{"id":75603,"date":"2020-11-30T05:34:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T12:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=75603"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T22:44:15","slug":"snowy-wasatch-mountain-peak-and-sunlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/11\/30\/snowy-wasatch-mountain-peak-and-sunlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Wasatch Mountain Peak And Sunlight"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are days I spend as much time looking at the scenery as I do photographing birds because I think we live on an amazingly beautiful planet.<\/p>\n

\"SunlightSunlight on a snowy Wasatch Mountain peak \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 400, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I lived in Florida there were times I’d pretend that the clouds floating over the Gulf of Mexico were mountains because after spending several years living in Colorado I missed seeing mountain peaks topped with snow, especially on hot, humid days. Sometimes the thought of those mountains would help to cool me down.<\/p>\n

And now because I live along the western front of the Wasatch Mountain Range I see mountain peaks everyday. They are beautiful during all four seasons but I have to admit that I love seeing them covered with snow during the winter the most.<\/p>\n

This photo was taken almost three years ago as I sat photographing birds at my local pond. When the sun lit up the mountain peak after a cloud passed over it the peak seemed to glow and with me being me I had to take a few photos of it.<\/p>\n

There isn’t much snow on the mountain tops yet this winter. I’m still enjoying the view.<\/p>\n

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

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Utah landscape photos.<\/p>\n

To keep this kind of bird related here is an interesting fact: According to Native American linguistics specialist, William Bright, the mountains were named for a Shoshoni leader who was named with the Shoshoni term wasattsi, meaning \u201cblue heron.\u201d Wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

And yes, I have seen and photographed many Great Blue Herons in the Wasatch Mountains. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are days I spend as much time looking at the scenery as I do photographing birds because I think we live on an amazingly beautiful planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121320,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[709,26,773],"tags":[10669,4101,9763,6324,4069,10667,6910,4018,4050,4093,4328,10666,6326,1164,10668,373],"class_list":["post-75603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-salt-lake-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-blue-heron","tag-clouds","tag-evergreen","tag-mountain-view","tag-mountains","tag-peak","tag-peaks","tag-sky","tag-snow","tag-snow-covered","tag-snowy","tag-sun-lit","tag-sunlight","tag-wasatch-mountain-range","tag-wasattsi","tag-winter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/wasatch-mountain-peak-winter-snow-mia-mcpherson-5222.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-jFp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108384,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/11\/30\/snowy-wasatch-mountain-range-views\/","url_meta":{"origin":75603,"position":0},"title":"Snowy Wasatch Mountain Range Views","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a gorgeous afternoon yesterday, so I had to go outside and take a walk while admiring the views of the snow-covered Wasatch Mountain Range.","rel":"","context":"In "Birds"","block_context":{"text":"Birds","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/avian\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wasatch Mountain Range view from my local park, Salt Lake County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wasatch-mountain-range-peaks-snow-mia-mcpherson-5096.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wasatch-mountain-range-peaks-snow-mia-mcpherson-5096.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wasatch-mountain-range-peaks-snow-mia-mcpherson-5096.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/wasatch-mountain-range-peaks-snow-mia-mcpherson-5096.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":120162,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2024\/01\/27\/swirling-clouds-enveloping-the-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":75603,"position":1},"title":"Swirling Clouds Enveloping The Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"January 27, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"There were swirling clouds enveloping some of the snow-covered peaks of the Wasatch Mountains yesterday morning. 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