Take me home, Please!

[MHD]

Taken at the Canberra RSCPA open day

CC welcome as always..

[bwhinnen]

Great subject, great use of black and white.

The only thing that takes away the effect of the photo on me is the amount of light on the floor, it pulls my attention away from those sad sad eyes.

The expression on the dogs face is truly amazing, as is the resting of its chin on the cage. I am surprised you haven't posted up photos of your newly aquired dog.

[mark]

Nice shot. Those eyes say it all.
My last dog was from an animal haven and he was just the most grateful dog all his life.

[Geoff]

Fantastic B&W conversion Scott, but it makes me sad to look at it.

[ozczecho]

Scott, thats a great shot...they eyes convey so much..your b&w conv. is exceptional...

[fishafotos]

normally I am not an animal-shot person but I must say, that is a great shot. It is not trying to be cute like most animal shots. That is what I like about it. It is very solemn and dignified. Great use of B&W and the strong shadows of the bars really look great. Good work.

[Ladybird]

I like the emotion this conveys as well. It's a sad reminder of all the unwanted pets there are in Australian and the world.

If I had to critique this, I would have to agree with Bwhinnen and say the light on the floor detracts from the eyes. Maybe cropping some of that out would help? JMHO.

[MHD]

Thanks for the comment guys...
This was taken telephoto and not set up so the bright spot in an unfortunate consequence of the natural setting... I will try a crop and see what I get...

Not mine unfortunately, We live in a unit so having a pet would be rather difficult... that's not to say I was not tempted...

This image ONLY works in BW, the colour version was somewhat lifeless, it was only on playing with BW conversion through specific channels did I get the contrast I needed... Then a artificial vignetting was applied to get rid of some distracting detail on ther perifery...