"Uh Oh, Looks Like The Judges Aren't Impressed!"

Barley, a dog, looks directly into the camera with what seems to be mild disappointment.

In a live context, there are a whole host of dispositions that Barley doesn’t appear to display. She’s incapable of looking sarcastic, for example (everything she does is sincere), and I wouldn’t say she’s ever struck me as resentful (if something “bad” happens, her reaction is simple distress). However, when frozen in time by a photosensor, her face sometimes happens to thread some expressive needle, and you get Exhibit A, above, which I would describe as “serving the judges chicken nuggets.” But of course, that’s how you know it’s a photographic illusion: Barley would love some chicken nuggets.