{"id":150,"date":"2025-05-07T21:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damonsteele.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2025-05-21T21:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T21:32:19","slug":"the-birds-of-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damonsteele.com\/?p=150","title":{"rendered":"The Birds of the Air&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Birds of the Air&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh how I love the little birds&#8230;their looks and personalities are fascinating to experience, and capturing them cleanly is among the true challenges in this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e4a90116bd3&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e4a90116bd3\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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