My Labrador Jude (again)!!!

Hi all

I've bought myself some Godox flashes and X1 and took my Lab into the local nature reserve for some photo's. Here are my first attempts of OCF.......

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#2 is awesome. I think the depth of field could be a bit deeper to make Jude fully sharp.

I find the blur in the background of #1 hard to look at..looks too artificial. There's an outline around the pup too.

bensherman2 wrote in post #18335629

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#2 for me, too, but I'd rather see more Jude & less landscape. Maybe take some off the top & right side.

I am going to say the opposite and go with #1.

I think that you captured Jude more like a person then a wildlife shot. Getting him off of the background with good bokeh and separation.

Good hairlight in both.

I am not a pet photographer, so my opinion is apparently different.

Ditto on photosGuy's crop suggestion.