sunrise – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

The Middle of Nowhere

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:07:55-06:00April 27th, 2015|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: clouds, dawn, scenery, Steve McQueen, sunrise|

When I am in the wilderness I wake to coyotes singing, cranes trumpeting and the breeze rustling through the grasses or the trees.

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Wilson’s Plover at sunrise

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:09:00-06:00September 10th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Wilson's Plovers|Tags: adult, bird photography, bird watching, birds, Charadrius wilsonia, nature photography, Pinellas County, sunrise, wildlife photography, Wilson's Plover|

I was covered in mud after laying in the mudflat to photograph this Wilson's Plover and I didn't mind a bit.

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Snowy Egret at dawn

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-21T04:49:38-05:00September 9th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Snowy Egrets|Tags: adult, coast, coastal, dawn, egret, egrets, Egretta thula, Gulf of Mexico, low light, Snowy Egret, sunrise, wading birds, water, waves|

Snowy Egret at dawn next to the Gulf of Mexico in Pinellas County, Florida

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Happy Summer Solstice

By Mia McPherson|2022-12-21T04:23:25-06:00June 21st, 2014|Categories: Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County|Tags: moon set, moonset, nature, nature photography, Pinellas County, Summer Solstice, sunrise|

Happy Summer Solstice.

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Winter Inversion Along With -10 Degrees Fahrenheit

By Mia McPherson|2022-04-22T11:24:12-05:00January 5th, 2013|Categories: Tooele County, Utah|Tags: clouds, fence, fog, grasses, haze, inversion, nature, nature photography, Oquirrh Mountain Range, photography, pollution, sky, sunrise, Tooele County, unhealthy, Utah, winter|

A few of my non-Utahn friends have asked me what an inversion is after I have mentioned it, this image might help to show what an inversion can look like.

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Ruddy Turnstone on Driftwood

By Mia McPherson|2021-05-17T07:26:44-05:00December 5th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Ruddy Turnstones|Tags: Arenaria interpres, bird photography, coast, coastal, driftwood, Gulf of Mexico, nonbreeding, Ruddy Turnstone, shorebirds, sunrise, turnstone, turnstones|

I was tickled one morning when I came across this Turnstone in nonbreeding plumage perched on a piece of weathered driftwood just after the sun came over the horizon with the waters of the Gulf of Mexico behind it.

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Smokey sunrises in southwestern Montana

By Mia McPherson|2021-06-23T08:22:48-05:00August 27th, 2012|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, environment, landscape photography, Montana, nature photography, smokey sky, sunrise, wildfires|

The smoke-filled skies created interesting conditions during the sunrises I viewed in while in southwestern Montana recently.

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Exhausted but Elated

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:13:18-06:00July 23rd, 2012|Categories: Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: Montana, nature photography, pink clouds, sunrise|

I arrived home last night after spending five days photographing in southwestern Montana and although I am exhausted I am also elated because the trip was simply divine.

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The Morning Mist at Red Rock Lakes NWR

By Mia McPherson|2021-09-12T04:47:30-05:00June 16th, 2012|Categories: American Coots, Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: American Coot, Centennial Valley, coot, coots, Fulica americana, lake fog, Lower Lake, mist, morning mist, nature photography, photography, sunrise|

I don't have much time to post today but I wanted to share a few photos taken this week of the mists at the Lower Lake of Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana. Red Rock Lakes NWR is an incredibly wild and beautiful location that has stolen a piece of my heart.

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Yeah… Utah Rocks!

By Mia McPherson|2016-12-07T12:13:39-06:00May 20th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Flat, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Lakes, Utah|Tags: Antelope Flat, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Flaming Gorge Reservoir, nature photography, stormy skies, sunrise, virga|

Sometimes a picture says more than words so I'll just say Flaming Gorge is awesome at sunrise with storm clouds moving in.

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People, Birds And A Sea Star In A Sea Fog

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-26T03:26:53-05:00February 28th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Herring Gulls, Laughing Gulls, Pinellas County, Ring-billed Gulls, Sea Stars|Tags: beach, beach walkers, feeding, fog, fog bank, foggy, Gulf, gull, gulls, Herring Gull, Larus argentatus, Larus delawarensis, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, low light, people, preening, resting, Ring-billed Gull, sand-crawled, sea fog, Sea Star, Sea Stars, starfish, sun, sunrise|

I'm glad I didn't turn around to head home when I saw the thick sea fog that morning, if I had I may have missed photographing some of these beautiful things.

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Great Blue Heron at Sunrise

By Mia McPherson|2023-03-06T06:01:01-06:00January 10th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, Ardea herodias, autumn, catch light, close up, coast, coastal, fall, Great Blue Heron, Gulf of Mexico, heron, herons, pano composition, portrait, sunrise, wading birds, water|

Another one of the reasons I enjoy this photo is that the eye of the Great Blue Heron has a colored catchlight that is from the sun glowing yellow on the eastern horizon.

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Summer Lunacy – Nikon’s Image Overlay Function

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-14T17:23:08-05:00July 9th, 2011|Categories: Birds, Egmont Key State Park, Florida, Image Overlay, Ospreys|Tags: bird, bird photography, clouds, d200, full moon, image overlay, in camera composite, merged, nature, Nikon, Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, perched, photoshop, Pinellas County, raptor, sunrise, trees, wildlife|

Nikon's Image Overlay Function. Yes, I was experimenting with a little bit of Summer Lunacy. This is a bit whimsical and it makes me smile.

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