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Birds are so few and far between at present here. However, a Meadow Pipit flew by and I got a quick shot in full flight and one as it landed. It was too far away for 500mm on the R5 so I upscaled 4x in Topaz. I use the high fidelity setting as you can see too many artefacts in the low resolution setting and the images look plasticky.

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#28,751
AlanF said:
Birds are so few and far between at present here. However, a Meadow Pipit flew by and I got a quick shot in full flight and one as it landed. It was too far away for 500mm on the R5 so I upscaled 4x in Topaz. I use the high fidelity setting as you can see too many artefacts in the low resolution setting and the images look plasticky.

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Another couple of beautiful shots! This is Gigapixel AI?
 
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Click said:
Alan, you are still an excellent photographer. What's more, you're a very knowledgeable person, I read all your posts and I learn a lot from you.
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Without a doubt, Alan is one of the few who consistently share impressive shots, knows about the dragonflies and birds as well as the technical math side of things which sadly I didn't care about learning when I was in school. I've learned a lot from his posts - even though I think my brain is not as quick to understand as when I was young.
 
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AlanF said:
It's not so much that the Pipit in flight is beautiful, it's that at my age I can still move fast enough to get the shot!
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As usually you are very right! I hope in your age (in comparasing to my age it's a small difference BTW:)) I still will be able to take a photos like you!
 
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Today it was catastrophic for the birds: I have not been on that place in this time of the Year (and after 2018 but it's very different talk: I was thinking I got lost! Huge changes!). First one is what I did today (and I +/- tried!!!:ROFLMAO:), after that some photos of the White-faced Ibis taken with D7200/Nikkor 200-500 in JUNE 2018 almost the same time of the day! - totally different light! The guys who know the Glossy Ibis will see the difference easy: red eye, red naked skin between the base of the bill and the eye - both features are not present in the Glossy!

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ISv said:
Today it was catastrophic for the birds: I have not been on that place in this time of the Year (and after 2018 but it's very different talk: I was thinking I got lost! Huge changes!). First one is what I did today (and I +/- tried!!!:ROFLMAO:), after that some photos of the White-faced Ibis taken with D7200/Nikkor 200-500 in JUNE 2018 almost the same time of the day! - totally different light! The guys who know the Glossy Ibis will see the difference easy: red eye, red naked skin between the base of the bill and the eye - both features are not present in the Glossy!

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Looks like unlucky light today, but lovely shots from before. Hope you can go back soon!
 
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