{"id":888,"date":"2019-02-06T15:22:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=888"},"modified":"2019-02-06T15:22:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T15:22:20","slug":"conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/06\/conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-889\" style=\"width: 1729px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/06\/conversion\/img_8476\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?fit=1729%2C1459&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1729,1459\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Conversion\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sunset draws a crowd to enjoy the end of the day at the beach&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?fit=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?resize=768%2C648&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black and white silouette at the beach\" width=\"768\" height=\"648\" class=\"size-full wp-image-889\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?w=1729&amp;ssl=1 1729w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?resize=150%2C127&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?resize=768%2C648&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?resize=1024%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?resize=114%2C96&amp;ssl=1 114w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_8476.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset draws a crowd to enjoy the end of the day at the beach<\/figcaption><\/figure><br>\nThe beauty of color can blind me sometimes. 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