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Archive For February 27 2018

A busy day in the garden

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…

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February 27 2018 Kevin Agar
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Processing for Birds – Workflow for Noise Reduction using Neat Image

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…

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February 27 2018 Kevin Agar
Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Neat Image , Noise Reduction , Photography , Photoshop

The Perch Saga

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…

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February 25 2018 Kevin Agar
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Attempt at getting better perches in the Garden

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…

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February 23 2018 Kevin B Agar
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A Disastrous Day

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…

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February 8 2018 Kevin Agar
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Processing for Birds – Sharpening halos and how to remove them

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…

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February 5 2018 Kevin Agar
Birds, Blog, Photoshop, Post ProcessingBirds , Photography , Photoshop , Post Processing , Sharpening halos

Bullfinch and Hawfinch

Last Updated on August 1, 2019 by Kevin B AgarBack to the cold and wet of the UK after the heat and light of India.  Fed the birds and even though it’s been 2 weeks they didn’t take long to appear.  Here are a couple of shots of Bullfinches that frequent our garden. Got a…

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February 2 2018 Kevin Agar
Birds, BlogBirds , bullfinch , Hawfinch , Photography

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