{"id":6867,"date":"2012-12-22T09:49:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-22T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2025-01-19T05:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T11:01:30","slug":"roseate-spoonbill-in-evening-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2012\/12\/22\/roseate-spoonbill-in-evening-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Roseate Spoonbill In Evening Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-138869 size-full\" title=\"Roseate Spoonbill in evening light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/roseate-spoonbill-mia-mcpherson-6232.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/roseate-spoonbill-mia-mcpherson-6232.jpg\" alt=\"Roseate Spoonbill in evening light, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"597\" height=\"800\" data-id=\"11361\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27597%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20597%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27597%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/roseate-spoonbill-mia-mcpherson-6232-187x250.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/roseate-spoonbill-mia-mcpherson-6232-200x268.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/roseate-spoonbill-mia-mcpherson-6232-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/roseate-spoonbill-mia-mcpherson-6232-400x536.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/roseate-spoonbill-mia-mcpherson-6232.jpg 597w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Roseate Spoonbill in evening light &#8211; Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/750, ISO 250, Nikkor 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Early morning is my favorite time of the day to photograph partly because of the soft light but also because I feel marvelous when I am immersed in nature as the day begins. Evening can have marvelous light too though as shown in the Roseate Spoonbill image above that I photographed in Florida as it hunted for prey in a tidal lagoon.<\/p>\n<p>There was a Roseate Spoonbill here in Utah this year well to the south of where I live, I hope that the pink adding bird moved on and found bird of its own kind because it was well out of its normal range.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/roseate-spoonbill-images\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to view more of my Roseate Spoonbill photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evening can have marvelous light too though as shown in the Roseate Spoonbill image above that I photographed in Florida as it hunted for prey in a tidal lagoon. 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