Well, I could not decipher a single additional title and the poodle's face deteriorated. Essentially it may have reduced noise in uniform areas but went a bit overboard in what it guessed to have been uniform. I rather doubt that working from raw you'd do all that much better, to be honest.True, Dak. You motivated me to mess with it in DXO, but since it had been internally processed to JPG, it only improved marginally.
Troy
Thanks, Don. They mean alot to us, too - other than just what they do in the field.
You'll pardon me if I am not holding my breath till then.
Potato filling? Sounds yummy!
Nice pics Greg, I like the second one the best.Well, he's kinda frozen and processed.:-D Won him at the Thanksgiving turkey shoot at my gun club with a 50x50 score at skeet.
We are having quite a crowd for Thanksgiving - my favorite holiday. So, an extra turkey is appreciated. My daughter, Erika, is coming, along with her husband, Todd, and her son (my youngest grandson), TJ. We are hoping that her daughter (my oldest grandchild), Emma, will be discharged from the Marines in time to be home for Thanksgiving, but we don't yet know about that. Todd's parents, who have become good friends, will be coming. Also my deceased daughter, Colleen's, husband, Joe, and his two kids, Joe, Jr. and Charlotte, will be coming. Plus Nancy and me, of course. Lots of cooking. Lots of fun. Everybody is vaccinated. Looking forward to it!!!
Did some real hunting on Friday. Here are some snapshots from Friday's hunt. It was the perfect day - crisp and cool with a nice breeze.
Nice and sunny for most of the day.
The dogs did quite well. They have fully adapted to the small eastern covers after the vast spaces of Montana.
Birds were few and far between, but that's why they call it hunting, I guess. We hadn't seen a thing all day until a rooster flushed wild without any dogs around him about 125 yards out from me. So, we decided to check out the area to see if there were any more. Sure enough - the one shown below held for a point, but then flushed when I got within about 40 yards. It was a max range left to right crossing shot. We got lucky. The bird - not so much. At least, he got to be killed by the pretty Over/Under instead of the utilitarian auto I often use.
We went after the first bird - having seen the general area where he came down a few hundred yards away. Long story short - we got him pointed twice more, but when I got within 50-60 yards of the point, he flushed each time - no shot. I left him go after that, figuring he deserved to see another day.
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Score for the day: Greg and Dawgs - 1; Birds - 2.
Greg
A very very nice pic! I would be very happy if I got that kind of image.. . . well, you tell me.
It's my best, this fortnight, . . .
It appears near total, in my photo, and, true to the predictions, it was very orange.
It was so cold those three hours. I went outside and there was a huge ring around the moon, with stars on the inside. But, I couldn't make it work for me. I tried everything to make an image containing it. The weather was not cooperating, but striations kept happening so I just went inside and thawed for a half hour and counted minutes until midpoint.
Then I went outside and started up my big lens, and my half frame camera. Together, they make a good telescope. Binocular resolution rocks but those are big light buckets that I can't afford, so what I heaved at it made sense. Then I had to retrain all of my muscles cuz the tripod wouldn't cooperate. My rig weighs a good five pounds.
So, I took frames at every conceivable combination, but, I basically kept reading the analog map. I got really lucky that the lens didn't fog pointed almost straight up. There was no wind; little tiny breezes. I even sat on my directors chair but it got really cold. I wore three layers; one of wool. What gloves?
When I was satisfied that I had enough for a near miss, I wrapped it up and dove for the computer room. Things are a lot different from a three inch screen to well, this big. My processor is the best for free. And, I'm just learning, but, highly encouraged by the steps that many of you take.
So, now that I've gone and written enough, I dedicate this to Mr. Bill Borne, and the Ten Crows, in dPR.
Haha! Good catch, that’s one of her favorite sleeping spots.One's posing and the other one seems to be dozing.
I like the greenish hue, it looks mysterious.Some attempts at capturing last night's sunset in IR.
950nm
720nm
And one out the kitchen window.
720nm
It's always a good morning when you walk out to surprises and realize they are there. I walked out to an eclipse a few days ago and didn't know it was supposed to happen. It was extra cool because it was a surprise.. . . well, you tell me.
It's my best, this fortnight, . . .
It appears near total, in my photo, and, true to the predictions, it was very orange.
