A Neighbourhood Border Collie

When I walk Ruby we often meet a nosey Border Collie en-route.

If I walk by on my own it isn't bothered about me.

If I walk by with Ruby, the collie often peeks over the fence and has his say.

He's not too keen on Ruby and Ruby is a tad nervous of him.

Anyway, today I had my camera with me and managed to catch quite a cute picture :)

It wasn't a planned shot, more a spur of the moment capture, although I have often thought it would make a cracking shot.

Edited in Rawtherapee and GIMP with some tone mapping to bring out the fur detail

I am really pleased with this shot, It just makes me smile every time I view it :)

[Pat Knowles]

He must fancy your Ruby, she has an admirer obviously! You watch him! Seriously this is a great shot of this lovely dog. Love the composition & the detail of this black & white photo!

[colinbarber013]

Great B&W shot Phil.

[Keren]

Having a Border Collie myself I think they are so shy but very smart, great photo nice in Black & White

[Peter Dulis]

very nice ...

[Frank Hymus]

Oh he is the greatest! I hope you and Ruby end uf friends with him. Fav.

[Hazel]

Fav - just great!

[Nick]

Love this - fab shot.

[Dione Giorgio]

Love his cute face. A super sweet capture, Phil. Bet he's ib love with Ruby, haha.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Hello, border collie cutie!

[Catherine P]

Fantastic shot. Fav

[Phil Howcroft]

@cmp thank you very much catherine

@kchuk many thanks Elyse

@sangwann cheers Dione, your support is always welcome :)

@nickspicsnz thank you nick

@quietpurplehaze thanks for the fave haze :)

@frankhymus cheers frank, he is quite a character :)

@pdulis thank you very much peter :)

@kerenmcsweeney thanks karen, i pondered as to whether to post this in colour or mono, but I always like a good mono , so mono won :)

@colinbarber013 thanks colin :)

@happypat thanks Pat, I cropped the shot a little and cloned out a door peeking over the fence in the bottom left hand corner

[Keren]

Since Border Collie mostly are B & W they can look great in Mono photo....

[Jen Hudson]

Superb capture of his expression and great fur detail too.

[Holly]

well, I'm dog mad but Idon't have a dog

[Allison Williams]

I love this fellow and your candid portrait! A fav.

[Mike]

Splendid ! fav from me (if Ruby is less keen)!