{"id":3117,"date":"2010-01-26T23:41:34","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T04:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2011-08-21T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-21T21:44:25","slug":"sawatdee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/sawatdee\/","title":{"rendered":"Sawatdee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/sawatdee\/www-b-vong-com_pix_m_1\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/www.b-vong.com_pix_m_1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,2272\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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&#8230;cold wet rain actually made for the best photos of the day.\u00a0 Wet pavement always enhances out of focus streetlights that\u00a0add to\u00a0the dreamy bokeh.\u00a0 I like doing inside strobist shots (since there&#8217;s music and heat), but\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0never\u00a0replacing environment shots with just one camera and a lens.\u00a0 In the time it takes to fill up my car with gas, one can have a lot of fun with a f\/1.4 lens&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes: &#8230;cold wet rain actually made for the best photos of the day.\u00a0 Wet pavement always enhances out of focus streetlights that\u00a0add to\u00a0the dreamy bokeh.\u00a0 I like doing inside strobist shots (since there&#8217;s music and heat), but\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0never\u00a0replacing environment shots with just one camera and a lens.\u00a0 In the time it takes to fill up my 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