Phanthom

You hafta full view this! Otherwise, you can't tell the cat's head from the tiles. Ahh!

It's my first photomanipulation!
... I think.
I'm putting this in photomanipulation because I didn't stand over chemicals and make it black and white. I also didn't step into a dark room and didn't use a regular camera. Is digital cheating? I dunno. I'm new to this thing.
I used photoshop to get the picture to what you see now. I feel okay with the results, but I could use a few pointers. How do get rid of shadows in Photoshop CS Works? (That one behind the cat is killing my soul.) Also, how do you put real borders around the pictures? I spent about an hour trying to figure it out and ended up giving up - I just made the canvas bigger than the photo.

This is my cat, Phanthom. He's insane. The cat hates water, but sits underneath the shower to catch the drops from the leaky shower-head. He also loves to be pet by wet hands until he's soaked. Rolls around in the sink too.

Tell me what you think, please critisize and rip this picture to bits.