A great standoff. A great and dramatic image. The dogs innate personalities shine through. I hope they were playing and did not fight.
We actually have a golden retriever and a shepherd. They are not confrontational at all, but are mutually happy to exist together. The retriever is the older dog, the shepherd actually shows much of the delightful playfulness of a retriever. I guess she was socialized that way as a younger dog by the retriever.
18 Aug 2007 10:33pm
@Viewfinder: They did not fight. Just a small "friend vs friend" misunderstanding due to the different sizes of toy-balls. :)
The funnyn point is that I made the shot absolutely ocassonally - right at the moment I was photographing one little girl at the beach and the dogs were playing nearby.