Search results

I made a trip to a local Audubon sanctuary yesterday for the first time in over a year. The Pup and I have visited there several times over the last few years. Normally we have gone in late fall, winter without getting a lot of decent photos. I decided to try it during spring, as the...

These prothonotary warblers are relatively rare in our area. There were quite a few nesting in the Francis Beidler Forest. This is an Audubon sanctuary nearby that has quite a bit of boardwalks over a Tupelo, Cypress swamp. I've been several times over the last several years, and this the most...

Did someone say grackle?

I did bum the Pup's 5600 with 70-300 and took a few at effective 450mm. Just wish I'd had my 200-500 with me.

The laughing gulls were very active today.

The Pup and I got up early and made it down to a state park on the ocean. Got some good laughing gull pictures, and then decided to stop by the boneyard beach on the way back. I decided not to bring all my gear with me, since I would just be taking pictures of the trees in the surf. Near the end...

Maxwell Smart drove a Sunbeam in "Get Smart".

I thought this was going to involve an antique British car.

Lots of rumors out there. Latest I am seeing is an announcement later this week, 26 Apr. Most rumors say it will have the same sensor as the Z9 at 45.7 MP. It is also supposed to be about the same form as the current Z6 or Z7. Pricing estimated at somewhere under the $4K mark and shipping...

Another important piece pf information is your budget. While the top of the line flagship camera bodies may have a lot of capabilities and ruggedness, they are not always the best fit for every photographer, regardless of the capability of their wallet. Are you a technically oriented person...

Nice Fred. I assume you did that in PS.

Not sure I can replace the sky smoothly given all the sky peeking through the tree branches. At least not at my level of skill.

I took this photo at a local abbey. It is a beautiful spot on the Cooper river. I have done a lot of diving in the river near this old plantation turned into basically a retirement home for monks. Anyway, I love the look of this small body of water on the grounds. In the RAW file the sky is very...

I didn't watch the video either. My conclusions were based on running a couple images through both. From my limited experience, I think that LR denoise is very good, and has a slightly more natural look than Topaz. LR does, however, lose some detail in the process and is extremely slow. If you...

I've had the RAM upgrade for over a month now. It has not substantially increased the speed of LR, but it has cured the issue with the intermittent running extremely slowly and locking up. I think I can live with it at this point, but when I next have to replace this computer, I will probably...

I have owned and used a number of them myself. I'm old enough to remember hearing them come over the intercom at school and announce that President Kennedy had been shot. Unfortunately, I lived in the wrong part of the world to have seen the first Dr Who episode air two days later.

On a more serious note, I dug through some pictures I took earlier this year and found a suitable, noisy photograph. I processed it without noise reduction. Here is a heavy crop of it. And here is the same photo run through Topaz Denoise AI then editing in LR with copy and paste of the edits...

I think calmer is correctly spelled. It's just the "e" is poorly written. "Fnid" is not a word, I think you'll find.

For context my wife's name is Denise, and I would love to make a humorous comment on this, but I enjoy living too much.