{"id":8419,"date":"2020-09-03T09:57:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=8419"},"modified":"2020-09-03T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:57:26","slug":"shine-your-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=8419","title":{"rendered":"Shine your light&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>and watch the magic happen.<br \/><br \/>There are a few magical moments like this that keep me shooting. The overhead light of late afternoon in my backyard garden was soft and subdued as it filtered down in between the zinnias. Then the magic happened. I crouched down when this beauty-fly landed. With her wings slightly opened the back light shown through her winds while the petals on the zinnia came alive as if lit from within. <br \/><br \/>Here&#8217;s a reminder for us all. &#8220;Let your light so shine among all people that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.&#8221;<br \/>#shineyourlight #watchthemagichappen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" data-attachment-id=\"8408\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?attachment_id=8408\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Hal Moran&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1599056607&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;copyright by Hal Moran&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HMoran-35731\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?resize=1000%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.halmoran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/HMoran-35731.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>and watch the magic happen. 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With her wings slightly opened<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=8419\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shine your light... - Hal Moran - a wandering (bird) photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.halmoran.com\/?p=8419\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shine your light... - Hal Moran - a wandering (bird) photographer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"and watch the magic happen. 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