Lion OS - Viewing one window/application at a time after using Show Desktop

Please note I am using a MacBook, but it is connected to a monitor and I use an external Apple keyboard, so those are the shortcuts I am using.
In Snow Leopard, when I had a lot of windows open and I wanted to, say, drag a file from the desktop into a specific folder in the Finder, I used to use F11 to show the desktop, then choose the Finder from the dock, and that is the only one that would appear. Then I could could easily drag files from the desktop into a folder, etc.
Now when I try Command+F3 to show the desktop, and choose the Finder, all of the windows I have open repopulate the screen, with the Finder on top - obscuring the desktop.
Is there a way to quickly sweep away extra windows and choose only ONE to view at a time? (e.g., so the only thing you see on the screen is that one window and the desktop?)
Many thanks in advance!

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