{"id":8605,"date":"2026-09-27T10:06:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T14:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/?p=8605"},"modified":"2026-09-27T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:32:23","slug":"off-the-leash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/off-the-leash\/","title":{"rendered":"Off the Leash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was from last winter but I never posted it &#8211; kinda funny haha &#8230;<\/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 class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260117_Z8MAS__DSC3890.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260117_Z8MAS__DSC3890.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1250s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8604\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260117_Z8MAS__DSC3890.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8604\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230; an alternate version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260117_Z8MAS__DSC3890v2.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2400\" data-lbwps-height=\"1600\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260117_Z8MAS__DSC3890v2.jpg\" data-lbwps-exif=\"&lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_camera&quot;&gt;NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 8&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_focal&quot;&gt;800mm&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_fstop&quot;&gt;\ud835\udc53\/6.3&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_shutter&quot;&gt;1\/1250s&lt;\/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;pswp__caption__exif_iso&quot;&gt;ISO1600&lt;\/span&gt; \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" data-id=\"8608\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/260117_Z8MAS__DSC3890v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8608\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s the post of other pics from that day:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-basic block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/cormorants-geese-and-and-eagle\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Cormorants, Geese, and an Eagle\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/260117_Z8MAS__DSC4028.jpg\" class=\"attachment-150x999 size-150x999\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-title\">Cormorants, Geese, and an Eagle<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-summary\">I decided to switch up and try the upper dam instead of the lower dam all the time.  Turns out, when birds (ahem eagles) fly over the top from below they come straight at me!<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was from last winter but I never posted it &#8211; kinda funny haha &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/off-the-leash\/\">Continue reading &#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Off the Leash<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[24,150],"class_list":["post-8605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-small-birds","tag-loch-raven-reservoir","tag-upper-dam","ratio-3-2","excerpt"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8605"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8610,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8605\/revisions\/8610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chapspics.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}