Thank you very much for your comments. > costumes "costumes" ... please m'lady: clothing, period clothing (G) As to the 2nd shot, that was a little unplanned, and when I encouraged a tighter grouping, the 4 of them moved left or right as a group ... so I released the shutter with what I had. On the first shot, what seemed to be a facial piercing is actually a scanner artifact -- dust/dirt to be exact. Good catch. Should I resubmit? MGD