I made a quick trip out to the wetlands. There was some nice light and mist, and I was able to get some landscape shots and panoramas. I was lucky enough to spot a group of large white birds take off in the distance, and get my camera ready fast enough to capture them with a nice backdrop. They turned out to be Great Egrets with a Snowy Egret among them! Based on recent sightings in the area I'm pretty sure it's the same individual Snowy Egret I saw here in December.
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My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
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2:32PM Monday January 29, 2024
Great EgretLightroom Classics's built-in AI denoise feature did a better job on this RAW file than DxO PureRAW, although the detail on the bird, when pixel-peeping, isn't quite as good.
2:32PM Monday January 29, 2024
Great EgretLightroom Classics's built-in AI denoise feature did a better job on this RAW file than DxO PureRAW, although the detail on the bird, when pixel-peeping, isn't quite as good.
2:32PM Monday January 29, 2024
Great EgretLightroom Classics's built-in AI denoise feature did a better job on this RAW file than DxO PureRAW, although the detail on the bird, when pixel-peeping, isn't quite as good.
2:33PM Monday January 29, 2024
I used Photoshop's generative fill feature to paint over a house. The house wasn't too prominent in the first place but the scene looks more natural without it.
2:33PM Monday January 29, 2024
I used Photoshop's generative fill feature to paint over a house. The house wasn't too prominent in the first place but the scene looks more natural without it.
2:50PM Monday January 29, 2024
Northern Harrier, Red-tailed HawkAt one point I took a detour to get closer to the hawk that ended up perched in this tree. I was hoping it was a Rough-legged Hawk, but it was just a Red-tailed.
2:50PM Monday January 29, 2024
Northern Harrier, Red-tailed HawkI watched the Harrier mob the Hawk for a minute but nothing too dramatic happened.
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