{"id":726,"date":"2010-11-03T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2010-11-02T19:03:19","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T23:03:19","slug":"appreciation-comes-in-many-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/appreciation-comes-in-many-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Appreciation Comes in Many Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its hard to believe that I started my post Bucknell life with little true appreciation for what my friend calls our wild heritage.  Post college life quickly moves from building a career to raising children.  Then the kids grow and find outlets of their own that usually don&#8217;t include their dad!  As personal time becomes more abundant, I am finding myself hiking and traveling to remote places to experience some of the solitary beauty our planet has to offer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_727\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/appreciation-comes-in-many-forms\/20101017_mlarbp_00087_blog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101017_MLARBP_00087_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20101017_MLARBP_00087_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101017_MLARBP_00087_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101017_MLARBP_00087_blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moose Portrait<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are so blessed to be able to share a planet with other creatures.  One of the reasons I spend so much of my free time photographing wildlife is I feel in some way I am speaking on behalf of the animals.  I strive to make better images so I can speak on their behalf with more emotion and impact.  Its strange how life has a way of changing.  24 years ago I only spoke on behalf of capitalism.  Now I am a capitalist that is trying to speak on behalf of nature and wildlife.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_728\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/appreciation-comes-in-many-forms\/20101017_mlarbp_00032_blog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-728\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101017_MLARBP_00032_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20101017_MLARBP_00032_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101017_MLARBP_00032_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101017_MLARBP_00032_blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bull Moose Pose<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its hard to believe that I started my post Bucknell life with little true appreciation for what my friend calls our wild heritage. Post college life quickly moves from building a career to raising children. Then the kids grow and find outlets of their own that usually don&#8217;t include their dad! 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