{"id":4100,"date":"2014-09-22T07:23:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T11:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4100"},"modified":"2014-09-22T07:23:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T11:23:32","slug":"take-5-wild-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-wild-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Wild Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s difficult enough to photograph\u00a0a person and\u00a0create a compelling portrait\u2014but try capturing an intimate portrait of\u00a0a shy wild\u00a0animal. Despite the challenges, many\u00a0of our immensely talented Photo Contest<\/a>\u00a0entrants have done just that. Here are some of our favorites.<\/p>\n

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

\"2011<\/a>

2011 Photo Contest Entry, Joseph Warfel<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry, Michael Ross<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012<\/a>

2012 Photo Contest Entry, Nathan Goshgarian<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2011<\/a>

2011 Photo Contest Entry, Tina Adams<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry, Shawn O’Bryan<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s difficult enough to photograph\u00a0a person and\u00a0create a compelling portrait\u2014but try capturing an intimate portrait of\u00a0a shy wild\u00a0animal. Despite the challenges, many\u00a0of our immensely talented Photo Contest\u00a0entrants have done just that. Here are some of our favorites. 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":[],"class_list":["post-4100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-contest-2","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-148","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4100,"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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