diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt
index 0e7a080..16650bc 100644
--- a/TODO.txt
+++ b/TODO.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-bash completion (subcmd options)
-bash completion (cached data: insts, imgs, pkgs, names and ids)
-
 "shortid" instead of full UUID "id" in default output, and then allow lookup
 by that shortid. Really nice for 80 columns.
+    - images
+    - packages
+    - insts
+    - networks
+
+triton create -n|--dry-run   # does the fake delay, shows what img/pkg/etc.
 
 image "name@version" in 'triton insts' table. Optionally?
 
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ triton info
 
 # maybe today
 
+bash completion (subcmd options)
+bash completion (cached data: insts, imgs, pkgs, names and ids)
+
 
 
 triton images
diff --git a/lib/do_images.js b/lib/do_images.js
index 583ee8d..2a9f942 100644
--- a/lib/do_images.js
+++ b/lib/do_images.js
@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@ function do_images(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
         return;
     }
 
-    /* JSSTYLED */
-    var columns = opts.o.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
+    var columns = 'shortid,name,version,state,flags,os,pubdate'.split(',');
+    if (opts.o) {
+        /* JSSTYLED */
+        columns = opts.o.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
+    } else if (opts.long) {
+        columns[0] = 'id';
+    }
     /* JSSTYLED */
     var sort = opts.s.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
 
@@ -104,10 +109,14 @@ do_images.options = [
     {
         names: ['o'],
         type: 'string',
-        default: 'id,name,version,state,flags,os,pubdate',
         help: 'Specify fields (columns) to output.',
         helpArg: 'field1,...'
     },
+    {
+        names: ['long', 'l'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'Long/wider output. Ignored if "-o ..." is used.'
+    },
     {
         names: ['s'],
         type: 'string',
diff --git a/lib/triton.js b/lib/triton.js
index 1682486..ebe6859 100644
--- a/lib/triton.js
+++ b/lib/triton.js
@@ -106,8 +106,10 @@ Triton.prototype._cloudapiFromProfile = function _cloudapiFromProfile(profile) {
 
 
 /**
- * Get an image by ID or name. If there is more than one image with that name,
- * then the latest (by published_at) is returned.
+ * Get an image by ID, exact name, or short ID, in that order.
+ *
+ * If there is more than one image with that name, then the latest
+ * (by published_at) is returned.
  */
 Triton.prototype.getImage = function getImage(name, cb) {
     assert.string(name, 'name');
@@ -129,19 +131,29 @@ Triton.prototype.getImage = function getImage(name, cb) {
                 return cb(err);
             }
             var nameMatches = [];
+            var shortIdMatches = [];
             for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
-                if (imgs[i].name === name) {
-                    nameMatches.push(imgs[i]);
+                var img = imgs[i];
+                if (img.name === name) {
+                    nameMatches.push(img);
+                }
+                if (img.id.slice(0, 8) === name) {
+                    shortIdMatches.push(img);
                 }
             }
-            if (nameMatches.length === 0) {
-                cb(new Error(format('no image with name=%s was found',
-                    name)));
-            } else if (nameMatches.length === 1) {
+            if (nameMatches.length === 1) {
                 cb(null, nameMatches[0]);
-            } else {
+            } else if (nameMatches.length > 1) {
                 tabula.sortArrayOfObjects(nameMatches, 'published_at');
                 cb(null, nameMatches[nameMatches.length - 1]);
+            } else if (shortIdMatches.length === 1) {
+                cb(null, shortIdMatches[0]);
+            } else if (shortIdMatches.length === 0) {
+                cb(new Error(format(
+                    'no image with name or shortId "%s" was found', name)));
+            } else {
+                cb(new Error(format('no image with name "%s" was found '
+                    + 'and "%s" is an ambiguous shortId', name)));
             }
         });
     }