{"id":55444,"date":"2018-12-30T05:56:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T12:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55444"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:42:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T16:42:54","slug":"finishing-up-old-projects-to-prepare-for-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/12\/30\/finishing-up-old-projects-to-prepare-for-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Finishing Up Old Projects To Prepare For The New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been under pressure to finish up two non bird photography related projects by the end of the year and this morning I completed the final one ahead of schedule so I am now looking forward to having more time.<\/p>\n

\"NorthNorth side of the Bear River MBR auto tour route in winter – Nikon D300, f11, 1\/320, ISO 400, +2.0 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 18mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

More time to answer emails. More time to reply to comments here on my blog. More time to cull images I have taken. More time to write about my journeys as a bird, wildlife, and nature photographer. More time to photograph. More time to just be me.<\/p>\n

The road ahead is wide open and I’m excited to move forward, to explore more, get lost in nature more often, more moments to enjoy the sounds of being in the wilderness, to enjoy more.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough the road’s been rocky it sure feels good to me.\u201d
\n\u2015 Bob Marley<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

This photo was taken in February of 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Utah landscape images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The road ahead is wide open and I’m excited to move forward, to explore more, get lost in nature more often, more moments to enjoy the sounds of being in the wilderness, to enjoy more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":174157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,1148,26],"tags":[614,4094,4069,4092,2326,4050,1963,373],"class_list":["post-55444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge","category-box-elder-county-utah","category-utah","tag-blue-skies","tag-marsh","tag-mountains","tag-refuge","tag-road","tag-snow","tag-snow-covered-2","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bear-river-migratory-bird-refuge-winter-mia-mcpherson-9319.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-eqg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110967,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/03\/09\/looking-back-on-the-winter-of-2022-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":55444,"position":0},"title":"Looking Back On The Winter Of 2022\/2023","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"March 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Spring is just days away now and I've been looking back on the winter of of 2022\/2023. 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