Sorry it's not a cat

Press Correspondent wrote:

In my humble opinion, shallow DOF is grossly overused by amateurs. This shot would look superb cropped twice in each dimension to emphasize the dog's face. Then a blurred background around it would be appropriate and justified. However, the way it is, only a small portion of the photo is in focus and everything else is a blur. Although, it is not a complete blur, but the dog's body that is clearly visible as a part of the composition, but is simply out of focus. Furthermore, there is no background behind the dog to blur anyway, it is already a pretty uniform back of the coach. The bottom line, I would either crop or reduce the aperture to significantly increase the DOF, perhaps to f/5.6. Enjoy your new camera!