light angle – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Green-tailed Towhees Are Migrating Into Utah

By Mia McPherson|May 3rd, 2020|Categories: Birds, Green-tailed Towhees, Morgan County, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: frustrations in bird photography, Green-tailed Towhee, light angle, male, obstructions, out of focus, Pipilo chlorurus, recording, sage, sagebrush, singing, sparrow, sparrows, towhee, towhees|

One year ago today I "whooped" out loud when I spotted my first of the year Green-tailed Towhee singing as he perched in top of a sagebrush.

West Desert Wandering – Birds, Bees, And Blooms

By Mia McPherson|October 5th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Dark-eyed Juncos, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: back lit, bird food, Bombus, bumble bee, Dark-eyed Junco, junco, Junco hyemalis, junco hyemalis oreganus, juncos, light angle, rabbitbrush, rabbitbrush fluff, seeds, side lit, small in frame, sparrows, species ID|

Even though I came home with very few photos I'm still glad I went wandering. I had great views, sunshine, birds to delight my eyes and ears and I soaked it all up like a thirsty sponge.

Common Raven in the snow – An exposure problem

By Mia McPherson|December 29th, 2012|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Common Ravens, Exposure Compensation, Light angles, Utah|Tags: adult, blocked up, Common Raven, Corvus corax, Davis County, exposure compensation, histogram, light angle, photoshop, raven, ravens, snow, winter|

Photographing dark birds such as this Common Raven is a challenge and knowing how to expose properly as well as getting the right angle of light is critical in producing a quality image.