The Brown Violetear is one of five species of hummingbird in the genus Colibri. They are characterized by patches of violet feathers, auriculars, covering the ear openings, hence their name. Large and fiercely territorial, these hummingbirds raise these patches when signaling to or fighting with others. This male was photographed during an intense stare-down while birding at La Florida, Bosque de Las Aves, at km 18, Colombia, November, 2025.

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AlanF said:

How do you know he is not a chatbot? Have you tried the Turing test?

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Yes I did. As you pointed out in another thread, @Del Paso failed on the difference between a MILC and a MILF. A chatbot would not fail that test .

The reason to stay home and taking opportunistic photos is the pretty unpredictable weather. The forecast for today was for 80% rain and eventually thunderstorms (up to now - 3:46 P.M. non of these). Same yesterday but at least there was some light rain. Day before it was only 40% chance for rain and I was prepared to go and went out. It started raining (light rain but still...)! So, today just a portrait from my lanai. Easy job and on top of that you are dry ! All recent photos (insects and this one) are handhold with support from the terrain.

Click said:

I like its inverted position.

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I think when they are freshly "hatched" they are always in that position: gravity is helping to pump body liquid into the wings in order to stretch and make them usable for flight. In that process the wings are very vulnerable to any branches, leafs e.t.c. that may touche and deform them.

How about corners for landscape?

P-visie said:

But @Del Paso’s intelligence is not artificial .

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How do you know he is not a chatbot? Have you tried the Turing test?

I like its inverted position.

And the second Papilio xuthus pupa "hatched". Tamron SP 90mm f2.8 macro (model F017).
It took 11 days.

On the bright side, GyroFlow is free, and is a plugin for use with your NLE. So it's not an extra step vs having to use standalone software (which first party absolutely would be). Not sure if there would be any blur artifacts (following 180° shutter) at all from this kind of stabilization, vs relying on it solely for digital stabilization (guaranteed blur).

Thank you for sharing, but that is very sad that even after 2 generations of R6, Canon still does not have a solution and we have to use 3rd party software. I am not a pro, for me even the original R6 is still good enough, pictures and colors are amazing if not better, however for video all those GOPs and other funcy stuff is not a substitution of proper IBIS. Not sure how this is not in every single review. GoPro or DJI all have some kind of digital, canon just a stabilization for photos. Who cares about your amazing video if it is wobly and ugly?

Click said:

Very colourful. Nicely done, AUGS.

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Thanks @Click

P-visie said:

But @Del Paso’s intelligence is not artificial .

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I'll never forget how kind you were to me!

AlanF said:

That's what ChatGPT said!

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But @Del Paso’s intelligence is not artificial .

Click said:

Cool series.

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Thanks, Click! These guys were too far away, and I almost trashed these images, but changed my mind as I thought it might make a cute story.

Very nice series. Well done!

Cool series.

I like layers of different shades. Happy New Year.

Del Paso said:

To sum it up: There is no free lunch...

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That's what ChatGPT said!

AlanF said:

I have how had a massive tutorial session with ChatGPT to answer this. The conclusion is: "Canon DGO is restricted to Cine EOS because it is architecturally incompatible with high-speed, high-resolution stills capture. It is not a feature being withheld; it is a feature whose physics conflict directly with the performance envelope stills cameras must satisfy."
And:

Why no manufacturer ships DGO in stills bodies​

It is not that it “does not work”.


It is that to make it work you would need to give up:

• burst rate,
• readout speed,
• power envelope,
• thermal envelope,
• AF responsiveness,
• electronic shutter usability.

That is a commercial non-starter for stills cameras.

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To sum it up: There is no free lunch...

A lot of interesting comments in that thread as well. Mapping the data will also be a challenge if the two ISO can be recorded fast enough.

Happy new year to everyone.

I think your best option is get back on to Delkin.

AlanF said:

I have how had a massive tutorial session with ChatGPT to answer this. The conclusion is: "Canon DGO is restricted to Cine EOS because it is architecturally incompatible with high-speed, high-resolution stills capture. It is not a feature being withheld; it is a feature whose physics conflict directly with the performance envelope stills cameras must satisfy."

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Higher dynamic range is possible without DGO, it needs a fast sensor to read out the low and high gain modes simultaneously. The partially stacked sensors in the Sony A7 V and Panasonic Lumix S1II can do this.
According to DPReview:
“Unlike existing dual conversion gain sensors, which could use either a low gain (high capacity) setting for low ISO and a high gain (lower noise but lower capacity) mode for high ISOs, the new sensors can do both, simultaneously. So you can capture the full capacity of the low gain mode but combine the cleaner shadow data of the high gain mode.
This process, which we suspect involves sample-and-hold capability in the more complex readout circuitry, takes longer than reading out just a single mode. As a result, it can only be conducted in the mechanical shutter modes, where the physical shutter stops any more light accumulating, giving you as much time as you need to read the sensor.”

See: https://www.dpreview.com/news/57886...cmos-sensors-boost-dynamic-range-breakthrough

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