Richard Ward wrote: >>> Stunning - Terrific - Wow Query: The background has utterly blurred away. I am wondering how much is due to the 180mm APO Elmarit and how much is due to some other factors such as distance to background for example? <<< Both the distance to the background and the long lens at wide-ish aperture are factors. Good question! Even with a long lens I often have to deal with background clutter, like when the owl was on the ground, so when I want to blur the background I look for distance between the subject and the background. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/