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<\/p>\nI don’t have a lot of “oomph” in me right now so the bird\u00a0portion of this post will be brief. I don’t like to inject too much personal stuff into my\u00a0blog but when it begins to affect Feathered Photography I feel like I should\u00a0come clean.<\/p>\n
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1\/4000, f\/6.3, ISO 640, Canon 7D Mark II,\u00a0Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n I spent part of yesterday morning on Antelope Island where this Western Meadowlark was the only bird I was able to get photos of I liked. Part of the reason it appeals to me is the spring-green of the greasewood perch as a refreshing alternative to the sagebrush they’re usually perched on. It wasn’t in a\u00a0singing mood and I didn’t get any takeoff shots but it was very comfortable with me up close and I like the\u00a0resulting detail.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’d been feeling poorly for a couple of days and while I had this\u00a0meadowlark in my viewfinder I realized that whatever was going on was getting worse fast so I actually left the bird in place and headed for home. By early afternoon it was bad enough that I knew I had to get to the bottom of it quickly\u00a0so I spent the rest of the afternoon in the ER of my local hospital. After hours of testing the\u00a0results were inconclusive – my\u00a0symptoms may have been\u00a0the result of a “virus I picked up or my chronic\u00a0high blood pressure\u00a0or both”. After modifying my hypertension meds\u00a0they sent me home, partly because I was beginning to feel somewhat better.<\/p>\n This morning I’m still feeling pretty rocky\u00a0so the “bird portion” of this post is abbreviated and without the detail I usually go into. At this rate recovery may take several more days so my posts may be short and if I don’t post at all on some mornings don’t be alarmed. I’m going to have to play this one by ear. And to top it all off I’m scheduled for an epidural later today at a surgical center to try to deal with some of the chronic and worsening symptoms of my bad back.<\/p>\n When it rains it pours…<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n Note: I feel very uncomfortable going into all this personal stuff on my blog but I knew that if the\u00a0nature of Feathered Photography changed significantly\u00a0(or I didn’t post at all for a few days) long-time readers would worry about what’s going on. I figured being up front would be the best way to address it.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don’t have a lot of “oomph” in me right now so the bird portion of this post will be brief. I don’t like to inject too much personal stuff into my blog but when it begins to affect Feathered Photography I feel like I should come clean.<\/p>\n