Hello SerbPhotog. I see this is your first post with Nikonites, welcome. Good shot of Rocky. Good color and I like the blured-out effect just leaving the face in focus. Two minor points that I think will improve a good shot is to center the head in the format and don't cut off the ear. Also I would burn in the white blotches around the head and face. They are a little too distracting. The first thing the eye sees in a photograph are the light areas and in this case they draw the eye away from the face. Rocky is a good photogenic subject and looks to enjoy getting his picture taken. Let's see more of him.
Interesting depth of field, nose in focus the rest out of focus, I like the effect. I agree with the other comments about the white blotches, get rid of them. Good looking dog.
I agree with them about centering the imaging and getting rid of those white spots, but I like the overall softness of the picture. It's a great portrait of your dog.
thank you guys, yea the small white spots was snow, but to me everything looked to go well together that when i went to start editing it, i didnt really want to remove the spots
i really wanted to get some cool posters so i can frame them, so this is one of the ones i worked one, again thanks guys, im gonna post some more soon