wooden post – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Cooperative Rough-legged Hawk Preening

By Mia McPherson|November 30th, 2011|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Rough-legged Hawks, Utah|Tags: Antelope Island State Park, back view, birds of prey, buteo, Buteo lagopus, Buteos, comical, feet, funny, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, light morph, perched, post, preening, raptors, regal, Rough-legged Hawk, side view, wooden post|

Last week though I had the opportunity to photograph a very cooperative Rough-legged Hawk preening.

Bald Eagle and Depth of Field

By Mia McPherson|December 30th, 2010|Categories: Bald Eagles, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Utah|Tags: adult, aperture, background, Bald Eagle, bird photography, birds of prey, bokeh, depth of field, eagle, eagles, f-stop, foreground, grasses, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, ice, leaning, lens, marsh, mountains, perched, raptors, settings, vegetation, wetlands, winter, wooden post|

I believe these two eagle pictures illustrate what changes the depth of field settings can have on the appearance of an image.

Short-eared Owl female – 13 minutes of joy

By Mia McPherson|November 12th, 2010|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, Short-eared Owls|Tags: adult, Asio flammeus, female, fog, foggy, owl, owls, perched, Short-eared Owl, summer, valley, wooden post|

A foggy morning at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge brought me 13 minutes of joy after spotting a shape on the gravel road, it was a female Short-eared Owl and she flew up and landed on a post not too far from the road.