I hope I have this right

[Pas]

Hi everyone, I am going to attach my photo here, please feel free to critique and comment. Don't worry Ladies and Gentlemen, no ego here
Pas

[Richard]

Wow Pas, that's really good, Great composition, DOF and sharpness. Excellent

[Pas]

Oh, thank you Richard very much mate. What editing would you do for this image?
Pas

[theantiquetiger]

I will give it a shot, but please remember I am a sub-novice photographer, so take my critique with a grain of salt...

It is a great shot with nice placement of the subject to the left and open space in his line of vision. It looks as if you blurred the background and his tail. It looks like he has a light halo around him. I would have left the tail in focus (if you did blur it).

The colors are great and the fur is VERY sharp!!!!

[Pas]

Hi Tiger,
no edit as such, I have cropped the photo though. I will have to look at the original to see about a halo. If there is one, what would cause it and how would I prevent it?

[Pas]

Hi Tiger, I had a look at the original size and the one that I have uploaded. There's halo on the uploaded one but not on the original?. I never even spotted it.

[theantiquetiger]

Hi Tiger,
no edit as such, I have cropped the photo though. I will have to look at the original to see about a halo. If there is one, what would cause it and how would I prevent it?

The halo I am speaking about is the dark line from his right ear to about his right elbow, where the sharp fur meets the blurry fur of his tail. This happens to me if I try to process something and don't get close enough it. It may just be me.

It is still a GREAT!!!

[Pas]

Thanks Tiger for taking a look. I wouldn't have spotted it if you hadn't mentioned it. If anyone is reading this thread, this is really what I want and need. I would like the flaws pointed out, but also the solution if there is one. Please, please, like I said, there is NO ego here.
Pas

[theantiquetiger]

Thanks Tiger for taking a look. I wouldn't have spotted it if you hadn't mentioned it. If anyone is reading this thread, this is really what I want and need. I would like the flaws pointed out, but also the solution if there is one. Please, please, like I said, there is NO ego here.
Pas

So you see what I am talking about? If there was no editing on your part, it is just an optical illusion (maybe dark fur on his back).

[Pas]

Hi Tiger, no editing just crop. Lool, not very good at editing :-) Is it the downsizing of the image for the site? I noticed on the smaller version, that the blur or DOF seems to cut the image in half. depth wise. If you see what I mean?
Pas