down and dirty – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Before and After Bird Photography Took Over My Life

By Mia McPherson|2023-09-09T05:44:44-05:00October 26th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: bird photography, coastal, down and dirty, lagoon, life, Mia McPherson, sand, water|

Before and After Bird Photography Took Over My Life - Not sorry for the changes at all. Loving my wild self and life.

White Ibis in a Lagoon – Getting Down & Dirty for the Low Angle Photo

By Mia McPherson|2017-04-15T05:16:27-05:00April 15th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, White Ibises|Tags: crab, down and dirty, Eudocimus albus, ibis, ibises, lagoon, Low angle, sand crawl, tidal lagoon, wading birds, White Ibis|

I was able to take a nice series of low angle images of this White Ibis in the blue lagoon by staying still as it hunted for food with my lens about an inch or two above the water.

Semipalmated Plover – How to get Sandy Pants

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:13:43-06:00May 8th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Semipalmated Plovers|Tags: bird photography, Charadrius semipalmatus, down and dirty, Low angle, plovers, Semipalmated Plover, shorebirds|

Getting "Down & Dirty" is a way of being at eye level with your subject which brings the viewer into the bird's world and it can make the image feel more intimate too. Achieving those low angle perspectives can be quite messy and/or uncomfortable depending on the habitat.