CDalessandro wrote:
Not sure why you posted the words of Mark Twain and hopefully not true in this case...however the image is precious!
Carolyn
Thanks for your comments!
I certainly didn't mean to make it sound like someone was beating the dog.
I have modified the Mark Twain quote to a different one which may match the image more closely.
robertjm wrote:
Eek! I didn't even see the first quote the first time around. Glad you changed it.
The first quote was ACTUALLY only half of a quote, I cut it off because I didn't want to offend any CAT people out there. Obviously, it was a mistake as it changed the feel of the whole thing. The point was the dogs are forgiving...cats will hold a grudge.
The full original quote is as follows:
"By what right has the DOG come to be regarded as a "noble" animal? The more brutal and cruel and unjust you are to him the more your fawning and adoring slave he becomes; whereas, if you shamefully misuse a CAT once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward — you will never get her full confidence again. "
I'm with Chad, I love the subjects, the boy and the dog - both are amazing in front of the lens. They don't need the frame and it makes me go, huh, why? Just the boy and the dog would have been much more powerful.
But I still like it, just maybe am a minimalist when it comes to people/animals.
I sort of agree with the comments about the frame, now that you bring it up.
You see, originally, I wasn't at all sure that the picture was going to turn out looking anything like "togetherness" and I thought the frame would "force" the issue. Neither one of these subjects typically stops moving for any longer than a few seconds and I thought I had little chance of getting them both in focus, looking at the camera, AND looking like they were "together".
As it turned out, I had about 10 minutes with these two before they both got bored and abruptly abandoned me to pursue other interests.
