blur – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Morning Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird Drama

By Mia McPherson|August 5th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Archilochus colubris, blur, branch, feeder, garden, gorget, hummingbird, hummingbirds, low light, male, morning, perched, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, stick, summer, twig, urban, wings, yard|

Early yesterday morning, I had a handsome male Ruby-throated Hummingbird in my viewfinder. Suddenly, another hummingbird flew in, putting him on high alert.

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Brown Creeper – One Of My Nemesis Birds

By Mia McPherson|October 26th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Brown Creepers, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: blur, Brown Creeper, Cercocarpus, Certhia americana, creeper, creepers, Mountain Mahogany, nemesis|

Crappy images like this blurry Brown Creeper make me more determined to get the photos I want, that I salivate over and dream about.

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Cooper’s Hawk With Prey Plus An Unintentional Blur Photo

By Mia McPherson|April 8th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Cooper’s Hawks, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: Accipiter cooperii, Accipiters, adult, birds of prey, blur, Cooper’s Hawk, dove, frost, grass, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, low light, prey, raptors, urban|

It was a bitter cold January morning in 2016 when I photographed this Cooper's Hawk on prey that I found not far from where I live.

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California Gull Blur in a Snow Storm

By Mia McPherson|February 27th, 2018|Categories: Birds, California Gulls, Salt Lake County, Utah|Tags: adult, blur, California Gull, flight, flying, gull, gulls, Larus californicus, snow storm, urban, winter|

This California Gull blur in a snow storm was one of those blurs that happened because of slow shutter speeds and low light but I found that I liked the resulting photo and will call it a happy accident.

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Low Light Female Short-eared Owl Blur

By Mia McPherson|May 26th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Short-eared Owls, Utah|Tags: adult, Asio flammeus, birds of prey, blur, desert, female, low light, owl, owls, ranchlands, rousing, shaking, Short-eared Owl, spring|

I know that blurs aren't everyone's cup of tea but I have grown quite fond of this beautiful, shaking, Short-eared Owl blur.

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Panning, Motion, Low Light and a Coyote Blur

By Mia McPherson|November 26th, 2015|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Davis County, Utah|Tags: Antelope Island Causeway, blur, Canis latrans, Coyote, coyotes, low light, motion, panning, slow shutter speed, wildlife photography|

Low light, a slow shutter speed, panning and a Coyote in motion all combined to create this Coyote blur image.

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Marbled Godwit Blur

By Mia McPherson|January 8th, 2014|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, bird photography, blur, coast, coastal, flight, flying, Godwit, godwits, Gulf of Mexico, Limosa fedoa, Marbled Godwit, slow shutter speed, water, waves|

This morning I wanted to share another "happy accident" of this Marbled Godwit blur in flight taken along the Gulf of Mexico in coastal Florida.

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Barn Owl Blur

By Mia McPherson|December 26th, 2013|Categories: American Barn Owls, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah|Tags: adult, American Barn Owl, birds of prey, blur, flight, flying, marsh, owl, owls, Owls of Utah, Tyto furcata, wetlands, winter|

Last week I did a post on the many nicknames used for Barn Owls and among them was "Ghost Owl" and for some reason when I first looked at this frame I thought the blurred wings did make it look "ghostly".

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Mule Deer Doe Blur

By Mia McPherson|July 23rd, 2013|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Mule Deer, Utah|Tags: adult, blur, doe, low light, Mule Deer, nature, nature photography, Odocoileus hemionus, photography, running, slow shutter speed, wildlife, wildlife photography|

When I spotted this Mule Deer doe standing in the golden light on the Antelope Island causeway I thought I would take a few static images of her but as soon as I stopped the doe began to run so I fired off a burst of shots as I panned her movement and knew they would be blurred

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Coyote Blur

By Mia McPherson|October 16th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Coyotes, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, blur, Canis latrans, Coyote, coyotes, fall, Great Salt Lake, nature photography, shoreline, wildlife photography|

Do not clean or adjust your glasses, this image really is that blurry!

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Newborn Pronghorn Fawn

By Mia McPherson|June 19th, 2011|Categories: Beaverhead County, Centennial Valley, Montana, Pronghorn, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: animals, antelope, baby, blur, cute, fawn, low light, nature, newborn, photography, Pronghorn, spring, umbilical cord, valley, wildlife, wobbly, young|

Seeing this newborn Pronghorn is one of those experiences that I will never forget. I already think that Pronghorn young are the cutest furry baby mammals on the planet.

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Adult Burrowing Owl blur

By Mia McPherson|December 11th, 2010|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Burrowing Owls, Utah|Tags: Antelope Island State Park, Athene cunicularia, birding, birds, blur, Burrowing Owl, low light, nature, owl, owls, Utah, wildlife|

This blur was not intentional, but I do like the effect caused by the head of the Burrowing Owl spinning. Makes me dizzy just viewing the photo!

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Shorebirds of Fort De Soto – Marbled Godwits

By Mia McPherson|November 10th, 2010|Categories: Birds, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Marbled Godwits|Tags: adult, bills, blur, coast, coastal, crustaceans, feeding, flight, flying, foraging, funny pose, Godwit, godwits, graceful, grasshoppers, Great Plains, Gulf of Mexico, insects, lagoon, landing, Limosa fedoa, low tide, Marbled Godwit, mixed flocks, mollusks, mudflats, one leg, plant tubers, preening, probe, resting, shorebirds, tundra, water|

Marbled Godwits are graceful birds while on the ground, feeding and in flight.

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