Lovely dog and lovely take on the theme, my only niggle would be it be nice to have the front paw in the frame and the tail.
However, from a static image it is not possible to know if the book is being opened or closed.
That's pretty much the issue I had when envisioning this image... I had movement blur and puffs of dust in my mind, but nothing further than that. And also you need to stay away from closed for my money, which you have!
Nice black BG, well lit, and good conversion to B&W
Thanks for the feedback all. Yes " open or close" - that was my dilemma, but decided to go with it anyway, as the theme is close then I felt that they would be the the natural assumption that the book is closing. Its always good to get some debate going over one's pics thoughClose - However, from a static image it is not possible to know if the book is being opened or closed.
Close...nice simple idea and well executed.
Some motion in the pages would have taken it up a level.
Cheers.