Archive For February 27, 2018
Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B AgarI spent an hour watching the birds in the garden yesterday and was surprised at the number of different species that I saw. Here’s a list of everything I saw Blackbird, Blackcap, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Brambling, Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Great Tit, Greenfinch, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great…
Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B Agar I decided to write a description of my noise reduction workflow in the hope that it helps someone. I don’t do any noise reduction in Lightroom or Photoshop as I don’t think they are very good. Just my opinion and others will probably disagree. I…
Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B AgarThe perches are now being used but not on a regular basis. Spent half an hour trying to get shots of the Bullfinches on them but they wouldn’t play. Whilst waiting 3 Long-tailed Tits made a brief appearance and I did manage to get one on…
Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B AgarDecided that I needed to get some decent perches set up in the garden to try and get some decent shots of the Bullfinches and the Goldcrest. Managed to get some branches from the local wood that although not perfect are a lot better than I…
Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B AgarI took a trip to Adel Dam yesterday. Weather was cold at -2C but the sun was out with blue skies. Took a few shots of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Robins and Mallards along with a few others. I was talking to some other people in…
Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B Agar Whenever we sharpen images we run the risk of introducing halos, especially when there is a big transition from light to dark. This can be seen clearly in the following image There is a white halo that is particularly noticeable on the dark tail and…