{"id":42601,"date":"2016-10-13T05:48:14","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=42601"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:28:12","slug":"sea-oat-silhouette-with-flaming-clouds-at-sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/10\/13\/sea-oat-silhouette-with-flaming-clouds-at-sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea Oat Silhouette with Flaming Clouds at Sunrise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FlameFlame like sunrise over north beach of Fort De Soto – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/250, ISO 500, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 80mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

When I lived in Florida one of my great joys was to be at Fort De Soto County Park’s north beach before the sun rose over the horizon and to be there even before the first bit of color touched the clouds.<\/p>\n

I’d sit alone and listen to the waves wash up on the shore in the darkness with my feet in the cool sand and breathe in the salty air. I did that to center myself and often times I’d feel at such peace that I almost didn’t want the day to begin.<\/p>\n

Dawn would always would break and the sun always rose and if I was lucky I could witness a sunrise as colorful as the flames in a fire. It was a glorious way to start my day.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Florida landscape photos.<\/p>\n

Image taken September 16, 2008. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I lived in Florida one of my great joys was to be at Fort De Soto County Park’s north beach before the sun rose over the horizon and to be there even before the first bit of color touched the clouds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173275,"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":[25,704,2000],"tags":[4101,5473,5472,3936,5474,4190],"class_list":["post-42601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-clouds","tag-flames","tag-pinks","tag-reds","tag-sea-oats","tag-sunrise"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fort-de-soto-fire-sky-mia-mcpherson-1044.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-b57","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15250,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/06\/21\/happy-summer-solstice\/","url_meta":{"origin":42601,"position":0},"title":"Happy Summer Solstice","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"June 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy Summer Solstice.","rel":"","context":"In "Florida"","block_context":{"text":"Florida","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/florida\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Moonset on the Summer Solstice, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/summer-solstice-2008-mia-mcpherson-3741.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/summer-solstice-2008-mia-mcpherson-3741.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/summer-solstice-2008-mia-mcpherson-3741.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/summer-solstice-2008-mia-mcpherson-3741.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14742,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/04\/12\/surf-side-sentinel\/","url_meta":{"origin":42601,"position":1},"title":"Great Blue Heron Surf-side Sentinel","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"April 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Great Blue Herons are wading birds that I photographed quite often at Fort De Soto County Park's north beach while I lived in Florida.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Great Blue Heron as a Surf-side Sentinel, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/great-blue-heron-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8069.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/great-blue-heron-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8069.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/great-blue-heron-portrait-mia-mcpherson-8069.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":93396,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/08\/17\/sharing-sunrise-with-a-greater-yellowlegs\/","url_meta":{"origin":42601,"position":2},"title":"Sharing Sunrise With A Greater Yellowlegs","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"When I lived in Florida it wasn't unusual for me to share sunrise alone with birds at the north beach of Fort De Soto. 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