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Will have to disagree on that. What's wrong with unbounded p-adic Fourier-Weissman Transform with Trisecting Wavelet Phase Decomposition?

@@WildEarthPhoto lol.

Thanks, Dean! I appreciate the encouragement very much. You know, often wildlife photographers are so intent on removing noise but occasionally it can be quite nice.

Thank you very much. Darktable IS different, and works different than Adobe. But it's no worse. Some people get shocked by the differences and think it's not as good, but I remember once I tried Lightroom. That was after I was using darktable for a while. And, I had a very hard time using it. So I think it's mainly what you started with first. So, if it looks different, don't give up and you'll get it! Darktable is free and I use it as a professional so I can say it does almost everything that a photographer could want.

Thanks! There is some nuance to what I said, that I didn't really articulate as well as I should have. Though I think the discussion with Bartek in this comments section should clarify that.

I agree with that. It's true. However, I typically carry a different lens for that. The only this I disagree with is that if I had to choose ONE lens, I DO think it's worth losing the flexibility of a zoom in trade for sharpness -- for me, the extra detail, noise, autofocus, and corner performance matters. For others like yourself, it may not be, which highlights the importance of personality in making the decision. For example, people who shoot very large birds closer to them would obviously benefit more from a zoom than people who shoot forest birds. There is no one size fits all situation, though at least for my style of photography, I wouldn't benefit much from the flexibility of a zoom. I prefer a minimalist style going after what I can get with a single focal lenght as well, and I'm glad to sacrifice shots. I didn't go into that level of nuance in the video, partially because I'm still getting used to the video format and sometimes I forget to say things that I would in writing :) (video format for me is not the most natural haha). But then again, that's what a good comments section is for!

Lots more coming. Feel free to suggest any topics you found difficult with wildlife or birds!

Yeah I found this behaviour quite interesting! I've never seen cormorants doing this before.

Glad you like it. Come back for more and feel free to leave any suggestions or requests!

Thanks a lot. Not always easy to keep making content, but comments like yours are the encouragement that keeps the videos coming!

You are welcome! Glad you liked it. There will be more to come and if you have any requests, feel free to suggest them any time in the comments section. I'd be glad to accommodate them.

​@@WildEarthPhotoHow were you able to spot a blue color cast using the split toning module?

What happens is that when you view a lot of blue, your eye gets used to it and corrects for it. When you add a red tint, your eyes will get a break and more easily notice the blue. I'v experimented and for some red in the shadows with split toning works even better than a uniform red tint. Of course, you can also be more scientific and use the eyedropper on parts of the bird that should be black/white/grey. That will tell you also. But I think it's better to go by eye and just listen to what your eyes are telling you.

@@WildEarthPhoto Thank you for taking the time to respond. I agree with you. My photos often have a "different look" to them after a short break. The eyedropper is useful so long as there's some good white, black or grey to sample from. I will try your suggestion. Thanks again.

Oi André! Legal, você tem um canal muito bom com muitos assinantes. Eu inscrevi para seu canal e espero que veja você no futuro! Você viu muitos pássaros lindos no Brasil.

Thanks, glad it helped!

That could be true, KapeaAurinko! That is a good point. Another website that does resolution testing with Imatest did find that the corners are significantly weaker below 70mm, so there should be SOME corner weakness though.

Portraits, landcapes, macros. Eye-af for humans is actually pretty good. Landscapes if you don't need to print huge.

​@@WildEarthPhoto might end up using it for these purposes. thank you for your help!

Awesome price for this lens. I paid $200. Good thing you're using it on mirrorless because I started out with a DSLR and it was tough to use on it. But now I use it on the G9 and it works like a charm.

Indeed. It works very well for JPEGs, and it's even faster with them.

Haha. True.

That's a little bit of an exaggeration. It can do some slight action.

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

That's kinda cool.

I assume your post is sarcastic. However, in my opinion, it is self-edvident that it is a user interface nightmare. And that's enough for me. No need to discuss it. Thanks.

Thank you very much for your input. I wasn't sure this video would get any attention so I made a bit of a quick comparison, but I think your suggestions are awesome and I will incorporate some of your suggestions into future comparisons! Also, I didn't try Raw on the iPhone since I just wanted to compare stock features, and I figured that was fair since the Panasonic doesn't have Raw either.

A lot of people hate Adobe. Adobe fans often first think it has something to do with the subscription and of course, some people hate the subscription. But the reasons to hate Adobe go far beyond subscription: they support AI, their software is bloated, they install all sorts of weird helper services on your computer, they keep aggressively advertising new features (especially AI features) in existing software, and somehow there is an inexplicable dirty aura whenever any of their apps opens.

The FZ300 has limitations, but I do not consider your statement accurate.

Not sure what you mean by painting, but I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@@WildEarthPhoto I just liked your phrase at the end of the video about painting

Hahah omg, I forgot my own joke! :)

What sort of use case do you envision for images you didn't take at the same time? Not trying to be dense...just curious.

@@WildEarthPhotoI would love to composite textures and other images as effects (frames, light leaks, etc.). I've addressed these limitations by creating an extensive list of presets without previews, making it a guessing game every time I want to apply an effect.

The sort order of the modules corresponds to the order in which the modules are applied in the pixelpipe. That is fixed and cannot be changed since that order is crafted to get the highest image quality. It's good to know the order because it can help you understand how modules work in conjunction.

Do you mean "can" or "can't"? If it can, that is good. If it can't, that is bad.

That's a fair assessment.

I find dt module names non intuitive maybe based on the ego of the developer instead of what the module actually does.

Thanks, I appreciate it a lot.

That is very encouraging to hear. Thank you.

Well, personally I'd rather see someone's fine-tuned result than an image that was augmented with AI. Especially in astrophotography, where the chances are very HIGH that an enhanced image will involve a nontrivial amount of augmentation. I also think firmly that it will be a very boring world indeed if everyone can output "amazing" astro images with the push of a button. I wonder then how much is really the person and how much is the machine? I really do think there is a serious dark side to democratization of creation of anything. Of course, I am all for some ease in the process. I don't want to give up autofocus, for example. But the general direction AI is heading in is that it allows people to make things without even a glimmer of an understanding of how things work, and that in my view dissolves the ability of the art to transmit personality and soul. In other words: there is a happy medium between TOO easy and TOO hard, and AI goes too far into the TOO easy category. Never mind the larger implications of AI.

I am glad you liked it.

I agree -- a panorama mode would be awesome. I use a free one on MacOS called mini panorama stitcher that can do up to 5 images, which is more than good enough for me. Hugin works alright too, but one in Raw would be sweet.

AI may or may not be here to stay. It depends on whether civilization survives in the next decades. I am thinking that it won't. In any case, yes, in some cases you can't avoid it. However, I wil turn off as many features of it as I can, especially if it is trying to "understand" something. Of course, when it is used with noise reduction, it's more like dumb machine learning rather than the creative component as you say. Nevertheless, I don't even use it for that, even though I could theoretically, as I have access to such software.

I prefer not to support AI at all if I can help it. Therefore I still attempt to minimize my AI usage. And I still prefer images where no AI has been used in the actually editing process.

@@WildEarthPhoto I agree. I don't mind some AI for noise reduction and subject selection but not for other editing. We each have out limits to what we will accept.

Yes, you can do it, and indeed, you will have to use the framing module also to preserve crops since extend canvas uncropps. But it will take doing some simple arithmetic to get the borders right. It's much better to use another program to do that.

Indeed. And I am still trying to get rid of all the Adobe trash on my computer that was there when I wanted to test out Lightroom recently. Hope they go bankrupt.

hahah :)

You're welcome!

Absolutely!

Yes! That's one of the best parts!

You are welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

You are welcome. :)

There is a 40MB size option, but that is only for JPEG. The Raw version is an 80MB Raw file.

Yes! I hope they go bankrupt!

Oh yeah? Do you mean just using the history stack? That's not as convenient as other programs.

@@WildEarthPhoto Sure, I agree with you, it's not as good as a strictly before/after but very good for comparing before/after in your history, and very good if you make snapshots.