ISO – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Immature Swainson’s Hawk In Changing Light

By Mia McPherson|September 9th, 2019|Categories: Beaverhead County, Birds, Centennial Valley, Montana, Swainson's Hawks|Tags: Buteo swainsoni, Buteos, changing light, close up, eye on the sky, flight, gravel road, hatch year bird, hawks, Hawks of Montana, immature, ISO, lift off, lifting off, light morph, low light, pose, raptors, Swainson's Hawk, variable|

This photo session with an immature Swainson's Hawk reinforced how as a bird photographer I need to not only be keenly aware of changing light it also showed how I may need to quickly change my settings to get the photos I want.

Bird Photography – You have to be prepared

I have learned that you have to be prepared to be a bird photographer and additionally that you need to be fast because birds are free moving creatures. There are times that you simply don't or won't have time to change your camera's settings.