depth of field – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Ospreys of Honeymoon Island State Park

By Mia McPherson|April 6th, 2017|Categories: Birds, Florida, Honeymoon Island State Park, Ospreys, Pinellas County|Tags: adult, birds of prey, bokeh, breeding season, depth of field, female, Fish Hawk, flight, flying, male, mated pair, nest, Osprey, Osprey Trail, ospreys, Pandion haliaetus, perched, raptors, sexual differences|

Honeymoon Island State Park in Pinellas County, Florida is a great place to see and photograph nesting Ospreys, not just one or two nests either, there are often quite a few.

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An American Pipit with a spider and the boulder behind it

By Mia McPherson|November 13th, 2015|Categories: American Pipits, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Utah|Tags: American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, aperture, bokeh, boulder, composite, depth of field, pipit, pipits, prey, Proterozoic Farmington Canyon gneiss, rocks, spider|

I was able to get a few images of an American Pipit with a spider two days ago while photographing the Peregrine Falcon from the Antelope Island causeway.

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Bokeh and Background Blurs

By Mia McPherson|February 11th, 2012|Categories: American Kestrels, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Chukars, Utah|Tags: Alectoris chukar, American Kestrel, Black Mustard, bokeh, Chukar, depth of field, Falco sparverius, Frary Peak Trailhead|

Do I prefer the featureless background bokeh over the one where the features are blurred but still recognizable? No, I love them both and appreciate each one individually.

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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.

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