Hi Peggy,

I'm not sure what you mean by oval around the dog. Do you mean like a digital mat or an oval selection and some darkening?

The group, both people and dogs, was great to work with.

I'm thinking about offering them a selection of other images that I think have the same soft glow, but better quality when I send them their prints. Either that or just send them one along with this one. This couple placed my biggest order of the day by a long shot and they did want some of the more artsy looking images as well as some special retouching and BW conversions.