{"id":8058,"date":"2013-04-08T03:55:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T09:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=8058"},"modified":"2025-09-03T07:01:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:01:35","slug":"thinking-pink-birds-sky-and-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/04\/08\/thinking-pink-birds-sky-and-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Pink &#8211; Birds, Sky, and Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-154052 size-full\" title=\"Pink Lotus or Scared Lotus, Auckland, New Zealand\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Lotus or Scared Lotus, Auckland, New Zealand\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pink-lotus-mia-mcpherson-7167.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Pink Lotus or Scared Lotus, Auckland, New Zealand<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure why I wanted to do a post using images with pinks but here they are, a flower, a bird and pink kissed clouds.<\/p>\n<p>I photographed this Pink Lotus in Auckland, New Zealand before flying back to the United States, I loved the combination of the soft pinks, the greens and the bright lemony yellow center of the flowers. It was a breezy day so I felt lucky to catch the Lotus while it wasn&#8217;t moving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-154046 size-full\" title=\"Roseate Spoonbill fly by, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303.jpg\" alt=\"Roseate Spoonbill fly by, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/roseate-spoonbill-flight-mia-mcpherson-8303.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Roseate Spoonbill fly by<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And here is a pink colored wading bird, a Roseate Spoonbill in flight over a lagoon at Fort De Soto County Park in Florida, one of my favorite locations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-154056 size-full\" title=\"Pink sky at Fort De Soto before a storm, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572.jpg\" alt=\"Pink sky at Fort De Soto before a storm, Fort De Soto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida\" width=\"850\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20850%20607%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27850%27%20height%3D%27607%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572-200x143.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572-400x286.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/fort-de-soto-pink-sky-mia-mcpherson-0572.jpg 850w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Pink sky at Fort De Soto before a storm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And last; \u00a0a photo I took at Fort De Soto County Park not long after the sun had risen above the horizon as storm clouds moved in. The only thing I photographed that morning was the clouds because I had to dash back to my vehicle before the rain started pouring down.<\/p>\n<p>Just thinking pink.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure why I wanted to do a post using images with pinks but here they are, a flower, a bird and pink kissed clouds. 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