Paul's beauty dish is awesome! The sock is only like $10 but I don't use it. I like the effect of the dish alone. I have not used it much with pets but with people it's great. If you lived closer you could take mine and try it out on some shoots. I have 2 b400's plus a b1600. I have several modifiers and gels so playing is fun if I can only get willing subjects for all the testing.