What do you think about these poses

[Danay @ Heileik's]

I'm new to showing, so I tried to pose one of my favorite breeds; PDH BC.



What do you think?

[xxnefariousxx]

Very nice - the 2nd in the merle is my fav. I would definitely place these dogs.

[Danay @ Heileik's]

Thank you (:
Any critics?

[Kelli♥Belli]

Ok I have critiques. As far as alignment, its good just try to have as little heel showing in the back as possible (like your 3rd merle pose ;]). Now as far as the head alignment: The 2nd merle pose, his head is high which is indeed good. In a dane pose, you want only one eye showing, but still have some fur showing (this mean the head isn't too close or too far away from the camera). If the head is aligned, the ears will be aligned and they will look as close to one ear as possible.

The best out of your group is the 2nd merle pose because it's alignment looks better (little heel showing compared to #1 where a lot of heel is showing), the head is high and the dogz expression is proud. The only thing I can say about this pose is that the head looks likes it's turned a little too close to the camera.

Keep working on it though, your doing great so far! I know I wasn't this good when I began showing haha. It takes a while.

[Danay @ Heileik's]

Okay, I'll keep practising with Kali and Kamu :3!
Thanks for your critiques.

[barguestspirit]

As far as leg alignment goes, poses #3 & 4 are good. But the head alignment in the first three poses (all the merle poses) is off. You should only be able to see one ear in a profile pose. In these first three poses, the head seems to be tilted too far toward the camera, revealing way too much of that opposite ear. The ears in pose #4 are much better, see how they line up to look like one ear? Also, try to get the head up a bit like in pose #2, but better aligned. The dog looks prouder in that pose, but the alignment is what ruins it. Aim for a nice high head like that, but with only one ear showing, and leg alignment like in poses # 3 or 4.

Another problem I've been seeing lately with PDH BC poses is the other snout or nose ball poking out in profile pose. See how there's a ball sticking out in front of the nose in all four poses? (though just a little in the first pose) You don't want that. The nose/snout should appear nice, smooth and round.

You're off to a good start though, keep trying!

[Danay @ Heileik's]

Thank you , braguestspirit. That snout-thing was new to me :3!
I'll keep practising n__n!