{"id":771,"date":"2010-11-12T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/?p=771"},"modified":"2010-11-11T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-12T01:41:01","slug":"its-a-matter-of-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/its-a-matter-of-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Its a Matter of Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ventured out on a beautiful fall day with the intention of photographing fall migrants at the beach.  Some would say I failed since I came home with few bird pictures worth keeping&#8230;..if any.<br \/>\nThis is what I did come home with<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_772\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/its-a-matter-of-opinion\/20101111_fallfoliage_00138\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101111_FALLFOLIAGE_00138.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20101111_FALLFOLIAGE_00138\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101111_FALLFOLIAGE_00138.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/20101111_FALLFOLIAGE_00138-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fall Foliage<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>So while some might say I didn&#8217;t make any wildlife keepers, I would say I spent a beautiful day outside trying!<\/p>\n<p>This was the closest to a keeper I had all day<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_773\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/its-a-matter-of-opinion\/_vnm5363_blog\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/VNM5363_blog.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"_VNM5363_blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/VNM5363_blog.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vincentmistretta.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/VNM5363_blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ring Billed Gull Eating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If it wasn&#8217;t for the gesture, I don&#8217;t think I would like this image either.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ventured out on a beautiful fall day with the intention of photographing fall migrants at the beach. 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