Post your Bird Portraits (2)

reggie35 wrote in post #19522584
Puffins at RSPB Bempton Cliffs

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Fantastic shot!

paul katinas wrote in post #19522594
Great Crested Flycatcher
Happy trails.

Great capture!

robamy wrote in post #19522596

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2oCE​oCn Female Oriole in the stream by A & R Photography, on Flickr

Beautiful capture!

cancan7 wrote in post #19522616
black-naped tern chick

Excellent captures!

recrisp wrote in post #19522629
High as a Kite...

Wonderful image!

Rob L wrote in post #19522825
Yellow bellied woodpecker posing.

I knew I should have stayed away from the local Pawn shop yesterday. Now got a new play toy lens to sort out. Walked in and their set this cute little (or big) Sigma 150-500 that had my name on it.

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Great shot!

Thank you, SOGS!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19522666
Beautifully captured American Dipper shot, Kevin! Very sharp, image.

Maybe too sharp, I'm still wresting with the changes to the topaz suite.

Dippers are my fallback subject. On days when the eagles, osprey, and heron don't come out to play the dippers and God forbid ducks keep me from coming home empty handed.

gonzogolf wrote in post #19522890
Maybe too sharp, I'm still wresting with the changes to the topaz suite.

Dippers are my fallback subject. On days when the eagles, osprey, and heron don't come out to play the dippers and God forbid ducks keep me from coming home empty handed.

I too am not sure how happy I am with the most recent updates of topaz sharpen AI. I try to stick with Topaz DeNoise. It usually sharpens just enough, and if I need more, I'll often do it in Lightroom.

K9Kirk wrote in post #19522756
Edited roseate spoonbill.

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Truly an outstanding capture of the Roseate Spoonbill, Kirk!

cancan7 wrote in post #19522780
more black-naped terns. birders in Singapore rent bumboats at this time of the year to shoot the terns nests at rocks offshore

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Both these close-up captures of the Black-naped Terns are A-Number-1 shots, cancan7

fotoi wrote in post #19522783
Resting Wood duck

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Beautiful resting Wood Duck capture, fotoi!

sixtygp wrote in post #19522802
White faced ibis

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Lovely portrait shot of the White-faced Ibis, Matt!

avondale87 wrote in post #19522733
So sweet Mike and beautiful close up capture.

Many thanks, Richard. They truly are the cutest when they are newly hatched.

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19522905
Truly an outstanding capture of the Roseate Spoonbill, Kirk!

Both these close-up captures of the Black-naped Terns are A-Number-1 shots, cancan7

Beautiful resting Wood Duck capture, fotoi!

Lovely portrait shot of the White-faced Ibis, Matt!

Thank you.

Lesser goldfinch

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19522904
I too am not sure how happy I am with the most recent updates of topaz sharpen AI. I try to stick with Topaz DeNoise. It usually sharpens just enough, and if I need more, I'll often do it in Lightroom.

I'm using the photo AI more than anything else. The conspiracy theorist in me thinks they intentionally tanked sharpen and denoise so they could integrate the functions into the new program. Usually it doesn't oversharpen but this last dipper was borderline oversharpened.

Archibald wrote in post #19522775
That happens! "deleted it" - what is it? The post? You can just Edit the post and replace the photo.

The new photo looks great.

I tried that but it said I had to delete the photo from my gallery first, and when I did the whole post disappeared. That never happened before. Anyways, that's why I started a new one. And thanks!

Lame-Duck wrote in post #19522905
Truly an outstanding capture of the Roseate Spoonbill, Kirk!

Both these close-up captures of the Black-naped Terns are A-Number-1 shots, cancan7

Beautiful resting Wood Duck capture, fotoi!

Lovely portrait shot of the White-faced Ibis, Matt!

Thanks, Mike.

sogs wrote in post #19522829
Fantastic shot!

Great capture!

Beautiful capture!

Excellent captures!

Wonderful image!

Great shot!

Thank you Sogs.

Sandpiper over Memorial Pond in Walpole MA

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oriental pied hornbill with a chicken drumlet

Young Downy Woodpecker. The parents were feeding it and one other from the suet cake.