Thanks all - I've tried that one half-a-dozen times and just never got anything usable. ; Autofocus was always the issue - so I switched to manual focus this time around, and it made all the difference. ; The angle was more a matter of passing him while trying to manual focus, and firing when I finally got it - too bad I cut off the dog - but now that I know a method and settings that work, I hopefully can get the dog too next time.