I know about Catahoula’s because around my area in California they make good ranch guardians. Very rugged dogs!
I don’t want to hijack this thread talking about Swissy’s but here’s a link to the national club site- http://www.gsmdca.org/
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Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled program…errr…photos!
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he/she looks very regal and that snout… i want to bop it so badly
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Your panos 
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Cool! I thought she retired to a museum or something alike…? Good to see she’s still around! 
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that means a lot…thank you.
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Lots of snout there!
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I’d really like to get your input on what basic manipulation you’d recommend- exposure, light, contrast, crop, etc. I usually poke around in Windows Photo or Google Photo but I have Photoshop too.
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Pixel 3 + night sight
Taken around 7am. I was heading off to Singapore for Chinese New Year.
Ironically, when I arrived… the first case of COVID-19 appeared in the country.
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Great shot! 
Love the dark/light contrast on the buildings! Very dramatic.
I hope no one is blaming you for the coincidental virus showing up? 
NICE!
One of my go-to dishes from the hawkers. Nice!
Nice pic. Love the ‘watercolour’ effect in the foreground. IMO selective adjustments would be good. You have your subjects, the foreground, the sky, the trees on the left. I’d create adjustment layers for each and process separately. Crop in a bit, but I like the reflections of the dogs so don’t lose those.
A rough edit as an example…
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I think what it needs most of all is some cropping. I’d use the rule of thirds on this shot and get your 3 subjects into different focal points with the horizon on the top line. That should also give the water a feeling of being more infinite. pretty much what @Jamze did, but I would push out more on the right to get more ocean
Remember that it only needs to roughly align.
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I’m assuming you might get some slightly different options but that’s the beauty of photography and differing interpretations of the same photo.
Personally I would favour the following edits:
- Heavy cropping in the sides, coverting to a portrait aspect ratio and focusing on the person/dogs
- Convert the image to black and white. In this instance, I find the colours are distractions from the other interesting things of the photo
- lift the shadows to recover details in the person/dogs
- Add contrast to give the photo a high contrast black and white look
- Add clarity/structure/pop to enhance the reflections in the water
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