snakey, what ARE you talking about????? u been drinking some potent flower nectar or what??? LOL!! :) bsteph, thanks so much!!!! donald, i agree, those feathers are blurred. i go back to the drawing board...try to fix. yes i was using a tripod. shutter speed...no idea. maybe it was automatic. past 3 days i used automatic setting only a couple of times. i think this was one. thanks everyone!!