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Photographic Frustrations – Red-naped Sapsuckers in the Targhee National Forest

By Mia McPherson|July 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Frustrations in bird photography, Idaho, Red-naped Sapsuckers, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, aspen, begging, behavior, chick, defensive pose, exposure, exposure compensation, extremes, food, forest, frustrations, lighting conditions, male, nesting, nesting cavity, nesting tree, nestling, photographic, photographing, Red-naped Sapsucker, sapsucker, sapsuckers, Sphyrapicus nuchalis, tree, woodpeckers, young|

One year ago today I experienced one of the two most frustrating days in my entire time of being a bird photographer while photographing Red-naped Sapsuckers in the Targhee National Forest of Idaho.

Immature Red-tailed Hawk Looking At The Rising Sun – Plus a New Personal Challenge

By Mia McPherson|November 3rd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Red-tailed Hawks, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, hawk, hawks, immature, lighting conditions, mountains, perched, photographic rut, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, rising sun, shadows, stump|

I have wondered lately if I have gotten into a bit of a rut, photographically speaking, of always wanting to have the sun over my shoulder with "perfect" light falling directly on my subject.