{"id":127164,"date":"2023-01-11T05:37:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=127164"},"modified":"2023-01-11T07:17:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:17:03","slug":"rock-out-with-your-hawk-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/11\/rock-out-with-your-hawk-out\/","title":{"rendered":"“Rock Out with your Hawk Out”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just checking in.<\/p>\n

It’s been a week since I’ve posted to my blog and 25 days since I’ve been anywhere other than one of my local ponds for bird photography, so I figured it’s past time to let my readers know I’m still alive and kicking. I’ve been AWOL as a direct result of seemingly endless morning medical appointments, combined with something like six weeks of almost constant inclement weather and very poor light for photography.<\/p>\n

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This photo, taken yesterday morning in the parking lot of my dermatologist, summarizes my predicament in a nutshell. That morning I’d had an appointment with my physical therapist at 8:00 AM and an appointment with my dermatologist at 10:00 to have a bunch of actinic keratoses (scaly spots or patches on the top layer of skin) removed from my face, head and neck. I had about 15 of them removed (frozen) so if any of my local readers see me in the next couple of weeks you’ll understand why my new and hopefully temporary moniker is “Scarface”.<\/p>\n

As you’ve probably already guessed, my motivation for taking this photo was the decal in the back window of the Honda minivan. In my ignorance I thought it was a falconry-related decal so I took the photo because it was my first opportunity to take a bird-related photo in over a week (I know, I’m desperate). I was also thinking that the car’s owner might be in my dermatologist’s waiting room so I might have an opportunity for a short but interesting conversation with a falconer.<\/p>\n

But it turns out that the decal is the title of a rap “song” by Ken Lawrence,<\/a><\/span><\/span> “a nerdcore rapper who purports to be the late theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking”. The song’s title has apparently been purloined by Seattle Seahawk fans. So no, I never had that conversation with a falconer in the doctor’s office.<\/p>\n

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But the photo is also indicative of our recent sketchy weather and my bad timing. As cloudy as it was, this was some of the better light we’ve had in weeks. But of course I was tied up with appointments so once again I couldn’t go out shooting that morning.<\/p>\n

More than anything, today’s post is a plea to my readers to not give up on me. I’m very slowly feeling better after my recent back surgery and our weather can’t(?) stay poopy forever. So I have what I hope are realistic expectations to get out in the field and start posting to my blog more often and very soon.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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“Rock Out with your Hawk Out”<\/p>\n

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