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Taken at National Trust Property Dyffryn House and Gardens
Processed in Luminar 4 and Topaz.
Paint effects from my own Topaz presets
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After sitting here for awhile and trying to come up with a dialog about the inspiration for the image, I decided to let it speak for itself. After processing, for me it turned out way better than I expected.
Image is a blend of 3-EX bracket @ 2-EV and processed in Aurora 2019. Weeks later, I felt that a change was needed to pull out the mood of the scene that drew me to capture it in the first place. One filter(LUT) in Luminar 2018 made the transformation after the percentage was changed, along with a change of the crop.
This Pelican has been captured at Terranora Creek, Tweed, New South Wales, Australia.
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This image has been captured with a Nikon D810 camera and the Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 lens.
This image has been processed in Skylum Luminar4 software.
A Bird of Paradise plant at the park. Native to South Africa apparently (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia), but quite common around here.
I'd have been better to use the iPhone's HDR mode for this shot, but didn't, so Skylum Aurora to the rescue.
The sunsets/sunrises of September 2019 have been enhanced by the volcanic dust and gas thrown up by a Volcano in the Pacific Rim. skylum.grsm.io/JohnAndersen
If a cormorant is out of the water, it will spread its wings to dry off. On this morning, however, they were still dry.
These birds spend a lot of time under the water catching food. It's a little ironic that they even though they have feathers, they are excellent swimmers and spend a lot of time underwater. When they are fishing, you might only see their snake-like head and neck pop-up for air. We also have snakes in the water, so seeing a Cormorant's head pop-up might give you pause.
Just as often they'll sit on a low branch or along the shoreline with their wings outstretched. Initially, I thought that it was to ward off predators by making themselves seem more prominent. But in fact, it's to dry their feathers which are not as water repellant as other birds like ducks or pelicans.