{"id":4725,"date":"2015-01-26T07:49:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T12:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2015-01-26T07:49:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T12:49:05","slug":"take-5-nature-in-black-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-nature-in-black-and-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Nature in Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"

The nature of Massachusetts offers endless color, but it’s also perfect for black and white photography, which highlights its textures, patterns, and moods. Take a break with five beautiful black and white photographs from our past Photo Contests<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2014<\/a>

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Elliot Gilfix<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2013<\/a>

2013 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Lisa Green<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2014<\/a>

2014 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Paul Mozell<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012<\/a>

2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Edmund Prescottano<\/p><\/div>\n

\"2012<\/a>

2012 Photo Contest Entry \u00a9 Jennifer Childs<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The nature of Massachusetts offers endless color, but it’s also perfect for black and white photography, which highlights its textures, patterns, and moods. Take a break with five beautiful black and white photographs from our past Photo Contests.<\/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":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-1ed","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10602,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-caption-this\/","url_meta":{"origin":4725,"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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