{"id":734,"date":"2009-08-22T08:06:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T15:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.remarc.com\/craig\/?p=734"},"modified":"2009-08-22T08:06:56","modified_gmt":"2009-08-22T15:06:56","slug":"down-on-your-knees-ggw-picture-this-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"Down on Your Knees: GGW Picture This Photo Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s my entry in the August Picture This Photo Contest<\/a>. This month’s theme: “Down on Your Knees.”<\/p>\n

Iris reticulata<\/em>
\n\"Iris<\/a><\/p>\n

I get down on my knees — and my belly — in the mud in the early spring, because that’s where all the action is here. But here are others that were under consideration:<\/p>\n

Droplets on crocus
\n\"droplets<\/p>\n

Bee buzzing Iris reticulata<\/em>. This was actually my top choice at first. I’m partial to pollinators, and this floating bee provided a focus. If the light had been the same as my entry, this one would be at the top of the page.
\n\"bees<\/a><\/p>\n

Eranthis
\n\"eranthis\"<\/p>\n

Another bee shot, this time on eranthis
\n\"bee<\/p>\n

Lots more close-ups of spring ephemerals in these posts:<\/p>\n

Droplets on crocus<\/a>
\nDouble snowdrop<\/a>
\nA special eranthis, more snowdrops<\/a>
\nMore buzzing (I. reticulata)<\/a>
\nYellow crocus, scilla<\/a>
\nFirst crocuses<\/a>
\nIris reticulata in a different light<\/a>
\nMore Iris reticulata <\/a>
\nIris reticulata<\/a>
\nSpring a-buzzin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/a>
\nFirst flowers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s my entry in the August Picture This Photo Contest. This month’s theme: “Down on Your Knees.” Iris reticulata I get down on my knees — and my belly — in the mud in the early spring, because that’s where all the action is here. But here are others that were under consideration: Droplets on … Continue reading “Down on Your Knees: GGW Picture This Photo Contest”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-bulbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}