{"id":12456,"date":"2019-03-11T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T10:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=12456"},"modified":"2019-03-08T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T22:15:16","slug":"take-5-mirror-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-mirror-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Mirror, Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We all need time to pause for moments of reflection. Why not “take five” and reflect on these five photos of wildlife and their mirror images? They might just have you seeing double…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These photos were all submitted to our annual\u00a0Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a>\u00a0photo contest. See the 2018 photo contest winners on our website and sign up for alerts when the contest opens again for 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mallard
Mallard \u00a9 Mark Landman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Great
Great Blue Heron \u00a9 Don Miffitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Orange
Orange Bluet Damselfly \u00a9 Sherri Van den Akker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Purple
Purple Sandpiper \u00a9 Davey Walters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Barn
Barn Swallow \u00a9 Ken Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all need time to pause for moments of reflection. Why not “take five” and reflect on these five photos of wildlife and their mirror images? They might just have you seeing double… These photos were all submitted to our annual\u00a0Picture This: Your Great Outdoors\u00a0photo contest. See the 2018 photo contest winners on our website […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":12457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[83,84],"class_list":["post-12456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/03\/114KenLee4770.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3eU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6179,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-fantastic-photos-from-our-under-18-category\/","url_meta":{"origin":12456,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Fantastic Photos from our Under 18 Category","author":"Rosemary","date":"September 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Our Photo Contest's Under 18 category is always full of incredible images.\u00a0Here are five photos from past editions.\u00a0Join in the fun\u2014there's\u00a0still time to add your entry to this year's contest, which closes September 30! 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