{"id":51997,"date":"2017-09-26T05:16:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T11:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=51997"},"modified":"2017-09-26T05:16:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T11:16:10","slug":"blue-gray-gnatcatcher-in-an-unnaturally-natural-setting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/26\/blue-gray-gnatcatcher-in-an-unnaturally-natural-setting\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher In An “Unnaturally Natural” Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes I enjoy a little incongruity in my photos.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Yesterday one spot and one spot only on Antelope Island was awash in\u00a0songbirds including this Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. I rarely see them and I’ve never posted one to my blog so getting\u00a0this one\u00a0in my viewfinder was a real treat despite the shadow on its lower back.\u00a0That shadow\u00a0was probably caused by another sunflower. Many areas on the island are loaded with gorgeous sunflowers right now and this\u00a0one was no exception.<\/p>\n

I didn’t even notice that the sunflower was detached from its stem and\u00a0had been\u00a0caught in other vegetation as it fell until I got home and looked at my images on my monitor.\u00a0The flower\u00a0looks so silly and out of place in this context that I actually enjoy\u00a0having it there – it almost looks “unnaturally natural”. I have no idea how it got there.\u00a0A guess would be that a wandering bison, pronghorn or deer might have broken it off as it passed\u00a0by.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

The gnatcatcher seemed a little perplexed by it too.<\/p>\n

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1\/5000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

But then it apparently decided to ignore the out-of-place flower.<\/p>\n

I’ll likely be posting a few other migrants I photographed yesterday\u00a0in the near future. Our recent storms sure got the migratory species moving but the down side is that three days of rain proved without doubt that I need to have my roof re-shingled (I don’t even want to talk about the ugly details of how I know that).<\/p>\n

Just what I needed…<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Sometimes I enjoy a little incongruity in my photos.<\/p>\n

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