sand crawling – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Photographing Shorebirds at Eye Level

By Mia McPherson|April 6th, 2018|Categories: American Oystercatchers, Birds, Black-bellied Plovers, Florida, Fort De Soto County Park, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Curlews, Marbled Godwits, Pinellas County, Piping Plovers, Ruddy Turnstones|Tags: American Oystercatcher, Arenaria interpres, Black-bellied Plover, Charadrius melodus, curlews, godwits, Greater Yellowlegs, Haematopus palliatus, Limosa fedoa, Long-billed Curlew, Low angle, Marbled Godwit, Numenius americanus, oystercatchers, perspective, photograph, photographing, Piping Plover, plovers, Pluvialis squatarola, Ruddy Turnstone, sand crawling, sandpipers, shorebird, shorebirds, technique, Tringa melanoleuca, turnstones, yellowlegs|

Taking photographs of shorebirds at eye level was very fulfilling for me and the images that resulted from my down & dirty technique have always made me feel an intimate connection to the birds.