Saying Goodby...........

I lost a good friend of mine yesterday. This image of Bobber was taken when he was a lot younger with one of my first Pentax dslr's. Bobber lived to be over 13 years and he went out on his own terms. He was an exceptional working dog that loved doing carting, obedience, and water rescue exercises with my wife. The picture was taken while he was resting during a Newfoundland carting test up at Gowan, Michigan. He passed with flying colors. The picture is far from perfect, but one of my favorites. I used some luminosity masks to add some details to the shadows and highlight areas......................Jim