Richard Ward wrote: >>> ... but I wonder a bit if there is a touch to much yellow in the image. The warmth of the Swan's feathers is a bit unexpected - I have viewed the image on four different monitors in three different OS's and while their pallete's are differing on all of them, a strong yellow/brown quality to it's feathers is consistently there. I presume the coloring is due to something in the swan's diet at that particular pond. That or 'Hard Water' stains and they need to lease a water softener for their nesting home! :-) <<< The coloring is, as you've guessed, hard water stains. This happens with Sandhill Cranes too: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/gruidae/sacr00.html Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com ? Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/