ok shot #2 definately has that border(line) collie crouch and the famous "look".

Too bad the cropping is off a little.

border collie lovers look for ththings in competitions at shows. It pays to know about your subjects, as border collies get judged differently than ther dogs.
then there's the dogs owner who has his own perspective about the animal's personality.

when you shoot horses, everything gets judged right down to the position of the ears.....

I like doing pets but people who buy the pics can be every bit as demanding as neurotic brides!

I like your photos, and am not trying to discourage, or judge, just offering a little advice.

Make sure you know what your customer (the human) is wanting in the image of your subject AND know your subject. Being proficient with a camera is a given.

brianj said:
try a staple gun.....
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no, really...staple a toy catnip mouse to a rug...to keep it in one spot....then use a bell to get it to look at the camera.....
you weren't really gonna staple the cat were you?
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http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/3814/user-review-pentax-k100d.html
What more can you ask for at this price point?

Wise to live within your means always.

but believe me, some programs hog ram, and osx sets aside dedicated slots of ram for each program you open, so even the order in which you open the programs can affect how much ram the program gets. some programs will freeze or crash if they don't get what they need.

Your hard drive will live alot longer, with more ram as it gets aceeseed and put to use as virtual ram when the system gets taxed by a ram hungry program.

Photoshop, and other image/video editing programs will scream when you get the ram and an external hd (for content/scratchdisks).

Get in a rush.
512 is barely enough to run os x
I upgraded my 13' macbook to 2 gigs the same week I got it (took a day or two to find the right chips) but it had crashed when using photosop several times before the upgrade and never since.

I think we're getting to another issue.....
what are you using for a computer?

the oft forgotten camera acessory is a computer with enough RAM, hd space and a stable os to process those ever bigger image files.....

second that...
a series gettin some new life now that I got a video camera, after 4 or so years of collecting dust

Samsung has more advertising dollars.......

Well if the market we serve were asking for more huge enlargements, that'd be one thing...but people have been happy with the "package". The exposure probs with the manual lenses on the d10 (( 50mm 1.4 and 85mm soft focus) which coincidentally are the ones I'd want to use most often in low light with sr) is worrying.

Thanx...
believe it or not, I'm actually trying to talk Gerri out of buying the k10 and into a k100+ 2 lenses the 16-45 + 50-200.