angles – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Light Morph Swainson’s Hawk with Different Backgrounds and Distances

By Mia McPherson|May 2nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Swainson's Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, angles, backgrounds, bird photography, birds of prey, Buteo swainsoni, Buteos, close up, hawks, light morph, mountains, perched, profile, raptors, shadow, Swainson's Hawk, tan background|

I always try to pay attention to what is going on in the background of my photos because by changing distance or angles the same bird, like this Swainson's Hawk, can look very different in my images.

Wind Blown Great Blue Heron Photographed Using Different Angles

By Mia McPherson|March 21st, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Great Blue Herons, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, angles, Ardea herodias, background, backgrounds, beach, close up, Great Blue Heron, Gulf of Mexico, habitats, heron, herons, perspective, portrait, sand, sky, wading birds, wind, wind blown|

These Great Blue Heron photos were taken of the same bird, photographed at same location on the same day just one minute apart.

Great Horned Owl Chick – Angles and Backgrounds

By Mia McPherson|September 25th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Glacier County, Great Horned Owls, Montana|Tags: angles, background, backgrounds, birds of prey, bokeh, Bubo virginianus, chick, farmlands, fledgling, grasses, Great Horned Owl, immature, juveniles, ladder, light, old wood, owl, owls, perched, sky, spring, young|

The photographs I have attached to this post are of the same Great Horned Owl fledgling, taken in the same location on the same morning.