{"id":137012,"date":"2023-06-03T04:26:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T10:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=137012"},"modified":"2023-06-03T16:41:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T22:41:10","slug":"no-more-magpie-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/03\/no-more-magpie-hats\/","title":{"rendered":"No More Magpie Hats"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least not for now.<\/p>\n

I’ve taken a lot of ribbing over the years because the natural place to pose someone for a photo in my fairly small home is in front of my fireplace. The result was usually someone…<\/p>\n

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Daughter Shannon and me<\/em><\/p>\n

wearing a magpie hat.<\/p>\n

This magpie photo is one of my favorite images and I had a print of it hanging over my fireplace for years so many of my family and some of my friends have worn magpie hats. It became a well-worn joke around here. And on Feathered Photography.<\/p>\n

But no more, at least not for a good long while.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday, in the same spot over my fireplace, I hung a 36″ x 25″ print of a Forster’s Tern coming out of the water after diving on a fish – the same image I posted to my blog five days ago. So now, if your photo is taken in my home you’ll likely be wearing a tern toupee instead of a magpie hat.<\/p>\n

I know, that’s a lotta blue up there but I like it. It almost seems like I have a window to a pond or wetland right in my living room, complete with a beautiful bird and its reflection in a spectacular pose. I’m always a little embarrassed when that old (overexposed) 70’s chair on the right shows up in photos on my blog but it’s the most comfortable place to sit in my living room so I’m more than a little reluctant to toss it. Yeah I know, Archie Bunker-ish.<\/p>\n

I can be a slow learner but I’ve finally figured out that I don’t have to have glass in front of my framed prints. I hate glare on the protective glass in front of my prints so with this one there isn’t any glass. Or glare, none at all. One of the advantages of being the photographer is that if the print is ever damaged I can replace it easily and cheaply. I considered using museum quality glass in front of this print but that stuff still has some glare and it isn’t cheap. If I’d taken that option it would have added $120 to the overall price of the framed print, effectively doubling its price. Thanks but no thanks.<\/p>\n

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For those who didn’t see it in my earlier blog post, here’s a better look at the tern photo.<\/p>\n

In recent years I’ve rotated three prints over my fireplace but with the tern print there will now be four in the rotation. The other three are below.<\/p>\n

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The afore mentioned and highly iridescent Black-billed Magpie with nesting material in its bill.<\/p>\n

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A Pied-billed Grebe in some of the most colorful water I’ve ever seen.<\/p>\n

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A male Short-eared Owl carrying a vole to his family in the nest.<\/p>\n

When I get tired of looking at one I’ll switch out to another. You know, variety being the spice of life and all that.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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Very late Addendum.<\/p>\n

A few minutes ago I got this request from Cheryl Anderson in a comment. I have time to grant her request so I will.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m a reader, so I\u2019m peering at your bookshelves. You don\u2019t happen to have a list of them to post, or a desire to photograph the spines, eh?”<\/em><\/p>\n

Cheryl, here’s a couple of photos of some of them. You should be able to read at least some of the titles but you’ll probably have to squint and tip your head to do so. My reading interests are heavily weighted toward nonfiction, mostly in the categories of historical\/political biographies, US history (Western history in particular), Dudley family history, Mormon history (I’m not Mormon but my ancestors on both sides were) and a fair number of Ed Abbey’s books (including some fiction of course).<\/p>\n

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At least not for now. (6 photos)<\/p>\n

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