  We investigate the orientation of the photospheric magnetic fields in the
solar polar region using observations from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager
(HMI). Inside small patches of significant polarization, the inferred magnetic
field vectors at $1''$ scale appear to systematically deviate from the radial
direction. Most tilt towards the pole; all are more inclined toward the plane
of sky compared to the radial vector. These results, however, depend on the
"filling factor" $f$ that characterizes the unresolved magnetic structures. The
default, uninformative $f\equiv1$ for HMI will incur larger inclination and
less radial fields than $f<1$. The observed trend may be a systematic bias
inherent to the limited resolution.
