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Love the colours offsetting the dog. Great one to add to this collection.
I would have a look at the top of the back of the dog, looks like a halo that needs a little bit of correcting.
TFS.
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Morkel - great eye contact and comp. Pleasing solid bg too and only a hint of noise at ISO 7200, wow. I see the halo Russell referred to.
TFS,
Rachel
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Hi Morkel, simply, it works! 
Not sure if it needed a bit more DOF, difficult thought, have you lightened the inside of the outer ears?
TFS
Steve
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Thanks guys.
Russel - checked the RAW file and the halo wasn't there. Processed this a while back but presume it's a luminosity mask to darken the BG that bled over onto the dog...
...sharp eyes!
Steve - not that I remember...
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Very nice. Agree with Steve, would like more DOF, i.e. the ears. Especially since your image title is about ears. Everything else very pretty.
Tom
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Tom Graham
Very nice. Agree with Steve, would like more DOF, i.e. the ears. Especially since your image title is about ears. Everything else very pretty.
Tom
mmhmm...the ears are in focus, actually...
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Indeed they are Morkel, I was looking more at the tip of the nose, therefore I wonder if you can extract any more detail?
Just tried Detail extract/Tonal contrast on the nose and it works, applied to the eyes too, plus two fine rounds of USM to the face and the lighter hair in the ears, IMHO it works a treat and pulls it all together. Answers the brief for me.
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That D3s is a real performer in the right hands Morkel and I agree with Steve's observation and comments with the nose, especially the bridge.
Congrats on an encounter that will stay with you forever. You certainly had the right gear and talent to make the most of it.
Jamie
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