Hi Dana, Cool shot of the Bittern. Using raw does require a bit of processing on every shot, to give it the pep of a JPEG image. I feel that the power of RAW comes in when you take a picture that is underexposed, overexposed or has other technical problems. You really have control over the image to make it exactly as you envision. With JPEG the camera makes those decisions for you. You should be able to attach the raw file just as you would any other file. I use hotmail so there is an attachments tab to click. I would go through the same process you went through to attach the JPEG, just choose the RAW file. Bob Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:49:13 -0500 Subject: [missbirdphotos] American Bittern From: danaswan@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Those of you who subscribe to Missbirds may have seen my photo taken this morning of the American Bittern. Here is another shot of it taken with the RAW format. It was taken about 9:00 am with the morning sun low in the sky behind me. If I can figure out how to do it, I would like to post the raw NEF photo on drop box and let others see what they can do with it. Although I have been taking photos for 50 plus years, I am a newbie when it come to raw photos. At this point, it seems to me like a lot of steps to go through just to get to what you could get to with far fewer steps with plain jpegs. I know I must be wrong but have not quite accepted it yet. -- Dana Swan at Toccopola, Mississippi. There are two kinds of men in this world. Those who can grill and those who think they can grill. B. Flay.