The Watcher In The Woods

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This was from summer; my dog discovered a comfortable and cool hiding spot where she could keep an eye on things while still being perfectly hidden (well, that's probably what she thought.)

[Shadowman]

Nicely spotted and captured.

[IzzieK]

She is soooo cute in her cubby hole there. And her face framed by those stems makes the shot so cool...well, at least she is cool in that spot, so much to say for you being in the sunshine trying to take a shot of her...

[rpcrowe]

Great shot. Doodles are smart dogs... She's a beauty!

[FootLoose]

This image put a smile on my face. Jack, I think she has your number, mate.

At first I thought to crop about half off the top above her head and about half off the left to make her more of the central subject. But then I decided that pulling her out of the shrubbery would detract from character which you have captured so well in this shot.

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Thanks John.

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Thanks Izzie.

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Thanks Richard. Having seen pics of your doodle(s) you know how they can be. This one, at 21 months was, at last weigh in, 76lbs.

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Thanks Greg. I did crop a bit from the right as she pretty much was centered but yes, it needed the surrounding foliage to convey her hiding spot.

[bnnrcn]

Lovely shot Jack May be you can darken the foliage on the left hand side of the foreground a bit to make the cuty stand out more, but I'm not sure really.

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Hi Binnur and thanks! I think that light on the foliage on the LHS contributes a bit to my dog's brightness, combined with the darker foliage seems to me to balance the image somewhat. But I'll experiment with it and see if it adds or subtracts anything from the image.

[rpcrowe]

Thanks Richard. Having seen pics of your doodle(s) you know how they can be. This one, at 21 months was, at last weigh in, 76lbs.

That's a LOT bigger than my doodle who is 55lbs. However, we attended a Therapy Dog Boot Camp with a Labradoodle who was 125lbs. (~56kg.) That was really a BIG GUY. He also had a very long and wavy coat which made him look sort of like Sasquach...