Small and speedy Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher in flight

[alemorkam]

Caught the little guy in flight.

[Djean1981]

Beautiful!

[Fredman]

Beautiful

[Ecuadog]

Wow.

[davem4616]

beautiful shot

[Velvet]

So lovely!

[Zenmama18]

Caught the little guy in flight.
Love your photos. Thanks for sharing.

[rmd2]

What a great picture! Love the color of that bird.

[DaleDivine]

Caught the little guy in flight.

Beautiful photo as all of yours are. Looks like he/she is definitely focused on something..
:clap2::clap2:

[waterflower]

Perfection in nature

[blueash]

While that is a beautiful photo, it seems that you may have very significantly altered the color of the bird. There are blue patches in the leaves. I wonder what the bird actually looks like?

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue-gray_Gnatcatcher/id)

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are pale blue-gray birds with grayish-white underparts and a mostly black tail with white edges

While an artist, and you are one, is entitled to license in their product, it seems that nature photography ought to depict nature not an altered "improved" version that completely changes the color of the bird

[lmack]

Caught the little guy in flight.

Terrific shot! Thanks for sharing!

[JanetMM]

Perfect depth of field. That is what makes this foto so striking!

[tedquick]

One more remarkable addition to your portfolio, Ron. Nicely done.

[Taltarzac725]

I have only seen bluebirds close to that color here in this part of Florida but really like the photo. Eastern Bluebird Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Bluebird/overview)

[Indydealmaker]

Cool!

[Rzepecki]

Caught the little guy in flight.

Too cool!

[Rainger99]

What type of camera and lens? How far away were you?

[Velvet]

While that is a beautiful photo, it seems that you may have very significantly altered the color of the bird. There are blue patches in the leaves. I wonder what the bird actually looks like?

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blue-gray_Gnatcatcher/id)



While an artist, and you are one, is entitled to license in their product, it seems that nature photography ought to depict nature not an altered "improved" version that completely changes the color of the bird

Well I agree if you are producing for National Geographic or Google etc. But as an artist one tries to produce something more beautiful than life. If we think of Claude Monet, or Renoir etc or even my mentor, the master painter of Oahu; Mark Brown. There is an element of realism, but it is enhanced to reflect our imagination. I see Ron more an artist than a documentarian. I could be mistaken but could we be allowed visual license as poets are allowed poetic license?

[La lamy]

WOW!!! What an absolutely gorgeous picture. Congrats!

[Almanurse1]

caught the little guy in flight.

wow!!

[Barborv]

fantastic picture!