{"id":40210,"date":"2016-06-27T04:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T10:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40210"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:22:32","slug":"great-blue-heron-flight-over-north-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/06\/27\/great-blue-heron-flight-over-north-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Blue Heron Flight Over North Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreatGreat Blue Heron in flight with trees in the background – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/500, ISO 640, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m still working at moving the last of my bird images from the old galleries to the new gallery format and at this point I have some of the terns, cardinals & allies and wading birds left to move.<\/p>\n

The wading birds will take the longest because there are so many of them but I have completed the Great Blue Herons and a few others.<\/p>\n

While editing other wading bird images I came across this file that I hadn’t ever processed and decided that I should.<\/p>\n

When I first looked at it I felt it was a bit dark compared to the images I had taken of Great Blue Herons in Florida most of which had bright skies, white sand and bright blue water or they were touched with the golden light of dawn.<\/p>\n

This Great Blue Heron was in flight over the north beach of Fort De Soto<\/span><\/a> with dark Australian Pines in the background on a foggy morning.<\/p>\n

I liked the position of the wings and the more I look at it the more I like those dark trees in the background and how well the heron stands out from them.<\/p>\n

The Australian Pines are no longer there, because they were invasive and prevented native plants from growing underneath them they were removed some time ago.<\/p>\n

As much as I enjoyed walking underneath them when I was leaving the north beach I understand why they had to go.<\/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":"

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