{"id":1233,"date":"2010-11-08T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:28:53","slug":"evening-parasailers-over-st-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2010\/11\/08\/evening-parasailers-over-st-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Evening Parasailers over St. Thomas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-175234 size-full\" title=\"Evening parasailers at St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evening-parasail-mia-mcpherson-st-thomas-6643.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evening-parasail-mia-mcpherson-st-thomas-6643.jpg\" alt=\"Evening parasailers at St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27598%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20598%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27598%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evening-parasail-mia-mcpherson-st-thomas-6643-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evening-parasail-mia-mcpherson-st-thomas-6643-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evening-parasail-mia-mcpherson-st-thomas-6643-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evening-parasail-mia-mcpherson-st-thomas-6643-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evening-parasail-mia-mcpherson-st-thomas-6643.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Evening Parasailers over St. Thomas &#8211;\u00a0 D70, handheld, f4, 1\/500, 18-70mm at 38mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Usually my camera lens is pointed towards a bird of some sort,\u00a0birds are my passion. 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