[Aaron28]

joe wheeler state park, alabama 11/21......K-3ii...sigma 150-500os

[RobG]

You dare enter my domain? by RobGeraghty, on Flickr

[mroeder75]

joe wheeler state park, alabama 11/21......K-3ii...sigma 150-500os

These are extraordinary.

[Martin Stu]

RobG, good shot

looks like a crow, but maybe it's a different bird?

[WPRESTO]

RobG, good shot

looks like a crow, but maybe it's a different bird?

I think it's a satin bowerbird.

[Aaron28]

These are extraordinary.

thank you! topaz sharpen ai has been an excellent addition to the editing process.....keep getting blown away the results it pulls from the shots i've taken!

[K2 to K50]

I think it's a satin bowerbird.

Definitely a Satin Bowerbird.

[Mike.P®]

Just looking back at RIAT 2019 airshow, I have always complained about the autofocus on Pentax cameras but when it works I honestly don't think there is a system out there that can beat the IQ of a K-1 and 150-450mm


RIAT 2019 by Mike.Pursey, on Flickr

[normhead]

thank you! topaz sharpen ai has been an excellent addition to the editing process.....keep getting blown away the results it pulls from the shots i've taken!

I wonder how many images I've tossed the I could have saved had this software been available 10 years ago.

One of my latest rescues.....
This


To this


This one I didn't pay any attention to because the beak was a bit soft.


Going through images for my "best of the year" I revisited it, that sharpness and noise reduction from Topaz made it a worthwhile project.


The thing for me and many others is, we won't spend time processing an image, if it doesn't meet basic sharpness criteria. Topaz gives some images a second chance. "Some" because, in some, to get the subject to look like you want, you have to incur artifacts in other parts of the image. I just won't take the time to do the layer masking in photoshop needed to avoid that, I don't get paid for this.

[Aaron28]

I wonder how many images I've tossed the I could have saved had this software been available 10 years ago.

right!

[HoutHans]

I wonder how many images I've tossed the I could have saved had this software been available 10 years ago.

One of my latest rescues.....
This


To this


This one I didn't pay any attention to because the beak was a bit soft.


Going through images for my "best of the year" I revisited it, that sharpness and noise reduction from Topaz made it a worthwhile project.


The thing for me and many others is, we won't spend time processing an image, if it doesn't meet basic sharpness criteria. Topaz gives some images a second chance. "Some" because, in some, to get the subject to look like you want, you have to incur artifacts in other parts of the image. I just won't take the time to do the layer masking in photoshop needed to avoid that, I don't get paid for this.

That's quite amazing! Once I get my new computer I'll give Topaz annother go (it was just ridicyulously slow in my current Core i5 powered PC).

[RobA_Oz]

The thing for me and many others is, we won't spend time processing an image, if it doesn't meet basic sharpness criteria. Topaz gives some images a second chance. "Some" because, in some, to get the subject to look like you want, you have to incur artifacts in other parts of the image. I just won't take the time to do the layer masking in photoshop needed to avoid that, I don't get paid for this.

The masking feature within Topaz’s AI apps is better at identifying edges than the one in CS5, I find. There is an object recognition option, too, although it’s only really good with people, so far. I imagine that will improve with development.

[Des]

Little Corella. For something different, some selective colour (rare for me). KP + FA*300.

[rod_grant]

Lovely image Des.
Great detail & PP.
Terrific example of avian portraiture.

[Des]

Lovely image Des.Great detail & PP.Terrific example of avian portraiture.

Thanks a lot Rod. I don't know about Wang, but Corellas have become so common around here that it was never going be a once-off opportunity, so I could afford to try different routes in PP. That was a fun exercise.