{"id":15794,"date":"2014-09-09T03:15:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T09:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15794"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:41:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T17:41:21","slug":"snowy-egret-at-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/09\/09\/snowy-egret-at-dawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Egret At Dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SnowySnowy Egret and a pastel sunrise – Nikon D200, handheld, f5.6, 1\/320, ISO 500, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I came across this Snowy Egret\u00a0image a few days ago and wondered why I had never processed it. Truth be told I have thousands & thousands of images I haven’t processed yet.<\/p>\n

I was on the beach early that morning as the sun was just beginning to crest the horizon. There were clouds to the west that picked up that glorious peachy color and it was reflected on the Gulf of Mexico<\/span><\/a> but the sun had not yet lit up the Snowy Egret. This image would have been very challenging with film but thanks to digital I was able to capture the mood that I wanted.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Snowy Egret photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snowy Egret at dawn next to the Gulf of Mexico in Pinellas County, Florida<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27,25,704,2000,255],"tags":[4004,5229,5132,1030,743,351,4120,4077,156,3988,4190,313,3996,4119],"class_list":["post-15794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-snowy-egrets","tag-adult","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-dawn","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-thula","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-low-light-2","tag-snowy-egret","tag-sunrise","tag-wading-birds","tag-water","tag-waves"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t