>>3556207>>3556204These are snapshots, throwing gear at these solves nothing.
The dog photo has motion blur, the bad kind. 1/60 may not be quick enough to compensate for your hand shake and the dog is definitely not still enough.
Background is out of focus which is a good thing, but it's messy and it's not out of focus enough. It looks sloppy and it hurts to look at because my eyes try to focus but they can't.
The light in both images is far from ideal. The harsh sunlight gets very close to clipping into white on some reflective details and it just looks bad. The angle is boring, the scene is messy.
My advice is practice composition, try different angles.
The dog shot is a step in the right direction, but you have to think about the background and what you want to accomplish with it, not just the subject (dog). Shooting at f8 all the time also isn't the best idea.
If you want subject separation go wide open and get that blur, don't go half assed like this.
Learn what your stuff does if you don't know already, think more about your images, what you want to include and what you don't. In most cases, less is more. The focus of your shot is your subject, not some dude bending over in the background, and I find myself looking at him more than the pup.
