Farah, my Dutch Shepherd Dog, shot with a FED2, a classic Russian rangefinder camera.

Dutch Shepherd Dog loving Dutch weather...

I'd humbly suggest (1) cropping to square format to focus on the dog and its reflection and (2) cloning out the leash.

Thanks Soreks. I don't know about the square crop. It would loose the depth created by the willow trees. And I usually don't clone in my photos (BTW, I think it would be pretty difficult here). I had a title for this photo: "Wet shadow on a leash", but I think Vasaar doesn't provide the possibility to title photos.

I'd actually agree with Soreks. I've become a big fan of the square crop and I can see it working here. Yes, you'd lose the trees, but it would put focus on the dog and its reflection, which really is the most interesting part of the picture. (As for the leash... I also think it would be stronger without--and technically it wouldn't be THAT hard to touch out. But I am with you. I don't tend to Photoshop things out just for the sake of aesthetics if it misrepresents the real scene.)

Thanks Jim. If you both feel the square format would be better here, I'll try it out one day. Problem is that this is low quality scan of a print. Cropping would degrade the (low, I admit) quality even further. I'm still using film cameras a lot and to obtain the best digitals from slides/negatives, perhaps I should buy a neg scanner.

belle composition, j'aime l'espace que tu laisses en hait de la photo, cela donne une superbe profondeur, et avec en cadeau le reflet du chien, parfait

I like the lines created by the full-size (not square), makes him look impatient to get going to wherever that leads. The leash did throw me for a bit, but I too like my photos straight from the cam.

What a stunning capture ~ a very unique perspective. The reflection totally makes it for me. :)

I agree with soreks that you should photoshop out the leash. I don't however feel cropping is necessary as I like the lost dog in a crazy world feel it lends to....