yeh i think ill have to invest in a tripod. like u say its so difficult to keep ur hand still (even wen u think its still, its not!) iv just had a mess about and tryin to figure out a good distance, think its gonna b a lot of trial and error. i want a close up pic but if i zoom too much its blurred and if im too close its blurred so i need to find the middle ground. like u say tho willow wasnt too fussed for a while. didnt even notice that the flash was goin off. she did jump off after a while and went to oki behind a plant but overall she coped quite well 9even if the cats all did come a running wen i opened the terrarium doors lol). gonna add the couple i got to my album anyways