{"id":1329,"date":"2009-12-09T20:39:36","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T01:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2009-12-10T11:14:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T16:14:07","slug":"corrected-version-of-boy-scout-creek-crossing-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/09\/corrected-version-of-boy-scout-creek-crossing-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jim Beam Corrected Version of Boy Scout Creek Crossing Photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bovardscout2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bovardscout2-333x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bovardscout2\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bovardscout2-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/bovardscout2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>{click on photo for full-size version}<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnar.org\"><strong>Tom Blanton <\/strong><\/a>emailed me: &#8220;I&#8217;ve discovered a new tool in Photoshop that reveals things in pictures that couldn&#8217;t be seen before. Check out this new version of your scout picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Never expected to see this<a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/03\/my-pre-anarchist-motif\/\"><strong> photo<\/strong><\/a> hit by a &#8220;truth squad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This helps explain why I failed the final exam for Temperance Merit Badge. *<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it also explains why I did well some years later when required to walk a straight line&#8230; and didn\u2019t have to carry along my buddy Jim Beam for the performance. <\/p>\n<p>[* True story: My great-grandmother was a founding member of the Women&#8217;s Christian Temperance Union.  I reckon the Bovard clan has mellowed since her time&#8230; or maybe &#8220;pickled&#8221; is a more accurate verb.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{click on photo for full-size version} Tom Blanton emailed me: &#8220;I&#8217;ve discovered a new tool in Photoshop that reveals things in pictures that couldn&#8217;t be seen before. 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