Due to inclement weather, I found myself with some time on my hands today. I decided to play around with this image a bit by replacing the drab sky and out-of-focus branches with black. The Merlin is perched about six meters above the middle of a narrow road and it is looking down at me sitting in my vehicle taking pictures through the open window. I promised that I would send it some copies if it cooperated.

Note added: Thanks to Silvia for suggesting I remove the back branch.