{"id":10546,"date":"2012-05-21T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T04:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=10546"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:23:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:23:36","slug":"tricolored-heron-in-breeding-plumage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/tricolored-heron-in-breeding-plumage\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricolored Heron in Breeding Plumage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some images remind me of the wonderful day I had when I created a certain image, this photo of a Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) in breeding plumage photographed at the north beach of Fort De Soto, Florida is one of those files.<\/p>\n

On the day I photographed this heron there was a sea fog that burned off very rapidly once the warmth of the sun’s rays touched it. I was in great company, Adrian Burke and I had met at the north beach parking lot and there were birds, birds and more birds that day. Even though I have culled any bad images from the folder for that date it is still brimming with images I haven’t yet processed.<\/p>\n

I was sitting in water up to my bum in the middle of a small tidal lagoon when the Tricolored walked by, it was stalking prey on the shoreline and not paying much attention to me at all. I like how it looks like the heron is trying to sneak past me in this frame even though I know it could have cared less about the sopping wet person with one big eye watching it walk by.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Tricolored Heron in breeding plumage – Nikon D200, handheld, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 200, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 220mm, natural light<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

This was taken right at the end of the photo session and it was a great feeling to have filled almost all of my memory cards… and the memories in my mind of that morning too.<\/p>\n

Good light. Good Birds. Great company, what more could this woman ask for?<\/p>\n

Mia McPherson, OntheWingPhotography.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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