Strictly For The Birds

[Gary Ayala]

Nice. Anna's are great and typically they don't migrate.

 

[Paul Taylor]

Anna's hummingbird
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Great shot! Little buddy looks like he has some attitude in that pic, lol.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Little buddy looks like he has some attitude in that pic

There are two of them that chase each other when one or the other is at the feeder.

 

[Tony Britton]

Here's a few more of my favorites.

Brown Pelican

Rock Pigeon

Great Blue Heron

Brown Pelican & Heermann's Gulls

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Reserved Table: Strictly For The Birds!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Here's a few more of my favorites.

Brown Pelican

Rock Pigeon

Great Blue Heron

Brown Pelican & Heermann's Gulls

All photos are of your usual excellent quality, @Tony Britton . One of my favourites is the pigeon landing. A unique photo in every respect!

 

[Tony Britton]

All photos are of your usual excellent quality, @Tony Britton . One of my favourites is the pigeon landing. A unique photo in every respect!

Thank you, Gianluca! Yes, pigeons are beautiful and a real joy to photograph!

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Here are a few from this morning at Ridgefield Nat'l Wildlife Refuge. Shot using the OM-1 with the 300/4 Pro mounted on a 2x TC.

Bufflehead


Cinnamon Teal


Lesser Yellowlegs


Ringneck Duck


Great Blue Heron with breakfast

 

[Wes Hall]

Excellent capture with the heron and garter snake Gary!

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Thanks Wes, I watched for several minutes while he stalked it. Once he nailed it he shook it for several minutes to make sure it was ready to eat I assume. Here is the stalking part. In this shot the head and neck were out of focus. This version was focused using ChatGPT.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Thanks Wes, I watched for several minutes while he stalked it. Once he nailed it he shook it for several minutes to make sure it was ready to eat I assume. Here is the stalking part. In this shot the head and neck were out of focus. This version was focused using ChatGPT.
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Didn't know ChatGPT was able do that.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Didn't know ChatGPT was able do that.

I created a (free) login. Uploaded my image and requested that it focus the bird so that it looked natural. I think it did a reasonable job.

 

[Wes Hall]

I created a (free) login. Uploaded my image and requested that it focus the bird so that it looked natural. I think it did a reasonable job.

Similar to Gianluca, was a little surprised that it was possible- it would be interesting to see the none Ai image Gary.

I will say if you hadn’t said I’d have never expected it had been ai manipulated.

Personally, not something I’d go near as I want my art and photography to be my creation entirely- I think this is the first mention of using the large language models on RPF I’ve seen encountered, congrats Gary

 

[Gary R. Smith]

it would be interesting to see the none Ai image Gary.

I've shared the raw file here. Take your best shot at cleaning it up and let me know what you used.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Similar to Gianluca, was a little surprised that it was possible- it would be interesting to see the none Ai image Gary.

I will say if you hadn’t said I’d have never expected it had been ai manipulated.

Personally, not something I’d go near as I want my art and photography to be my creation entirely- I think this is the first mention of using the large language models on RPF I’ve seen encountered, congrats Gary

Actually, I think I used a LLM here: https://realphotographersforum.com/threads/surgery-in-progress-—-do-not-enter.27142/post-210351

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I've shared the raw file here. Take your best shot at cleaning it up and let me know what you used.

I tried editing it in darktable, but obviously, without artificial intelligence, it’s a no no.