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    nikonbill's "when I can post" 2024

    some more from the Cedar run inn garden The humming birds were just everywhere
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    nikonbill's "when I can post" 2024

    Well where does time go -- we recently made a trip to a sleepy little town called Cedar run PA just a few houses and a beautiful Inn run in the old fashioned way The Inn keeper loves humming birds, they have several feeders along the restaurant windows The antics of 30 humming birds in...
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    Vote for Weekly Photo Challenge Aug 21st - Aug 27th "Macro/Close-up"

    Thanks to all! - we were "upstate" and the photo was taken near the sidewalk at the east rim of the PA grand canyon. I had to google if caterpillars/butterfly's were in fact Insects thankfully they are, while doing that I learned of the "hairs" on my particular species were its defense...
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    Weekly Photo Challenge Aug 21st - Aug 27th "Macro/Close-up"

    Hickory Tussock Moth caterpillar - apparently it will give you a rash if you pick it up
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    Greetings from Thessaloniki, Greece

    Welcome - enjoy your new camera
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    OldFilmGuy - Hello!

    Welcome - hope you enjoy the site !
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    Vote for Weekly Photo Challenge July 31st - Aug 6th "Candy, Cookies or Cake"

    Thank you all - my wife said I should try another take but I ate the chocolate ones 🤣
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    Weekly Photo Challenge Aug 7th - Aug 13th "Photo with a Caption"

    I don't think so - it presents many opportunities for different styles of photography So snap a photo and think of a witty (or regular) caption
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    Weekly Photo Challenge July 31st - Aug 6th "Candy, Cookies or Cake"

    This was "challenging" but rewarding when done shooting :sneaky:
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    Vote for Weekly Photo Challenge July 24th - July 30th "Messy"

    Congratulations @Marilynne ! - a pretty cool mess
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    Not new, but absent for a while.

    Welcome back - cool on the track photos (I raced some local stuff many years ago) Have fun here great group
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    Topaz AI3

    Sounds good - glad it was helpful - Bill
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    Topaz AI3

    The screen shots are just that (poor resolution) but since they made adjustments to the program I find I can take the desired AI output almost always
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    Topaz AI3

    When Topaz AI3 is used as a plug in it opens into the screens shown, the only difference is the RAW denoise is not applied Here is the file opened as a plug in from Affinity Let me know if this is helpful - Bill
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    Topaz AI3

    next is available modules to apply You apply one or several or let the AI decide then add your own here is just sharpen or several, you can delete any you find not what you want or adjust the sliders on each one The photo I used here was pretty OK as it was, they have improved things to...
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    Topaz AI3

    @blackstar - let me know of an area I may not touch The opening screen you can drop photos in or browse Here is a RAW file opened - the RAW denoise is the only automatically applied setting, you can adjust many of its perimeters to suit your style this is "Auto" pretty subtle
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