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3.02 - "Solid" 
Daniel van Duinkerken's picture
Daniel van Duinkerken

Bono the Cocker Spaniel having a blast in the snow. Shot in The Hague the Netherlands, Sony A9, Sony 85mm f1.8 (1/400 | f2 | iso160)

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Mark Rowe

So this one is even better! Great shot!!

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Daniel van Duinkerken Mark Rowe

Thanks again!

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Eric Bouchard

Beautiful shot! I love it. 👌🏼

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Daniel van Duinkerken Eric Bouchard

Thanks Eric!

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Andy Marek

Nice shot. One big distraction is on the lower left. If that was not there I would have given this a four-star. I struggled giving it a three, it has so much potential to be a four.

The snow looks like the photoshop snow, is it? The reason I say that is the motion blur on the snow but the dog should be moving faster and has less motion blur if any.

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Daniel van Duinkerken Andy Marek

Hi Andy, Thanks for the CC! It was a pretty narrow path with lots of bushes and bumps, so unfortunately I couldn't really avoid the out of focus area on the lower left. But I get what you mean.
The snow is real, no photoshop here! I think it may look like it's motion blur because snow flakes aren't always symmetrical and can be a bit odd shaped, making them look a bit stretched out at times?

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Dhruv Krishan agarwal's picture
Dhruv Krishan agarwal

amazing shot with an amazing compostion, loved it

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Daniel van Duinkerken Dhruv Krishan agarwal

Thanks Dhruv!

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Tom Reichner [Edited]

I really love this image; particularly the way you captured the main subject. I find it excellent enough to want to examine it longer, and to write out some thoughts ..... which I have not felt compelled to do with any of the other contest entries.

I do find the green foliage to be a visually incongruous with the rest of the image. If it were mine, I think I would simply take the green out by de-saturating the green color channel entirely.

Also, there is a highlight between 11 and 12 o'clock of the dog's left eye (our right). I would remove this highlight, as there is already a more appealing catchlight in that eye. And the snowflake immediately in front of that same eye is also something that I would remove.

These recommendations are just according to my own tastes, and I realize that you may prefer the image just as it is.

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