Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Late afternoon stretch. Took this image last year in May while watching the two parents feeding about five babies still in the nest. C&C welcome.

D3s, Nikon 500mm + 1.4x tc, 1/400, f 6.3, ISO 800, Gitzo tripod, Wimberley Gimbal head.



Geoffrey

[Bill Dix]

A gorgeous shot of the little Gnatcatcher. The translucency of the primaries is spectacularly shown, and the bird is set off nicely against the green BG. Beautiful detail, and surprisingly sharp at 1/400. Nicely exposed and processed. I for one don't mind that the bird isn't quite facing us, given the wing-stretch pose.

[Shawn Zierman]

Agree with everything Bill said, particularly about the translucency of the outstretched primaries with the outer tail feathers showing under...way cool!...nicely sized perch for this little energetic bird too.

[Grace Scalzo]

Add my compliments to the above. Lovely pose, complimented by a pretty background and suitable perch. A pleasing frame, thanks for sharing this, Geoffrey.

[Binu John]

Sweet shot! Beautiful stretching pose, BG and feather details. Love that curved perch!

[vishaljadhav]

The super Green BG sets it up beautifully , great details and the wing stretch makes it special, i love the way the tail can be seen through the wing, the head angle is also decent
very nicely thought of image

[mohammad reza shahab]

great pose and BG color. very Good feather details and Eye Contact .

[John Robinson]

Thats a lovely shot !
Great the way the tail is showing through the wing primaries.
Grand little fella.
JohnR

[Daniel Cadieux]

Awesome wing stretch, and I too really like the see-through feathers with the tail feathers showing through. I'm OK too with the head angle as is, but I can just imagine had it been at least parallel to the sensor.

[Geoffrey Montagu]

Thanks Everyone.





Geoffrey