I enjoyed these recent birding walks. I didn't see anything super rare, but I did finally clearly hear my first Mountain Quail. And I took my best-ever photos of a Hutton's Vireo and a female Lazuli Bunting.
I used Photoshop to remove some background and foreground distractions from several of the photos below. Lightroom Classic now has Adobe's "Generative Fill" feature built in, which is nice because it eliminates an export/re-import step I was doing previously. Some photos, like the female Lazuli Bunting shot, still require going into Photoshop to more cleanly remove a background item that is directly behind the subject. Overall though I do feel like paying for my Adobe subscription has been great: it's a small amount every month, and Adobe continues to release updates and new features.
These photos are © 2024 Phil Thompson, all rights reserved.
My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
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3:15PM Wednesday May 22, 2024
Bald Eagle
3:15PM Wednesday May 22, 2024
Bald Eagle
3:18PM Wednesday May 22, 2024
Bald EagleThere were strong winds on this day down at the wetlands, and this young Bald Eagle was soaring in circles above. At one point it got pretty low and slowly floated directly above my head. I had to shoot straight up to get this shot!
3:18PM Wednesday May 22, 2024
Bald Eagle
9:27AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingThis is one shot that very nearly worked, but there is a tall distracting grass stem in the foreground.
9:27AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingI used Photoshop to combine several frames' worth of the bird to remove the grass stem in front of the bird, and "Generative Fill" feature to paint over the grass stem in front of the background areas.
9:27AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingI used Photoshop to combine several frames' worth of the bird to remove the grass stem in front of the bird, and "Generative Fill" feature to paint over the grass stem in front of the background areas.
9:27AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingThis is another of the frames with a tall distracting grass stem in the foreground.
9:27AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingThis is another of the frames with a tall distracting grass stem in the foreground.
9:27AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingThis is another of the frames with a tall distracting grass stem in the foreground.
9:31AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingI used Lightroom Classic's new "Generative AI" remove tool to paint over an American Goldfinch standing on the thistle at the top of the frame.
9:31AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli Bunting, American GoldfinchThe American Goldfinch was in a better pose here so I left it in.
9:32AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Common YellowthroatIt looks like the brood patch is visible here on her belly.
9:32AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Common Yellowthroat
9:32AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Common Yellowthroat
9:43AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Hammond's Flycatcher
9:43AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Hammond's Flycatcher
9:43AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli BuntingI used Photoshop's "Generative Fill" feature to remove a stem in the background that was directly behind the bird.
9:43AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Lazuli Bunting
9:49AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Hammond's Flycatcher
9:54AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Cooper's Hawk
9:54AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Cooper's Hawk
10:05AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope)This is my first keeper image of a Western Flycatcher after it was renamed from Pacific-slope Flycatcher and lumped with Cordilleran Flycatcher. This is a good time for me to write a script to update the tags for all my Pacific-slope shots.
10:22AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Western Kingbird
10:35AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
Black-headed Grosbeak
10:37AM Tuesday May 28, 2024
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8:43AM Wednesday May 29, 2024
Hutton's Vireo
8:43AM Wednesday May 29, 2024
Hutton's VireoThis Hutton's Vireo was down low in the vegetation on the side of the path. I waited a minute to see if it would move to a good perch for a photo... and it did! There wasn't much light but it didn't stand still for long enough for me to adjust my ISO. I was very lucky this came out sharp with its slow 1/500s shutter speed.
9:17AM Wednesday May 29, 2024
Pileated Woodpecker
9:46AM Wednesday May 29, 2024
9:46AM Wednesday May 29, 2024
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