{"id":61433,"date":"2019-11-16T04:17:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T11:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=61433"},"modified":"2025-05-17T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T18:19:14","slug":"northern-shoveler-the-rising-sun-and-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/11\/16\/northern-shoveler-the-rising-sun-and-fog\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Shoveler, The Rising Sun And Fog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NorthernNorthern Shoveler in a morning fog \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/4000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Three days ago there was a little bit of fog at Farmington Bay WMA while the sun was coming up over the Wasatch Mountains which set up the conditions I needed to take this Northern Shoveler photo.<\/p>\n

The Northern Shoveler is in silhouette because I was looking in the direction of the rising sun instead of having the sun over my shoulder but when I saw the mist, the ducks floating by, and the sunlight reflecting off the water I knew I had to take a few images just to see how they turned out. The scene had a dreamy look to it through my viewfinder and in the final results that I am happy with.<\/p>\n

The darker areas of the photo are from the mountains in the background still being in the shadows and the reflection of those mountains on the water.<\/p>\n

I also took a few images of a resting Ruddy Duck that I may share later.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

Three days ago there was a little bit of fog at Farmington Bay WMA while the sun was coming up over the Wasatch Mountains which set up the conditions I needed to take this Northern Shoveler photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144507,"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":[27,1022,697,429,26],"tags":[4004,4717,1129,126,4175,1137,11550,6209,6968,4903,975,7987,6987,4176,3996,2063,4095,373],"class_list":["post-61433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-northern-shovelers","category-utah","tag-adult","tag-dabbling-ducks","tag-duck","tag-ducks-2","tag-fog","tag-northern-shoveler","tag-rising","tag-rising-sun","tag-shoveler","tag-shovelers","tag-spatula-clypeata","tag-steam-fog","tag-sun","tag-wasatch-mountains","tag-water","tag-waterfowl","tag-wetlands","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