Odds & Sods 2023

Mike B 03/01/2023 07:45

After yet another successful year on the Odds & Sods thread, initially started I think by Hazy, it might be wise to kickstart the 2023 thread off.

Thank you to those who have contributed to last years thread, and there has been very interesting odds and sods in "Odds & Sods 2022" that aren't enough to place into a dedicated thread, which you can look back on the following link:

https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/278729/odds-sods-2022/1417300?pifragment-4285=76#pifragment-4285=1

What better for me, and as yet, I've not ventured far, ewe know what I mean, with this lassie on Baddesley Clinton estate yesterday....

Mike

Flickr: Peak Rambler

Billysdad 08/12/2023 13:22 in reply to BenjiS

Amazing photos Benji, particularly the Kingfisher ...
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Linda257 08/12/2023 13:23 in reply to PimperneBloke

Heeeheee

(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
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Billysdad 08/12/2023 13:30 in reply to SnappyMac

As you say Snappy, Photoshop and Lightroom do have AI noise reduction now, but it only works on RAW images, not jpgs, and takes quite a while to process. My desktop pc is pretty fast and it still takes about a minute to process 1 image. I have just recently purchased Topaz AI which I am using for jpgs. I have my camera set to take a Raw image and a jpg and edit the RAW if I think it is a particularly good shot, (not often), otherwise I delete RAW files and edit the jpgs, to avoid saving big files of cr@p images. I find RAW processing a long tedious task which is OK for the odd one, but I don't like to do many.
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SnappyMac 08/12/2023 14:52 in reply to Billysdad

Hi BD, lots of options... I shoot RAW then create TIF files for those I want to keep using Digital Photo Professional 4 with some minor editing. I then finish off the TIF in Photoshop Elements by applying Topaz AI filter and any other editing. I re-save the updated TIF and create a JPG for posting. The TIF can then be used for prints and I avoid re-saving jpg's as the quality reduces. I try and only keep the RAW, TIF and JPG of edited files and delete the rest....
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Mr Kes 09/12/2023 16:45 in reply to SnappyMac

Very interesting both BD and SnappyMac. I imagine you don't have to have too much storage then if you delete the unwanted images. I sort of can never really bring myself to deleting images unless they are completely useless. However this means continuing to buy more and more storage space.

I should probably bite the bullet one day and go through the photos and condense the numbers down.
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PimperneBloke 10/12/2023 10:10

PB Seniors puppy
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WendyBartter 10/12/2023 11:50 in reply to PimperneBloke

Looks bright, shiny and playful PB

2013 photos & vids here

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PimperneBloke 10/12/2023 12:39

She's a bit of a nightmare tbh, chewy, bitey and barky.... Not what you need In your 80s! (That's them, not me, before you say anything Linda )
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WendyBartter 10/12/2023 12:53 in reply to PimperneBloke

Oh dear, is it a black Labrador? Very strong but intelligent so should respond to training, hope your Dad's still very active as they need lot's of exercise!
Linda will see your post and draw her own conclusions... be prepared! Lol

2013 photos & vids here

eff37 on Flickr
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PimperneBloke 10/12/2023 12:58 in reply to WendyBartter

Worse than a lab.... A springador.... And she's very springy too! My dad was the reason for the rolly eyes, he's not great (a bit of dementia and a bit unsteady) but mum's fine so will be in charge of exercise and training... Much like she was for the rest of the family
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