O man, im sorry, i thought that shot was with the 500 f4, my bad, i see now that it was 370mm, boy did I blow that. However, my points are just as valid. DOF at 200 feet shooting f13 is about 50 feet which is good for that shot, right?

In any event, you did a fine job no matter what your reasoning for selecting camera settings (and I dont think anything you did was wrong), I always say if it aint broke dont fix it! nice work, I wish I could get out there and shoot some of those birds myself! I'm about a week away from the birds starting to show up here in east glacier park. . . Thanks again for your great images!!!!