For sale, new tennis ball. Slightly chewed. $3. Dog not included.

Appreciate the presentation of the fur. I read somewhere years ago that the key is approximately 50/50 balance of backlight and frontlight to utilize reflections from the tiny facets in the hair. Of course care in diet and cleanliness from the owner may also contribute.

Wayne, thanks. This is our dog Sparkles, we adopted last December from the animal shelter, 8 years old and was nearly starved, we could see her ribs when we adopted her and she had a couple siezures (which we think may have been from malnutrition). She has nearly doubles in weight and gets really good food now and is well pampered. There are no more seizures, she gets to travel with me and got to spend this summer on the shores of Maine going for long walks on the beach playing with other dogs, splashing in the waves and sniffing for critters. This shot was more of a comical spur of the moment shot using available light. We had just bought her a couple dog toys, this ball and a stuffed Grunter plush animal toy from PetSmart. She managed to destroy Grunter in an hour having removed all Grunters stuffing and just a little longer to remove the skin from this tennis ball. She is a chewer. I attribute the quality of this shot to the dynamic range of the Canon 5D MK IV and the Canon 40 mm f/2.8.