog Portrait

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What do you think in general?

Lou

Luis Zepeda Art

[Chip]

Lou - Welcome to DPS!

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I do like your B&W conversion. Looks great.

I hope I'm not too much of a buzz kill, but my 2 main issues with this photo are: (1) focus - I'd like to see at least the dog's eyes in sharp focus. Here, it seem that just the nose is in sharp focus; and (2) the red/pink area in the upper left hand corner is a bit of a distraction to me. Could that area be desaturated?

DPS is a great place. Nice folks and a good place to learn and have fun.

Very cute dog. ANd I hope you enjoy your time here.

[gturner]

Chip has it covered
Pets, especially dogs so their emotions in their eyes, so they should be in focus.
the colour pulls my eyes, but there isnt anything to look at, so I would call it a distraction

[lputman]

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[ericw]

left eye is almost out of the frame... like .5mm from not getting the whole eye in the frame. having just the little bit of the ear in the frame bothers me.. either put more in or find a new angle with none of it. and the spot of color... exposure and focus don't seem to match. what i mean here is the properly exposed area is out of focus and the underexposed area is in focus. B&W conversion is passable... I think it could use a curves adjustment.