Fountain Friend - Anna's Hummer

[Jay Ing]

Not sure. Think this is a little Anna's. Took shots at a local water fountain where they like to congregate.

A1+600GM, HH
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C1P/PS/Topaz DnAi

Side note: This was quite noisy. Not a prefect fix but the newest version of DnAi really did a good job IMO.

[dankearl]

Jay, I dont have PS anymore and Topaz used to be good but if this is the best it can do, I would ask for refund.
A quick edit in Affinity photo which you can buy for $24
I like the pose and closeup look. It is a Rufous Hummingbird I believe..
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[Dorian Anderson]

We gotta get you out birding a bit more! This is an Allen's Hummingbird. Anna's don't have any orange.

I think this is a decent result given the suboptimal lighting. I really like the pose and the view to the tiny feet. Dan has addressed the processing issues nicely.

[Paul Burdett]

Very nice! The water droplets on the beak are a nice touch. Dan's re post has fixed the noise issue. Topaz denoise AI should have given you a better result.

[Jay Ing]

Thanks for the Affinity Photo work, Dan. I have that app but don't use it even if it gives good results just because it doesn't cost enough! :) (Seriously, I'll need to use your image as my reference to go back into Topaz and get my settings better. (Guess I'm trying not to over process my shots - at least as it relates to noise).

Yeah, Dorian... I need to improve my non-existent bird ID skills to be sure... but hey... at least I didn't call it a Rufous! lol lol

[arash_hazeghi]

love the pose, super! sharp with great details something went wrong in the original processing, the BG shows a lot of pixlation/posterization which should not be the case

TFS

[David Roach]

Awesome details and colors (including BG). Great job on repost (24 bucks... Hmmm...) TFS

[William Dickson]

Brilliant pose, it looks slightly under exposed to me...Beautiful detail on the bird.

Will

[Eric Patdu]

I love the pose and the water drops on the beak add to the photo.

[John Mack]

Nice view of those little feet. The repost takes it up a few notches in terms of image quality.

[Arthur Morris]

Please do not blame Topaz DeNoise for whatever happened to the BKGR in the OP, as noted by Arash.

I too love, love, love the pose. Separating female Allens from female Rufous is not easy but don't ask me :)

with love, artie