{"id":158,"date":"2010-08-14T14:57:36","date_gmt":"2010-08-14T21:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2017-07-23T10:39:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T14:39:24","slug":"dc-photography-kenilworth-aquatic-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pink-Lotus.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166 \" title=\"Pink-Lotus\" src=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pink-Lotus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pink-Lotus.jpg 900w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Pink-Lotus-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pink Lotus, Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, Washington DC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Where does one go to photograph nature during the dog days of summer in Washington DC? \u00a0One place that has flowers in bloom pretty much throughout summer, no matter how hot, is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/keaq\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens<\/a>. \u00a0This small National Park has some great photographic possibilities from mid-May until the first frost in October. \u00a0Make sure to check out the parks &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/keaq\/naturescience\/gardener-corner.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What&#8217;s Blooming<\/a>&#8221; page before you head out. \u00a0Look for the image on that page, it will show you what is in bloom. \u00a0When I talked to the Rangers today they said that they update this page whenever something new is blooming. \u00a0During the peak, they will update the page at least twice a week.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend that you bring waterproof boots of some sort, just in case. \u00a0I went to the park today after two-three days of heavy rain this past week. \u00a0Many of the walking paths were under ankle deep water so my shoes and socks got soaked. \u00a0Wet feet were well worth the images. \u00a0As recommended on the parks web page, get there early in the morning during the summer. \u00a0The flowers tend to close up when the temperatures reach 90 degrees. \u00a0Also, after about 9 AM the winds start picking up so the blooms start moving introducing blur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where does one go to photograph nature during the dog days of summer in Washington&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[43,42],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-washington-dc","tag-kenilworth-aquatic-park","tag-lotus-flowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2150,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}