{"id":1688,"date":"2013-05-27T21:52:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T01:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2013-05-27T22:08:08","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T02:08:08","slug":"2013-galaxy-shots-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/27\/2013-galaxy-shots-up\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Galaxy shots up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/bodybuilding\/contests\/2013\/galaxy\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 0px 8px 0px 8px; float: right; clear: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/bodybuilding\/contests\/2013\/galaxy\/blog.jpg\" alt=\"Galaxy 2013 women's figure competitor\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nShots from the inaugural <a href=\"http:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/bodybuilding\/contests\/2013\/galaxy\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Galaxy Championships<\/a>, held May 25 in St. Augustine, are up on the site.<\/p>\n<p>I was uncertain whether the St. Augustine Amphitheater would be a good venue for a show, and if it weren&#8217;t for the unseasonably cool day I could foresee overheating issues&#8211; dizziness, lack of concentration, tans ruined by sweating, dehydration.  And that&#8217;s just <strong>me<\/strong>.  Who knows what the competitors might have to go through.<\/p>\n<p>A smaller show for a level IVA, it was still well-run and ventilation issues aside the canvas &#8220;roof&#8221; provided a very nice, soft light.  I did have to sit a ways back as the promoters chose to &#8220;tier off&#8221; a VIP area for the prejudging rather than general admission as has been the norm in the past.  <\/p>\n<p>But I didn&#8217;t mind much; it was also my first show with my new Canon and I was excited to push its limits a bit to see what it&#8217;s capable of.  Cut to the chase&#8211; I&#8217;m most pleased.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the shots!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shots from the inaugural 2013 Galaxy Championships, held May 25 in St. Augustine, are up on the site. I was uncertain whether the St. Augustine Amphitheater would be a good venue for a show, and if it weren&#8217;t for the unseasonably cool day I could foresee overheating issues&#8211; dizziness, lack of concentration, tans ruined by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bodybuilding","category-contests","category-schedule","category-site-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucas-photo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}