At 09:30 PM 10/21/2002 -0400, you wrote: > (Great Egret (Camerodius albus)) ... the lighting contours the bird perfectly and really draws the bird out from the almost flat, dark background. ....... > I am very surprised at the detail in this image. It was a grab shot just after the bird found a perch on an ugly piece of pipe at least 100 feet away and the light was as harsh as it gets ( noon day sun with out a cloud in the sky). There are two larger images at: http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/pickalbum?Dave The " Great Egret" files are large and the site is slow, at times, but the price is right. Dave East Englewood -------------------------- A pun is its own reword.