At the entrance of the reception area I noticed the orange plant. You have to understand, I am ALWAYS looking for images. I was thinking about taking an image of the flowers when I saw the bird flying in. That orange plant is the food of the bird! It was evident that, that bird is going to come back over and over again. My brain was spinning, thinking about capturing the shot. I ran to get my camera. The plant was not in a good area for photography. The backgrounds in all but one direction were distracting. That one direction that presented a good background had another problem. The angle of the sun what not very favorable.

This is the image I got. I am very happy with this image. But if I showed you all the other possible shooting angles you would also see the dilemma that I faced. There were buildings in the background, in all directions but one. We often get so excited by our subject that we forget about the background. In fact, when looking through the viewfinder we often don't even notice the background because we are only focused on the subject. This image would have been an automatic deletion had I taken it from any other angle.

          So consider the subject, the composition, and the light. These are the things that photographers are taught to pay attention to. But if you want your nature images to go to the next level you also need to consider the background. I have written about this before, but with birds and insects it is also important to shoot at their eye level. So please consider all these things to get the best possible image given what you are presented with.