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This is Bertha. She has been at the Durham Animal Shelter for a while. This is her before picture! Bertha is very shy and she is a bit of a nervous dog. This picture captures her being shy with her ears laying flat against her head. I don't think her looking scared is a great way to represent the dog. There is nothing wrong with being shy and I think the shyness can be brought out in more of an appealing and "cute" way, making the shyness of the dog a positive instead of a negative. I think the eye level is great because Bertha does have very beautiful eyes. The volunteer I worked with also mentioned how the darker dogs do not get adopted as much as the lighter color dogs. I think a way to bring out the special and unique features of the dogs that do have dark solid coats is to accentuate the eyes. Here the eyes really pop. I think that with the eyes standing out, like here, but with a perkier, aware and less shy shot of the dog, Bertha can look her best!
This is the after photo of Bertha that I have taken. I think this photo does Bertha much more justice than the first picture. Here, she is happy, attentive and her shyness is more suppressed. You get a feel of her old soul and kindness with her meek little smile!
I absolutely agree. The first image is not flattering her. She looks like she's had a hard life. But you're image captures that shy smile and her eyes are absolutely beautiful! I don't get the dark animal thing. I think they are gorgeous creatures. I do think a bit tighter cropping would enhance her face. Otherwise it's great!
ReplyDeleteI love what you said about the dark color making the eyes pop. Please keep this in mind. One more thing you may want to do is make a high pitch screechy noise to get them to perk their ears up. The smile is quite becoming!
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