{"id":9819,"date":"2012-07-25T10:17:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T17:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=9819"},"modified":"2012-07-25T10:17:52","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T17:17:52","slug":"travel-essentials-2012-travel-photo-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/travel-essentials-2012-travel-photo-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Essentials 2012 Travel Photo Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again. <a href=http:\/\/www.travelessentials.com\/travel-essentials-travel-photo-contest.aspx target=_new>Travel Essentials is doing their annual photo contest<\/a>, and I need to choose my entries. I have entered and made the cut each of the past four years but have yet to make it into the top two. I need your help. What two photos should I submit this year? A few of my favorites are below, but maybe you have seen one on this blog you like more. If so, let me know which one(s). In any event, rank the ones below by leaving a comment so I can get an idea which two will be the best to submit.<\/p>\n<p>#1 <a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/126_3951-home-run-catch-at-yankee-stadium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/126_3951-home-run-catch-at-yankee-stadium-574x800.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Bourn robs Jayson Nix\" title=\"home run catch at yankee stadium\" width=\"574\" height=\"800\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/126_3951-home-run-catch-at-yankee-stadium-574x800.jpg 574w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/126_3951-home-run-catch-at-yankee-stadium-179x250.jpg 179w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/126_3951-home-run-catch-at-yankee-stadium.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/laguna-beach-sunset\/>#2<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/124_8610-HDR-sunset-laguna-beach.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/124_8610-HDR-sunset-laguna-beach-604x800.jpg\" alt=\"laguna beach california \" title=\"HDR sunset laguna beach\" width=\"604\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/124_8610-HDR-sunset-laguna-beach-604x800.jpg 604w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/124_8610-HDR-sunset-laguna-beach-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/124_8610-HDR-sunset-laguna-beach.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/nyhavn-after-dark\/>#3<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_2396nyhavn-night-copenhagen-denmark.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_2396nyhavn-night-copenhagen-denmark-800x529.jpg\" alt=\"night photography nyhavn denmark copenhagen after dark\" title=\"nyhavn night copenhagen denmark\" width=\"800\" height=\"529\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_2396nyhavn-night-copenhagen-denmark-800x529.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_2396nyhavn-night-copenhagen-denmark-250x165.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/DSC_2396nyhavn-night-copenhagen-denmark.jpg 1631w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/2012\/07\/fenway-park-turns-100-years-old\/>#4<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/126_6240-well-used-seats-fenway-park-turns-100.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/126_6240-well-used-seats-fenway-park-turns-100-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"peanuts fenway park grandstand boston\" title=\"well used seats fenway park turns 100\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5469\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/2012\/07\/new-york-sunset\/>#5<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/126_4687-brooklyn-manhattan-bridge-sunset-panorama-nelson-edit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ashland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/126_4687-brooklyn-manhattan-bridge-sunset-panorama-nelson-edit-800x430.jpg\" alt=\"dumbo stormy sunset brooklyn new york merry go round east river\" title=\"brooklyn manhattan bridge sunset panorama\" width=\"800\" height=\"430\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/opeth-heritage-tour-2012\/>#6<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/124_0222opeth-fox-oakland-theater.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/124_0222opeth-fox-oakland-theater-800x493.jpg\" alt=\"heritage hunter tour 2012 opeth at the fox theatre oakland california\" title=\"opeth fox oakland theater\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/124_0222opeth-fox-oakland-theater-800x493.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/124_0222opeth-fox-oakland-theater-250x154.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/124_0222opeth-fox-oakland-theater.jpg 1751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again. Travel Essentials is doing their annual photo contest, and I need to choose my entries. I have entered and made the cut each of the past four years but have yet to make it into the top two. I need your help. What two photos should I submit this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[382,322,7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9820,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9819\/revisions\/9820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}