A friendly word of advice

If you see something resembling this approaching in just below the speed of sound, do surrender anything resembling a ball or any other object that might be construed as a dog toy.

Anything might, by the way, be identified as a dog toy, at least by the dog (and he should know, right?). In this case, a Canon EOS 20D is seconds away from being utilized as a canine plaything. Luckily, I managed to throw myself out of harms way, thus making this photo session end, not with a bang, but with a blip.