Small in the frame

Great Blue Heron and Mountain Goldenbanner

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-02T04:50:47-05:00June 2nd, 2021|Categories: Birds, Great Blue Herons, Morgan County, Small in the frame, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, blooming, blooms, canyon, Filamentous algae, flowering, grasses, Great Blue Heron, heron, herons, Mountain Goldenbanner, mountain meadow, Mountain Thermopsis, mountains, pond, spring, Thermopsis montana, wading birds, water, wildflowers, willows, yellow wildflowers|

Yesterday I wrote about a Golden Eagle in the Wasatch Mountains. Today I am writing about "golden" again. Blooming Mountain Goldenbanner and a Great Blue Heron.

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Red-shouldered Hawk Juvenile – Small In The Frame

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-04T07:27:46-06:00January 25th, 2013|Categories: Birds, Florida, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sawgrass Lake Park, Small in the frame|Tags: bamboo, Buteo lineatus, Buteos, early morning light, Florida, grasses, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Florida, immature, juvenile, perched, raptors, Red-shouldered Hawk, Sawgrass Lake Park, small in the frame, spring, swamp, trees|

Five days ago I posted a Bald Eagle image where the eagle was small in the frame and explained that I felt that the setting was as important as the subject, I also feel that way about this image of a Red-shouldered Hawk juvenile perched in a tree.

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Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow in a snow storm

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:12:29-06:00December 24th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Low light, Small in the frame, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: falling snow, immature, juvenile, low light, small in the frame, snow, snow covered, snow storm, sparrow, sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

The White-crowned Sparrow in this image is small in the frame, the bird isn't super sharp and there isn't a lot of contrast or color to the photo either yet the image speaks to me.

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Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow – Very Small in the Frame

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:13:00-06:00September 28th, 2012|Categories: Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Small in the frame, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: immature, juvenile, phragmites, small in the frame, sparrow, sparrows, White-crowned Sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

Normally I wouldn't take or present an image where the subject is as small in the frame as this juvenile White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) is but I couldn't resist because I like this image a lot.

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Laughing Gull – Small in the Frame

By Mia McPherson|2021-08-16T13:37:50-05:00August 5th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Small in the frame|Tags: coast, coastal, crashing waves, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Gulf of Mexico, gull, gulls, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, nonbreeding plumage, Pinellas County, small in frame, tumultuous, wave, waves|

On the day that I photographed this Laughing Gull either Hurricane Ike or Gustav was out near the center of the Gulf of Mexico that was churning up the water

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By Mia McPherson|2023-09-26T08:04:24-05:00August 19th, 2010|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Brown Pelicans, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Laughing Gulls, Palm Warblers, Small in the frame|Tags: American Oystercatcher, bird photography, birds, Brown Pelican, diving, Haematopus palliatus, juvenile, juveniles, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, nature, Palm Warbler, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, photography, Pinellas County, Setophaga palmarum, shorebird, small in the frame, wildlife|

Though I quite often photograph birds so that they are what is labled "frame filling" I also like to compose images that show the bird or animals small in the frame.

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