{"id":46723,"date":"2017-05-12T04:54:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T10:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=46723"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:15:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:15:54","slug":"peachy-daylily-before-my-bird-photography-obsession-took-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/05\/12\/peachy-daylily-before-my-bird-photography-obsession-took-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Peachy Daylily – Before my Bird Photography Obsession Took Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PeachyPeachy Daylily – Nikon D8800, f7.2, 1\/264, ISO 50, 86mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month I was looking through some of my earliest image archives and came across a photo of a peachy-colored Daylily that I had taken while exploring with my friend Patty at the Florida Botanical Gardens<\/span><\/a> in Pinellas County, Florida.<\/p>\n

Before my bird photography obsession kicked in I would often go exploring in the gardens around the state and photograph the flowers, trees, plants, bees and butterflies I found there and quite often Patty was with me. She and I went to the same high school together in Germany and even though I didn’t know her then we connected later in life and became the best of friends. We saw a lot of Florida together!<\/p>\n

When I think back on those days I have to think of how much easier it was to photograph the butterflies, flowers, trees, grasses and bees than it is to photograph wild birds on the wing. I miss the days of exploring with Patty but I am glad I switched my focus to birds. They are my calling, my delight, and my joy. I’m glad I became addicted to bird photography.<\/p>\n

I just thought some of you might like to see what I did with my camera before my obsession with bird photography kicked in.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my flower, shrub, and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last month I was looking through some of my earliest image archives and came across a photo of a peachy-colored Daylily that I had taken while exploring with my friend Patty at the Florida Botanical Gardens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172615,"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":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,2483,2000,5344],"tags":[6098,6663,16295,4142,14498,5864,5865,5866,2217,13931,5863,8018],"class_list":["post-46723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","category-florida-botanical-gardens","category-pinellas-county-florida","category-trees-shrubs-and-flowers","tag-blooming","tag-blossom","tag-botanical-garden","tag-close-up","tag-daylilies","tag-daylily","tag-flora","tag-florida-botanical-gardens","tag-flowers","tag-garden","tag-peachy","tag-urban"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bella-and-mia-sploring-mia-mcpherson-8968.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-c9B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117305,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/10\/22\/cuban-tree-frog-in-a-golden-tunnel\/","url_meta":{"origin":46723,"position":0},"title":"Cuban Tree Frog In A Golden Tunnel","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning, I am sharing a photo of a Cuban Tree Frog. 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