{"id":1514,"date":"2016-03-14T22:26:39","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T11:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1514-its-a-rush.html"},"modified":"2016-03-14T22:26:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T11:56:39","slug":"its-a-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1514-its-a-rush.html","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a Rush"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 -->&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot;<!-- s9ymdb:2101 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/1343-_MG_9888.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s like playing dare with the ocean.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI watch for a while. Some surges rush by, water pushing and swirling past ankles and splashing my knees.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOther incoming waves stack up full of pent-up fury before consuming themselves in the retreating backwash and leaving the sand wet and bare.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI place my bet, position my tripod in the retreating backwash and set off the timer.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThree, two, one, eek (not the word I actually used), grab tripod and lift it all clear as a huge rush of water catches me by surprise drenching my shorts and nearly toppling me over.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nClean the splashes of salty water from the lens then try again, again, three, two, one, &#8230; <br \/>\n<br \/>\nSure, I like to capture a dramatic moment but I can&#8217;t deny I like the rush.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Photo: Robert Rath, &#8216;It&#8217;s a Rush, 1\/5s f\/14 ISO100 15mm<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot; It&#8217;s like playing dare with the ocean. I watch for a while. Some surges rush by, water pushing and swirling past ankles and splashing my knees. Other incoming waves stack up full of pent-up fury before consuming themselves in the retreating backwash and leaving the sand wet and bare. I place &#8230; <a title=\"It&#8217;s a Rush\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/1514-its-a-rush.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about It&#8217;s a Rush\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}