First impressions of this photo may be deceiving. I'll bet many of you think this is a panning blur type of shot because it certanily looks that way. It is not however. This effect was achieved by using my under water housing which I had just dipped into the water entirely and lifted out to shoot into the sun. The water streaking on the front lens port created these wild streaking lines and made the whole thing look like it was in motion when in fact the bird was slowly walking on the sandy beach. Every time I mention this housing people always say oooh, that's going to be neat to see under water. From what I can tell that is not going to be possible since I'm shooting over 400mm in the housing which you would need some insanely clear water to shoot that distance with. I mainly got the housing to try to capture just these types of effects. Turns out shooting telephoto shots in an underwater housing is about the most frustrating thing I've ever done with a camera, especially when you are shooting into the sun and can barely see anyting that is going on in the viewfinder. So before you go out and pick up a housing for yourself just know that you will miss shots, a lot of potentially great shots and you will curse and you will want to stop using it, but then every once in a while a very unique image can be captured. For that reason I'll continue messing around with the housing when I get chances.