Yes, 'interesting' was my reaction, too. Among other things, it has done what I chose not to do - sharpen edges that could be sharpened. I made a deliberate decision in order to achieve a creative (I hesitate to use the word 'artistic'...) aim. Not having a mind of its own, the computer programme did what it was developed to do - denoise and sharpen. It might do it very well, perhaps better than more traditional methods. But IMHO using the word 'intelligence' in this sort of context is just marketing hype hijacked from technical terminology.

Steve

Yeah, have a go with both, see what happens. Whatever it does, it won't be what I wanted when I was contorting myself to get the shots - unless it decides they are beyond hope and gives up!

Steve

Methinks I'll wait until I'm into sunsets again - life and opportunities have changed over the last few years. Now if they were useful for macro shots of bugs and beasties it might be a different matter...

Steve

OK, I'm convinced. What you're saying is that I should have had a reverse grad with me when the dog was still alive and I was doing the evening walks round the fields with a camera round my neck and looking for the perfect sunset... Why didn't you tell me a few years ago???

Steve

You may well be right about the unseasonable weather. We too have plenty of butterflies (mainly red admirals and whites) and hoverflies in the garden at the moment with regular visits from dragonflies. Plus, of course, the usual garden spiders with webs all over the place. Bees are almost over and wasps never really got going this year - we usually have one or two wasp nests but none this year as far as I can tell (and it's usually pretty obvious!).

Steve

Q, Q-S1 and a few lenses. Small, light weight, pocketable. And it feels like a Pentax.

Steve

+1 to all of the above. Are you going to have to change your name from GrumpyGrandPa to GrinningFromEarToEarGrandPa??

Steve

It's hard to see the power of the filters without being able to compare with a filter-free version. Any chance of a 'with' and 'without' pair?

I do, however, like the picture - and the big version definitely looks more impressive than the small, embedded version.

Steve

Yeah !!!!

Thanks for the pointer. Having now looked at Xysticus species, I'm inclined to think that it's Xysticus cristatus rather than erraticus, although it appears to be rather late in the year to spot one. The experts say that microscopic examination of the genitalia is necessary to confirm identification. That's a challenge I won't be accepting - and I'm sure the spider will be grateful!

Steve

This little thing was waiting for something edible to turn up on a flower head of sedum spectabile. Unfortunately, nothing edible did turn up while I was watching it. It looks like a type of crab spider, but having had a quick look online and in a garden wildlife book I can't work out which species. Any suggestions?

K3 + Irix 150mm at 1:1. Took about a dozen shots, chose the two best for a stack and threw them at Affinity Photo. Best seen big (if you can stomach it :twisted.

Thoughts, comments, identification etc. welcome as usual.




Steve