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A busy day in the garden

I 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 Spotted Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Nuthatch, Ring-necked…

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

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 use the Photoshop plugin of Neat Image and this is…

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

The Perch Saga

The 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 one of the perches. A step in the right…

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

Decided 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 had before. Placed them near to the feeders and…

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February 23 2018 Kevin B Agar
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A Disastrous Day

I 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 the hide and when I turned back to my…

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

  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 the bill. This can easily be removed in Photoshop…

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

Bullfinch and Hawfinch

Back 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 phone call from a friend asking if I fancied…

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

Greater or Lesser Sand Plover?

I seem to have problems with identifying Sand Plovers.  Even reading about the differences it’s still very difficult.  Here are 2 shots that I originally IDed as Greater Sand Plovers but after posting them on Flickr they were questioned.  Looking at them more closely you can see the small differences.  The Lesser Sand Plover has…

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January 31 2018 Kevin Agar
Birds, BlogBirds , Goa , Holidays , Photography

A trip to Goa and Birds of Goa gallery now completed

The 1st few days were overcast and the temperature didn’t get too high, the rest of the time was extremely hot with no clouds Generally  I did most photography during the 500m walk to the beach along a quiet lane and sat on a sunbed. I had one morning trip out to the largest lake…

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January 29 2018 Kevin Agar
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Updated Birds of Goa Gallery

26/01/18 Added over 40 images into Birds of Goa and Recent Photographs, Also added another image to the slide show on the home page.  Still more to add and I will post a notice when I’ve completed the Birds of Goa gallery.  Here’s a small collection from the gallery © 2003-2025 Kevin B Agar

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January 26 2018 Kevin Agar
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