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<\/p>\nI figured my readers deserve to know one of the reasons I’ve been posting so many older photos lately. Don’t expect quality images today – this post is about failure. And frustration.<\/p>\n
In the last three weeks I’ve only been out on a bird photography trip one time, mostly because of bad weather, clouds, fog, smog and poor light. It’s been dismal around here. In those three weeks there have been two mornings where the forecast was for clouds but it turned out to be beautiful – but by that time of course it was too late for me to go. It’s been maddening as hell.<\/p>\n
But early yesterday morning when it was still pitch black outside one weather site (the ironically named Accuweather) was predicting a sunny morning and another one said it would be mostly sunny so I headed for Bear River MBR in the dark, a 90 minute drive for me.<\/p>\n
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This is what greeted me when the sun came up at Bear River – fog and clouds! And for much of the morning the fog was significantly denser than this. The light was dismal for the entire day.<\/p>\n
The only “luck” I had all morning (besides bad luck) was finding an interesting bird in the tree we see in this photo. This photo was taken a few seconds after it flew off – it had been perched on one of the far-right tree branches at mid-height.<\/p>\n
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This is it, a Barn Owl wet from the fog. Though I was delighted to see the owl the photo reflects the conditions it was taken in – poor light and fog. And the busy setting doesn’t help. For me the only real value of the photo is documentary.<\/p>\n Our winter inversions are unhealthy and downright depressing. The forecast for next week is for some improvement but as you probably know by now I have zero confidence in forecasts so we’ll just have to see how it all plays out.<\/p>\n And to think that our politicians are pushing, successfully so far, for yet another Winter Olympics here in Salt Lake City. If I were a tourist or a sports fan I sure wouldn’t spend big bucks to visit the valleys of northern Utah in winter.<\/p>\n But if I did I’d bring my own air.<\/p>\n Ron<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I figured my readers deserve to know one of the reasons I’ve been posting so many older photos lately.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/barn-owl-6732b-ron-dudley.jpg\" "\\"barn-owl-6732b-ron-dudley\\"")
1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 1250, 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