{"id":1710,"date":"2025-05-22T18:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/?p=1710"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T10:15:04","slug":"my-photo-won-the-echo-award-on-view-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/my-photo-won-the-echo-award-on-view-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"My photo won the Echo Award on View Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1711\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/echo.jpg?resize=350%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/echo.jpg?w=350 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/echo.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/echo.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/echo.jpg?resize=100%2C100 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the message that I received from View Bug.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Echo Award<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your photo just earned the Echo Award\u2014Some photos don\u2019t fade\u2014they echo. This award celebrates a photo that keeps making waves long after it was posted. Whether it\u2019s the emotion, the light, or the story behind it\u2014this image continues to inspire, spark curiosity, and draw in new viewers. You\u2019ve created something that lasts. Let it echo.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations! This photo unlocked the Echo Award\u2014recognizing the quiet power of an image that keeps resonating. First photo or hundredth, this image is proof that your creativity continues to evolve and inspire. Every photo tells a new story. This one shines with your vision, heart, and curiosity.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the photo that won the award. It was taken in Zimbabwe when I lived there.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1712\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/105038284_medium.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/105038284_medium.jpg?w=680 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/charlesray-author.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/105038284_medium.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the message that I received from View Bug. Echo Award\u00a0 Your photo just earned the Echo Award\u2014Some photos don\u2019t fade\u2014they echo. This award celebrates a photo that keeps making waves long after it was posted. Whether it\u2019s the emotion, the light, or the story behind it\u2014this image continues to inspire, spark curiosity, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/my-photo-won-the-echo-award-on-view-bug\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My photo won the Echo Award on View Bug&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[129],"tags":[23,197,213],"class_list":["post-1710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-photography","tag-portraits","tag-view-bug"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8YXbm-rA","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1713,"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710\/revisions\/1713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/charlesray-author.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}