{"id":55019,"date":"2018-11-17T05:44:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T12:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=55019"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:06:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:06:52","slug":"mallard-hen-landing-in-the-golden-light-of-a-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2018\/11\/17\/mallard-hen-landing-in-the-golden-light-of-a-sunset\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallard Hen Landing In The Golden Light Of A Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MallardMallard hen landing in golden light – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/400, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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There is something about the golden light of sunset that soothes me even when I am not photographing birds but when there are birds that feeling is amplified times ten.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter what species of bird but having a bird be the last living thing I see outside before the sun sets and the sky grows dark is awesome.<\/p>\n

I’m just that much of a bird nerd and bird lover, I can’t help being like that and really I don’t want to.<\/p>\n

When I have the opportunity to take photos of birds in the sweet golden light of sunset I jump at the chance even if the bird is as common as a Mallard hen landing on a pond.<\/p>\n

Why wouldn’t I?<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

When I have the opportunity to take photos of birds in the sweet golden light of sunset I jump at the chance even if the bird is as common as a Mallard hen landing on a pond. Why wouldn’t I? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_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":[27,965,709,117,26],"tags":[4237,1129,126,4070,4254,4359,4123,1604,7951,1984,3993,2063,373],"class_list":["post-55019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-mallards","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-ducks","category-utah","tag-anas-platyrhynchos","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-female","tag-golden-light","tag-hen","tag-landing","tag-mallard","tag-mallards","tag-pond","tag-sunset","tag-waterfowl","tag-winter"],"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