{"id":21661,"date":"2021-06-06T14:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=21661"},"modified":"2021-06-06T14:52:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T18:52:17","slug":"field-trip-kenilworth-aquatic-gardens","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/event\/field-trip-kenilworth-aquatic-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Trip: Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21664\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_1832-Edit.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21664\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_1832-Edit-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_1832-Edit-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_1832-Edit-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_1832-Edit-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_1832-Edit.jpeg 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo By: Rena Schild<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re back with this club favorite, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.\u00a0 NVPS frequently visits this destination at this time of year because the lotus flowers and water lilies are in bloom.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t got your flower shot for next season&#8217;s themed competition, here is a great opportunity.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re not into flowers, consider the opportunities to capture images of dragon flies, birds, turtles, frogs, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens is home to heron, birds, dragon flies, and amphibians.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll also notice the rather obvious shallow ponds filled with lotus and water lilies.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re welcome to wander along the paths that separate the ponds in search of your next image.\u00a0 When you&#8217;re done<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21662\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-089-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21662\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-089-Edit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-089-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-089-Edit-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-089-Edit-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-089-Edit-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-089-Edit.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo By: Steven Glintz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>with the lotus and lilies, you can take the boardwalk at the far end of the park out to a viewing platform where along the way you can typically find herons and other birds.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a very popular destination at this time of year<\/em>.\u00a0 Please be patient and locate your subjects while maintaining social distancing from other photographers.\u00a0 The National Park Service warns that if the park becomes too crowded they may temporarily close the park gates to limit people on site.<\/p>\n<p>Sunrise is expected at 5:52 a.m. (EDT)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21665\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_4251.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21665\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_4251-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_4251-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_4251-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_4251-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Schild-RKS_4251.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo By: Rena Schild<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Equipment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Any lens between 24-200mm will satisfy most needs. Those with an interest in birding may want to bring a lens with 300+mm range.\u00a0 A macro lens may also come in handy if you are interested in dragon flies.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t forget your polarizer and diffuser\/reflector.<\/li>\n<li>Tripods are allowed everywhere.<\/li>\n<li>Bring a mask, the National Park Service requires them.<\/li>\n<li>Bug\/tick spray and sunscreen.<\/li>\n<li>Water &#8211; the weather is expected to be very hot and humid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_21663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21663\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-201-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21663\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-201-Edit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-201-Edit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-201-Edit-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-201-Edit-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-201-Edit-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Glintz-kenilworth-201-Edit.jpg 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo By: Steven Glintz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, July 10, 2021 from 8am \u2013 11am<br \/>\nRain date on Sunday, July 11, 2021 from 8am &#8211; 11am<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll meet in the parking lot to share any updated news.\u00a0 It&#8217;s only a couple minutes walk to the gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Please note, the visitor center, restrooms, and water fountain will be closed.\u00a0 There will be porta potties.<\/p>\n<p>Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens<br \/>\n1550 Anacostia Avenue, NE<br \/>\nWashington DC 20019<\/p>\n<p>Parking is free.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you can join us!<\/p>\n<p>Rena Schild and Steven Glintz<br \/>\nField Trip Coordinators 2021-2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re back with this club favorite, Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens.\u00a0 NVPS frequently visits this destination at this time of year because the lotus flowers and water lilies are in bloom.\u00a0 If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":21664,"template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"America\/New_York","_EventStartDate":"2021-07-10 08:00:00","_EventEndDate":"2021-07-10 11:00:00","_EventStartDateUTC":"2021-07-10 12:00:00","_EventEndDateUTC":"2021-07-10 15:00:00","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"prefix","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[158,164],"class_list":["post-21661","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-activities","tribe_events_cat-field-trips","cat_activities","cat_field-trips","entry","has-media"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21675,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/21661\/revisions\/21675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21661"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=21661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}