Grab won't capture a Safari window

I've just upgraded to Mavericks today. I want to capture a window in Safari, something I've done many times in the past. Each time I go capture > window, I get the message 'This window could not be captured. The contents of this window could not be shared.' I can capture a 'selection' in Safari, and also the entire screen. But not a specific window. It works OK in other browsers and elsewhere on my computer, it's just Safari. I've done a restart a couple of times but still the same problem.
Any ideas?

I've attached a screenshot (taken using Tuttle's suggestion above!) of the error message I get. As I've said before it is only in Safari and it is only to grab a 'window'. I'm sure it must be an installation fault as no-one else has complained about it. Thank you all for your work-around suggestions.

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