I was ready to make a simple portrait of this Common Merganser when the flock decided to leave. I hit the shutter release as quickly as reflexes allowed; I wish I'd gotten the framing better to get whole wing in the picture: http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/come13.jpg disclaimer: most of the water ahead of the bird was cloned All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/