Down at the jetty, again at the coast, there was a small variety of birds. I got some decent shots but mostly just enjoyed watching the Black Oystercatchers get bothered by a Great Blue Heron, there was a small group of Least Sandpiper, and a Black Phoebe.

I'm still learning how best to use Lightoom and the Topaz Labs software. It seems I'm having the best results by first processing my images with DxO PureRAW, which does a nice job of removing noise without generating strange artifacts in places or sharpening areas that are outside the depth of field (unlike Topaz Sharpen AI). I can then use Topaz Sharpen AI to selectively sharpen just the bird itself.

The lighthouse shot is a focus-stacked image of two shots, which I shot handheld and auto-aligned in Photoshop.

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My "birds in review" collages can be found here.