Bird Watchers

[TexasTraveler]

 

[ggiese]

Crappy iPhone pic of a couple of Dark Eyed Juncos. They are so freaking cute. They spend most of their time running around pecking at the ground. And when they do fly, they just don't seem to be in complete control .

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Your Junco's are way cooler looking than ours are. These are the Dark Eyed Junco's in our area - but they're not been around for the summer season. Won't see them again until the snow flies.

 

[lherzolite]

Your Junco's are way cooler looking than ours are. These are the Dark Eyed Junco's in our area - but they're not been around for the summer season. Won't see them again until the snow flies.

Very cool! They are here year round here, and provide a lot of entertainment.

 

[LeWhite]

Blue Jay's dont come around here too often

 

[ggiese]

I have just been made aware of programs sold by Topaz - DeNoise, Sharpen and Gigapixel. Holy crap! It cleans up the noise, sharpens the pictures and can blow up the number of pixels of a photo so that it can be printed on large media. Putting some of my photos through the process is creating stunning differences…



An after shot…. Trying to find the before

 

[ggiese]

Here's a "before" shot I took this morning (I thought it was spring!)


...and the "after" the DeNoise and Sharpen were applied.

 

[kann]

Wow, that's a big difference!

 

[ggiese]

Wow, that's a big difference!

The hummingbird photo w/noise.



And without (after processing by Topaz DeNoise)



Close up of wing (with noise)...



And processed through Topaz...

 

[ggiese]

I've never seen one of these before (that I know of...) - a Double Crested Cormorant.

 

[ggiese]

Just had a pair of Tufted Titmouse show up at the feeders. Not sure I’ve ever seen those around before. Or maybe I’ve mistaken them as immature cardinals (kinda struck me at first that it’s what they might be)?

 

[smellysell]

The hummingbird photo w/noise.

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And without (after processing by Topaz DeNoise)

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Close up of wing (with noise)...

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And processed through Topaz...
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Wow, is that a separate program from Photoshop/Lightroom, or an add on?

 

[ggiese]

Wow, is that a separate program from Photoshop/Lightroom, or an add on?

It’s both an add-on the Lightroom or it’s standalone. I’m using it as a standalone.

 

[smellysell]

It’s both an add-on the Lightroom or it’s standalone. I’m using it as a standalone.

Thanks for spending my money!

 

[jfields]

Just had a pair of Tufted Titmouse show up at the feeders. Not sure I’ve ever seen those around before. Or maybe I’ve mistaken them as immature cardinals (kinda struck me at first that it’s what they might be)?
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I love them!! Sassy little guys with quite the personality!

 

[ChuckJr]

Just had a pair of Tufted Titmouse show up at the feeders. Not sure I’ve ever seen those around before. Or maybe I’ve mistaken them as immature cardinals (kinda struck me at first that it’s what they might be)?
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I related my Tufted Titmouse tale back in post #7, and yep your pic is what we saw.

 

[ggiese]

I related my Tufted Titmouse tale back in post #7, and yep your pic is what we saw.

Not that there was not a snicker from momma and I when Merlin told us the birds were titmouse….

 

[ggiese]

Caught some shots of a Cedar Waxwing at the Chicago Botanic Garden last week. Really could not tell what type of bird I'd photographed until I processed the photos later.

 

[thinde]

Caught some shots of a Cedar Waxwing at the Chicago Botanic Garden last week. Really could not tell what type of bird I'd photographed until I processed the photos later.

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Beautiful bird, one of my favorites to see in the wild. They are not often seen in Ct but all over the place in the NY Adirondacks.

 

[ggiese]

Red Tail Hawk down the street from my house sunning himself!

 

[ggiese]