{"id":2187,"date":"2016-04-15T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2187"},"modified":"2016-04-15T22:00:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T21:00:25","slug":"what-to-leave-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2187","title":{"rendered":"What to leave out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"What to leave out\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=2187\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>After\u00a0my visit to Potarch the other day I was reminded of\u00a0the photographs I took last year of the old bridge over the River Ythan in Ellon.\u00a0 The bridge is\u00a0now for pedestrians only with the traffic leaving Ellon crossing by a new bridge build alongside.\u00a0\u00a0 The blossom is now out on the trees again this year but there has neither been the weather or the time to go to Ellon with my camera.\u00a0\u00a0 I took two pictures, one with the tree in blossom and the second some weeks later with the leaves in place.\u00a0\u00a0 Looking at them again I find it hard to say which I prefer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2190\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF0814\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814.jpg 1778w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF0814-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1778px) 100vw, 1778px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1016-Edit-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2191\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1016-Edit-2.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF1016-Edit-2\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1016-Edit-2.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1016-Edit-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1016-Edit-2-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1016-Edit-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSCF1016-Edit-2-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pictures can tell only part of\u00a0a story.\u00a0 Any one who has looked at photographs included in schedules for buying a house will know that.\u00a0 They only show the best bits, and will often hide the unsightly things right next door.\u00a0\u00a0 The old bridge pictures only tell part of the story too.\u00a0 You would never know that I was standing at the edge of the car park right in the middle of town.\u00a0 Part of the art of a photographer is to choose what to leave out of the picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After\u00a0my visit to Potarch the other day I was reminded of\u00a0the photographs I took last year of the old bridge over the River Ythan in Ellon.\u00a0 The bridge is\u00a0now for pedestrians only with the traffic leaving Ellon crossing by a new bridge build alongside.\u00a0\u00a0 The blossom is now out on the trees again this 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