Pictures of my cat

I took some pictures of my cat today and ended up with two shots that I was satisfied with.
I would sincerly appreciate some advice on how to edit these pics. The first one i used the burn tool in PS CS3 on the whole background to make it darker. It was to bright. The second picture is straight from the cam.

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the second is great, it looks like a decapitated head is just layin there, because of the lighting.

 

Two good photos. Would have liked the subject to pop-out a little more. The first one did a pretty good job of that but the second just doesn't seem to have enough focus.

 

So maybe I should try to blur the background somemore on the second one?

 

Aww, he/she looks like my old cat Florence... :')

Great photos, I really like the DOF in number 1, and the style in #2.

 

Thanks It's a He, his name is Pusen, which translates into The P ussy (Not the bad word)