Not really sure I like it. The red line bothers me and the angle hides what is really going on. Better if it were a side angle I think. Colors are beautiful though
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Gonna "second" most of what Don has to say here. The red line is a real distraction. As for the angle, I'd would have liked to seen this shot taken "straight on", personally. Really locking on and getting full eye-contact with Rover, I think, would connect us to the shot profoundly.Not really sure I like it. The red line bothers me and the angle hides what is really going on. Better if it were a side angle I think. Colors are beautiful though
I'm with Don about the red - too glaring a difference. I'd straighten the frame based on the bar as well, then possibly crop it based on the rule of thirds. I love the expression on the dog. Just wish the bar was less obvious (white or gray) and it was framed a little better.
Gonna "second" most of what Don has to say here. The red line is a real distraction. As for the angle, I'd would have liked to seen this shot taken "straight on", personally. Really locking on and getting full eye-contact with Rover, I think, would connect us to the shot profoundly.
The shot has very good clarity and color.
I agree about the in nature idea. Can you make the Jump natural also? A wooden split rail fence maybe? And shoot it at the same angle and maybe a full profile also. A little work for you but I think you have a great basic idea that would make a great finished product.
Very Lassie-esk (sp)
The dog is jumping out of the picture, if you do a shot side on, or even slightly side on, I think the dog needs to jump into the picture.
Kinda like this rough cut and paste.
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Even jumping into the picture, I'd rather see a portrait shot to give height to the image.
I like the idea of the wood split rail fence from Don, that would most likely work best in landscape.
If unsure try both, your dog looks like he/she could jump all day LOL.
P.S. just clicked "like" on your photo. It's not there yet but a great start and the focus is spot on.
Keep at it
Not putting the picture down at all, I would have fun with this pic. I would put a large explosion behind him instread of clouds and a title in the clouds like "RIN TIN TIN TO THE RESCUE!!" It is a good action shot though.
The dog is jumping out of the picture, if you do a shot side on, or even slightly side on, I think the dog needs to jump into the picture.
Kinda like this rough cut and paste.
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Even jumping into the picture, I'd rather see a portrait shot to give height to the image.
Call me strange but I actually like the image just as it is. This is a dog action shot. Dogs jump over things. There is a lot of tension in the image because the dog is already on his way out of the image. It is placed nicely against the backdrop of the hill which slopes down to the right of the image, nicely "carrying" the dog out of the frame. Even the dog's tail is sloped in the same way echoing the slope of the hill. There are bushes on the hill and even an interesting cloud filling the background in the sky beyond the hill. Something other than red would be ok, but the red gives it a touch of punch insofar as what the dog is interacting with. It could be an outdoor jumping competition, who knows, but the dog is overcoming an obstacle, at least that is how I see it.