{"id":3988,"date":"2014-09-02T07:06:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T11:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2014-09-02T07:06:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T11:06:07","slug":"take-5-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographers know that a reflective surface can double the beauty of a stunning subject or landscape. Here’s a selection of beautiful reflections captured by our Photo Contest<\/a>\u00a0participants.<\/p>\n

Have a great shot of your own? There\u2019s still time to enter the\u00a02014 Picture This Photo Contest<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"2012<\/a>

2012 Photo Contest Entry, Ken Lee<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry, Mike Snow<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry, Hardie Truesdale<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2011<\/a>

2011 Photo Contest Entry, Sandy Selesky<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photographers know that a reflective surface can double the beauty of a stunning subject or landscape. Here’s a selection of beautiful reflections captured by our Photo Contest\u00a0participants. Have a great shot of your own? There\u2019s still time to enter the\u00a02014 Picture This Photo Contest!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"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":[143,158],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-contest-2","category-take-5","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-12k","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":3988,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Caption This!","author":"Ryan D.","date":"February 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's play \"Caption That Photo\"! 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