That's a great story Jim! And it sure did pay off! Beautiful head shot! I hope you get that group shot (and share it with us!) You have me thinking about the chroma green (is that what it is called?) backdrop. What if you had a dog with a lot of longer, flyaway hair? Does the chromagreen mask out cleanly and quickly in photoshop (all those paler greens that would be between the hairs?) or would you still have to do a lot of work to remove the background and pull out individual hairs, etc?

Julie I love your collages! Really nice how you put in the black background. I love the shot on the steps I think the one looking over the railing really makes the picture! I adore Danes, I had a wonderful fawn boy Fred (#3 obedience in the US) he was my son I loved him sooo much. But I'll never have another one, he suffered all of his 6 short years with so many horrible illnesses (including bloat) and had so many surgeries and almost lost him several times...it was too much of a heart break which is sad because they are such a great breed. I just can't go through that again. I am so sorry of hearing that you lost your boy so recently. Your Danes are really gorgeous.