Photo Tags : dog : Photo

gosh what a fabulous and fun image. i'd love to see this in color, although it works wonderfully in black-and-white. the only downfall in this image is, of course, the building on the left, the harsh line of the flat roof acting as a strong distraction. i'm almost wondering if the building could be eliminated through some creative editing. but the pure joy and life in this image is the most captivating ... the dramatic skies, the leaves, the onlooking dog, and of course, the little airborne athlete. bravo! as i've mentioned in the previous Mark of Excellence photo, this was an nearly impossible competition to judge! ...and the top five are ALL TOP winners as far as i'm concerned. ~ illona

The idea for this image was fairly straight forward. We took the dogs for a walk and we were kicking leaves into the air for them to catch. I wanted to see how high I could get one of them to jump, so off camera my sister threw leaves into the frame. This was the result. What I really like about it is that the other dog watching is his mum and it looks as though he is trying to show off. It was not a sunny day and so I had to put the ISO up to keep the shutter speed fast. Camera used was a panasonic GF1 and lens was the 14mm f2.5. For post-processing, I did some level adjustments and removed some distractions from the frame (e.g., cable lines).