Imagine being a dog or cat and your view of the world is from ground level or just a little above [unless you are a Great Dane, of course!]!  It must be terribly frustrating to constantly be looking up!  I think this adorable little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was enjoying his or her view from up high in dad’s arms!  I’ve found with pet photography that I need to spend more time cropping images than ever before.  Typically I like to compose in-camera and rarely ever crop my macro, landscape, still life, or other non-pet images.  However, when dogs and cats are involved, you can never predict what will happen so you need to be ready to grab a shot on the spur of the moment.  There often is no time for setting up a shot, repositioning yourself to improve the composition, etc., so cropping becomes a necessity.  This image had a lot of distractions on the left and right of the subjects as people were milling around in the background.  I believe that if something doesn’t add to the image, you should remove it, so cropping has become something I’ve gotten more used to doing in pet photography.  I love this little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel…so cute!