Richard I am glad you took it and did your thing, because to be honest after you made that first post I wondered what you would do LOL! I think mine had a tad bit more blue to it and yours more grey maybe, but you made the bird stand out perfectly! I have about ten of these shots, will pick the best! Thanks for explaining why this happened! :) Doug, You don't see blown highlights in the white??? I was not happy when I got em uploaded, thought I had some brilliant shots but they were blown me thinks! :( Lew Thank you for taking the time to explain to me why this happened, when cruising in a boat you only have so long to get everything right so I went with the stupid auto setting when I saw this bird fast approaching on the shore, I even had em idle so I had more time to catch it. We were doing idle speed anyway as we were in a manatee zone. Yes Zacko those birds are huge, or at least the second one was and I am still not sure if it (second one) is a Great White Heron or a Great White Egret, guess I need to do a little research eh? Brenda :)