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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Golden Egret

In the natural world colors and light change quickly, especially early morning pre dawn as colors begin to take shape. The orange light around this Egret happened quickly and lasted about one minute as the reflection of orange color from a tree nearby disappeared. I got the shot as the Egret waled into the light at Middle Creek Wildlfife Refuge in Pennsylvania.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Shaefferstown, PA, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Jim Whetstone