Thank you all for the helpful and encouraging comments. Princess is a really wonderful dog. My sister's husband found her in the middle of the highway almost 7 years ago, pregnant and quite malnourished. She had a litter of healthy pups, two of which still live with my sister's family. They adore my sister's two young boys and are definitely entertaining.

I've told this to many people who balk at the bully breeds - I groomed dogs for several years. It was the little white fluffy dogs who were more likely to have an attitude problem.

Anyway, I tweaked the image a bit. I brought down the highlights and added a little punch to the midtones. I definitely like this version better. It proved to be a good exercise for me because I am usually afraid of an image appearing flat. I didn't want to bring the highlights down, fearing that the image would lose it's pop.



~Kelly