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Rassie

Rassie

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A Gray Go-away Bird couple couple snuggling. South Africa, 2016, on safari.

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Gaduf said:
Very Nice Koos,
Definitely worth reviewing your decent old images.
Gavin
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Thanks, Gavin. I subscribed to Photoshop a couple of years ago so I always have the latest version. Before that I was using an old stand-alone version that was installed on my computer. I discovered if I edit some of my older pictures again with the newest version of Photoshop, the results just seem to be better than before. The latest AI version of noise reduction in Camera RAW also seems to bring out the best of those older images, and I also sharpen the images in the RAW editor before editing them further in Photoshop.

I daresay the results here with these images are not too bad for an old D7000. :)
 
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Topper1946 said:
I love these birds but never got any images as good as these. I hope to install new LR on my new computer since have been using the old stand alone.
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The latest Photoshop is more capable in subtle ways that I cannot quite define. For sure the Camera Raw AI noise reduction feature is way better than it was on previous versions. Many pictures that I re-edit now look better than before.
 
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Highbow said:
Rassie the timing was perfect!
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Thanks! I think that's one of the benefits of burst shooting. That "kiss" sometimes happens so quickly it's easy to miss.
I saw that very clearly when I watched swallows feeding their young. The little ones perch on a branch, then the adult comes flying in and often hovers while transferring the food to the youngster. The exchange takes place in a split second and it's very easy to miss unless you're machine-gunning the sequence.

In the case of these two birds I don't think it was a feeding since there was none of the usual excitable wing flapping and dancing from the one expecting to be fed. Both birds were just sitting next to each other quietly and calmly, then the "kiss" happened.
 
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