{"id":2853,"date":"2011-08-02T18:26:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T00:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=2853"},"modified":"2025-09-21T09:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T14:49:29","slug":"rainy-days-time-to-review-and-redo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2011\/08\/02\/rainy-days-time-to-review-and-redo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Days – Time to Review and Redo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"White\u00a0White Ibis\u00a0 in the surf –\u00a0<\/span><\/span> Nikon D70, handheld, f5.6, 1\/500, ISO 200, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday\u00a0the monsoons came up\u00a0from the south\u00a0which\u00a0meant lots of rain on moisture laden winds. It brought bad light along with it. It was not\u00a0optimal for bird photography\u00a0I had hoped to do so I decided to open up some folder of images I had taken in 2007 and review them again. My life gets\u00a0pretty busy\u00a0so I don’t often get the opportunity to go that far back.<\/p>\n

Rainy days are a perfect time to go back, review and possibly redo. My skills as a photographer have grown since then and the techniques I use in post processing have become more refined. After not seeing the images for so long I can look at them with fresh eyes too.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure why I had never processed the White Ibis image above until yesterday. I love the splashing surf, how the blue eye of the White Ibis matches the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico that is behind it.\u00a0 I also like the raised foot and how the light seemed to light up the plumage of the bird.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Blue Heron striking at prey –\u00a0\u00a0Nikon D70, f5.6, 1\/1250, ISO 200, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 240mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I found several images I couldn’t resist processing and the Great Blue Heron above was another one that seemed to catch my eye. The heron was so intent on hunting small baitfish that were being washed\u00a0up into the shallows\u00a0by the waves that it barely paid attention to me while I sat on the sloping shore photographing it. I’m glad I’m not a small fish, that bill looks razor sharp.<\/p>\n

These images were taken with an “ancient” Nikon D70 and the Nikkor 70-300mm VR lens which doesn’t have a whole lot of reach for bird photography but in some places it is enough. Many of birds on or near the beaches in Florida are used to people walking by, running along the beach or gathering shells so they aren’t as likely to take flight as soon as birds will that aren’t used to being around people.<\/p>\n

\"SnowySnowy Egret in morning light –\u00a0 Nikon D70, f5.6, 1\/500, ISO 200, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I really like the open bill of this Snowy Egret, the way the light struck the white feathers of the bird\u00a0and the beautiful blue water. Again; I’m not sure why it took me so long to process this image.<\/p>\n

Rainy days aren’t so bad.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my bird photos in their galleries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday the monsoons came up from the south which meant lots of rain on moisture laden winds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,166,255,364],"tags":[4117,4021,743,351,4120,4213,37,3987,4077,627,626,343,3988,3996,4119,478],"class_list":["post-2853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-great-blue-herons","category-snowy-egrets","category-white-ibises","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-bird-photography","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-egretta-thula","tag-eudocimus-albus","tag-florida-2","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-photography","tag-snowy-egret","tag-water","tag-waves","tag-white-ibis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/white-ibis-surf-mia-mcpherson-3318.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-K1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40834,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/08\/08\/photographing-pelicans-herons-egrets-and-geese-in-flight-in-rapidly-changing-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":2853,"position":0},"title":"Photographing Pelicans, Herons, Egrets and Geese in Flight in Rapidly Changing Light","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I had a great deal of fun photographing the pelicans, herons, egrets and geese in flight in the rapidly changing light yesterday morning at Bear River MBR.","rel":"","context":"In "American White Pelicans"","block_context":{"text":"American White Pelicans","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/pelicans\/white-pelicans\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Canada Geese in flight in front of the Promontory Mountains, Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-flight-mia-mcpherson-8090.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-flight-mia-mcpherson-8090.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-flight-mia-mcpherson-8090.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/canada-geese-flight-mia-mcpherson-8090.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7344,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/01\/31\/a-few-bird-images-from-warmer-and-sunnier-days\/","url_meta":{"origin":2853,"position":1},"title":"Bird Images From Warmer And Sunnier Days","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I love winter, I love seeing snow on the mountains and feeling the crispness in the air but I am getting tired of gray cloudy days and heavy fog so I thought I would post a few bird images from warmer and sunnier days that I took while I lived\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Close up of a Brown Pelican in flight, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/brown-pelican-flight-mia-mcpherson-0832.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/brown-pelican-flight-mia-mcpherson-0832.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/brown-pelican-flight-mia-mcpherson-0832.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/brown-pelican-flight-mia-mcpherson-0832.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48420,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/09\/11\/wading-birds-at-bear-river-mbr-yesterday\/","url_meta":{"origin":2853,"position":2},"title":"Wading Birds At Bear River MBR Yesterday","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"September 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I had fun photographing the juvenile Great Blue Heron, juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron and the adult Snowy Egret yesterday at Bear River MBR. 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