{"id":6860,"date":"2012-12-21T03:55:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T10:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2024-08-26T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:52:51","slug":"great-egret-close-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/21\/great-egret-close-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Egret close up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreatGreat Egret close up – Nikon D200, handheld, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 160, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 260mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, if you are reading this the world hasn’t come to an end which I think is a really good thing since I have high hopes of photographing many more birds and animals before my time is up. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

This Great Egret image was taken in Florida in 2009. The beautiful blue in the background is the water of the Gulf of Mexico. The image was taken a bit later in the morning than I usually like because the light can get harsh but high thin clouds diffused the light just enough that the whites weren’t blown and beautiful details are evident in the plumage.\u00a0 I have quite a few images of this same bird that showed it preening and walking the shoreline and I’m glad the bird walked close enough to me to get this close up.<\/p>\n

We are all still here, the earth wasn’t struck by an asteroid and the doom & gloom predictions of the end of the world weren’t accurate. I’m going out to find some birds and photograph them! Let’s all celebrate!<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

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

This Great Egret image was taken in Florida in 2009, the beautiful blue in the background is the water of the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_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":[27,676,25,362,2000],"tags":[4004,4272,4142,5132,14752,743,351,37,363,4077,519,4246,3980,4046,3996],"class_list":["post-6860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-close-up","category-florida","category-great-egrets","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-adult","tag-ardea-alba","tag-close-up","tag-coastal","tag-coastal-island","tag-egret","tag-egrets","tag-florida-2","tag-great-egret","tag-gulf-of-mexico","tag-nature","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-pinellas-county","tag-portrait","tag-water"],"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