{"id":3985,"date":"2012-01-10T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T23:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=3985"},"modified":"2023-03-06T06:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:01:01","slug":"great-blue-heron-at-sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/01\/10\/great-blue-heron-at-sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron at Sunrise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/strong>\"GreatGreat Blue Heron\u00a0at sunrise – Nikon D200, handheld, f5.6, 1\/320, ISO 500, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Just a single image today but an image that I like for its simplicity, morning light, composition, fine detail and watery background. Another one of the reasons I enjoy this photo is that the eye of the Great Blue Heron has a colored catch light that is from the sun glowing yellow on the eastern horizon. Most catch lights are white but at sunrise and sunset colored catch lights are possible.<\/p>\n

I used a pano crop for this image to accentuate the long bill of the heron and I think it worked quite well.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Another one of the reasons I enjoy this photo is that the eye of the Great Blue Heron has a colored catchlight that is from the sun glowing yellow on the eastern horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":110810,"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":[27,25,704,166,2000],"tags":[4004,4117,970,5756,4142,5229,5132,4620,3987,4077,627,626,1151,4046,4190,313,3996],"class_list":["post-3985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-great-blue-herons","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-ardea-herodias","tag-autumn","tag-catch-light","tag-close-up","tag-coast","tag-coastal","tag-fall","tag-great-blue-heron","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-heron","tag-herons","tag-pano-composition","tag-portrait","tag-sunrise","tag-wading-birds","tag-water"],"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