{"id":6218,"date":"2013-05-02T22:17:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T04:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2013-05-02T22:17:03","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T04:17:03","slug":"my-most-interesting-photo-according-to-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/photos\/my-most-interesting-photo-according-to-some\/","title":{"rendered":"My most interesting photo according to some"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In particular, this photo caught the eye of my old friend and Droog, John Merck, originator of the eponymous Merck shot, an extreme close-up that extends beyond the frame of the photo. I consider John the first skilled photographer I knew personally. I learned a lot from him and his photos, including the rule \u201cTake lots of photos but show only your best.\u201d I\u2019m still learning the second half of that rule.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-content\/mine\/2013\/05\/DSC06453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"near Tingley Beach\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"near Tingley Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-content\/mine\/2013\/05\/DSC06453_thumb.jpg\" width=\"840\" height=\"772\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was taken near one of the Tingley Ponds in Albuquerque. I used a zoom lens. I also cropped it tight even for me (nah, this is typical for me, especially on the Web. I don\u2019t usually crop square but it suited this subject. (No, it is not a \u201cbox\u201d turtle. It\u2019s a red-eared slider, I believe.) Check out those nails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In particular, this photo caught the eye of my old friend and Droog, John Merck, originator of the eponymous Merck shot, an extreme close-up that extends beyond the frame of the photo. I consider John the first skilled photographer I knew personally. I learned a lot from him and his photos, including the rule \u201cTake &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/photos\/my-most-interesting-photo-according-to-some\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My most interesting photo according to some<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}