Blue Gray Gnatcatcher

[James Salywoda]

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Southern California

I liked the perky pose this little one gave us and was quite the cooperitive bird.
I cloned out a couple of distractions.

Nikon D300s AFS 600 F4 1.4 TC
1/1250 F8 ISO 800

Thanks For Looking

Jim

[Aidan Briggs]

Love this one Jim! Nice perch, pose, and smooth BG. Did you use a recording?

[David Gancarz]

Very nice rendition, sharp with good catchlight. The HA police may need to interview you :wh; a keeper portrait to my taste. My only nit is that I'd like to see a little bit more of the bird's habitat. Not clutter, just more of a story about where and how this guy lives.

[Bruce Enns]

Beautiful image James! Sharp, sharp and I too like the pose. Bkgnd complements the bits of brown in the bird very nicely.

Cheers!
Bruce

[Todd Frost]

Nice pose and perch James. Good exposure and sharpness. Comp and bg look good.
TFS
Todd

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Wow, that's a very pretty gnat catcher!
Love the perch and loose composition. Way to go!

[Jim Crosswell]

Excellent image James! I like the pose, perch, sharpness and BG.

[Troy Lim]

James, very nice......clean clean image.

[Jonathan Ashton]

It's a beauty - well caught gorgeous detail in a really cute bird.

[Stu Bowie]

Super pose James, and I like the placement of the little guy on the leafy perch. Killer BG.

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Yes, very ncie pose. Your crop is perfect. Terrific sharpness as usual.

[Pieter de Waal]

Excellent colour rendition and sharpness James and love the alert pose.