{"id":165113,"date":"2024-11-01T06:15:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=165113"},"modified":"2024-11-01T07:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T13:47:31","slug":"catching-up-the-good-the-bad-and-the-in-between","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/01\/catching-up-the-good-the-bad-and-the-in-between\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Up &#8211; The Good, The Bad And The In-between"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Stuff&#8217; has been going on. Some of it&#8217;s below, in no particular order.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"165117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/01\/catching-up-the-good-the-bad-and-the-in-between\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,643\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1730433142&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"halloween candy 2341 ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-165117 size-full\" title=\"halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/halloween-candy-2341-ron-dudley-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apparently, traditional Halloween is now dead in my neighborhood. When I bought my house 34 years ago, I could count on throngs of trick-or treaters ringing my doorbell and that tradition continued unabated for perhaps two decades. Since then the number of trick-or-treaters at my door has steadily declined. Last year on Halloween my doorbell only rang once and last night I didn&#8217;t have a single trick-or-treater, nor did I see or hear any outside. Oh well, at least I only buy candy I like.<\/li>\n<li>This week (Oct. 27) marks the nine-year anniversary of daughter Shannon&#8217;s accident and resulting traumatic brain injury (TBI). Shannon steadfastly insists on celebrating the anniversary (with gusto I might add) instead of dreading its approach. She sees each anniversary as a reason to celebrate her miraculous recovery rather than as a depressing and somber milestone of a tragic event. I&#8217;m immensely proud of her.<\/li>\n<li>At this point I&#8217;m still scheduled to have cataract surgery on my nearly completely dysfunctional right eye at the Moran Eye Center on November 18. If there&#8217;s a cancellation there&#8217;s a distinct possibility it&#8217;ll happen earlier. I&#8217;m looking forward to being able to see out of that eye again. I&#8217;m not looking forward to pre-surgery fasting on that day, including no morning coffee, especially if the surgery doesn&#8217;t happen until late in the day.<\/li>\n<li>I learned last night that a friend of a dear friend was in a tragic car accident recently. Her injuries are almost beyond belief, including 30 broken bones, but so far she survives. Her long-term outlook is grim. Even though I only met her once (I think) years ago, her accident and her prognosis are weighing heavily on me. Be careful out there folks, especially when you&#8217;re behind the wheel.<\/li>\n<li>On a much less depressing note, in the last few weeks my bad back has improved significantly, 25 months after my 4-level spinal fusion. I&#8217;ve been doing things I thought I might never be able to do again. I can&#8217;t tell you how relieved I am. I still expect ups and downs but for the first time in years I have hopes and expectations of, among other things, being able to walk some distance while carrying my tripod and camera gear. Something most bird photographers probably take for granted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"165116\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/01\/catching-up-the-good-the-bad-and-the-in-between\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;RON DUDLEY&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1729482637&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bison 9534 corrupted ron dudley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-165116 size-full\" title=\"bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley\" src=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley.jpg 900w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apparently one of my backup cameras, my Canon 7D Mark II, is dying. The last three times I&#8217;ve used it about 15% of my photos look something like this. It appears to be corrupted files but I don&#8217;t know the cause. Any thoughts?<\/li>\n<li>I haven&#8217;t been posting to my blog as often as usual lately for a variety of reasons including bad shooting weather, a lack of birds in many of my typical shooting haunts, bad timing involving other pressing things getting in the way and not being able to see out of my shooting eye. I haven&#8217;t been in the field with camera in hand for 11 days and I&#8217;ve been missing it. But yesterday I saw my first Bald Eagle of the winter here in the city. At least I&#8217;m about 93.58% sure it was a Bald Eagle but it was far away and there&#8217;s a possibility it was an Osprey. Either way, I&#8217;m encouraged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Soon our winter birds should be picking up and the author of Feathered Photography should be able to see again. Always a good combination when bird photography is involved.<\/p>\n<p>Ron<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Stuff&#8217; has been going on.\u00a0 (2 photos)<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/01\/catching-up-the-good-the-bad-and-the-in-between\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":165116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_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":[334],"tags":[2808,5647,7672,7669,7673,7670],"class_list":["post-165113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds","tag-canon-7d-markii","tag-cataract-surgery","tag-corrupted-photo-files","tag-halloween-trick-or-treeters","tag-moran-eye-center","tag-traumatic-brain-injury-tbi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/bison-9534-corrupted-ron-dudley.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1zzJh-GX7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165113"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165148,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165113\/revisions\/165148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}