{"id":98591,"date":"2021-05-24T04:42:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T10:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=98591"},"modified":"2021-05-24T06:59:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:59:03","slug":"displaying-yellow-headed-blackbird-and-a-ghoulish-apparition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/24\/displaying-yellow-headed-blackbird-and-a-ghoulish-apparition\/","title":{"rendered":"Displaying Yellow-headed Blackbird And A Ghoulish Apparition"},"content":{"rendered":"

You never know what you’ll find, or see for the first time, when you go back and look at older images.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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1\/2000, f\/6.3, ISO 500, Canon 7D, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

This photo of a displaying male Yellow-headed blackbird was taken eleven years ago this month, probably at Farmington Bay WMA. I’d forgotten I even had it until yesterday when I stumbled across it while looking for something else. I think it’s an interesting behavioral shot of acceptable quality so I suspect the reason I’ve never posted it to my blog is because of the bleached-out cattail stems in the background. Eleven years ago I probably dismissed the image out of hand because I thought they were too white and distracting. If so I’ve changed my mind.<\/p>\n

When I’m processing an image for posting to my blog I have to pay a lot of attention to detail. Last night while I was processing this one something jumped out at me that I’d never noticed before – an apparition of a menacing ghost or ghoul skull in the plumage of the blackbird above and to the right of his tail.<\/p>\n

Do you see it? Did you see it before I pointed it out? Once I saw it I couldn’t unsee it. Even this morning, 12 hours later after a reasonably good night’s sleep and two cups of coffee, it’s the first thing I notice when I look at the image.<\/p>\n

I’m not saying that’s a good thing or a bad thing, it just is. And I found it interesting enough to share.<\/p>\n

Who knows, maybe I’m the only one who sees it. Won’t be the\u00a0 first time.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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You never know what you’ll find, or see for the first time, when you go back and look at older images.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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