Dog taken with Nifty Fifty

Good looking dog. Background seems sort of "busy"...what aperture was this at?

1.8

ok, I was going to say go for less DOF...maybe the same shot with the 85 1.8 would have produced more bokeh.

What about cropping out the top of the trees, and/or turning it to a B&W photo?

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I think the trees add to the sparkle personally.
My 85 would have added more compression, but it wouldn't have changed the DOF at the same framing.

Well trained, good looking dog. You've handled the DOF very nicely as the image appears sharp through the face and your total DOF was only about 2.5 inches. The background is a bit busy but it's a pleasing image.

How did you teach him to tie that scarf?

Thanks, he's actually a very playful dog (I like him that way), but when he see's my camera, he know knows the routine.
Regarding the scarf, I can pretty much dress him as much as I like as he trusts me 100%.
He suffers from wet eczema occasionally on his body, so to stop him chewing at it, he sometimes has to wear one of my t-shirts, which looks a little odd.

DOF is spot on. The front paws and the hind quarter are appropriately OOF with the face nice and sharp.

I can go either way on the background's brightness. The trees do sparkle. I wonder what it would look like if the background was darkened just a bit to keep eyes from wandering from the pup.

It's a keeper! (Both the photo and the dog.)

dave

great shot, I say if your dog is like a member of the family frame this and put it out for display..

I think it's a great shot!!! Background is great! Just a couple of trees and a nice building in the background. It's an all around nice home feel setting.

Thanks for the feedback folks, it's much appreciated.
Just looked around our home earlier to try and find a nice spot to put a print, might look into getting a canvas or something.

nice picture, but i agree with cpam.pix

I like the shot, but the trees have produced a very busy and distracting background. Since you have Image Editing allowed, I edited the shot and cropped out the trees. What do you think of the result?

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great shot the only thing i dont like is the out of focus foreground and the dogs right ear (camera left) looks alittle out of focus, try not shooting wide open maybe? but i like the composition and i dont think the background is to "busy".

lines from trees in background are distracting. solid background would be better.. ( patch of trees on right )