I spent the morning swimming around in a protected cove just off the ocean along the Florida coast hoping to photograph whatever was around. I had my new under water housing setup so I didn't have to worry about my camera getting wet. I was also hoping to capture some unique photos using the setup. I had been watching these Red-breasted Mergansers and they eventually made their way to a rock wall and climbed out onto it to rest and preen. I swam over to the rock wall and slowly crept along the edge trying to stay as hidden as possible. I finally got very close to them and was able to peek around a rock in front of me to get a view of them. If you have never shot a setup in a housing out of the water I'm here to tell you it's one of the most pain in the ass ways to shoot I've ever done! The entire thing is heavy and cumbersome because it's meant to be under water or at least partially in the water. On top of that getting your eye up to the viewfinder enough to see the entire frame is out of the question. I can basically see the middle 60-70% of the frame and that's what I work with. So I dialed in 2 stops of negative exposure compensation, lined up the one bird's head with the shaded rock behind it to get a dark and dramatic rim-lit photo and I composed it offset and took a few images. I took a bunch actually because half the time I miss focus in this thing as well. It wasn't until I looked at the photos in the computer that I saw the second bill of the other bird silhouetted in the light spot on the top right. I loved that happy accident because it gave a connection to the two birds and it's neat to see a rim-lit bird and a silhouetted bird in the same frame. At least it's neat to me.