It is winter. The night has fallen. Thin clouds filter the light of the full moon. The snow reflects the light. The night is almost as light as a day. The sound of wings is in the air. A shadow covers the light. It last only a second or two. A spirit, a bird what was it, or just a play of light.

Well that is my story and I stick to it. Of course it is not true. The picture was taken on a foggy day; the sky was looking like a plate of lead. There was no light shining through. An uncooperative Tropical Mockingbird took off just as I was set up to take his portrait. A mostly gray bird with a clipped wing on a gray sky is not exciting. I put the picture in the program and played with filters. The moonlight was created with a combination of back light, film grain and accentuation filters.