I feel like it’s a miracle every time I complete a gallery these days. But I have incentive, because my OneDrive storage is starting to max out. Gotta clear out all those RAW images.
Three young ducks on the move.
These young ducks came charging down the path, then pecked eagerly around our feet.
This duck gang did not stay out of the water for long.
Anna's hummingbird on a feeder.
Blackbird lording over his stash of seed.
Canada geese being Canada geese.
A blue dragonfly. Maybe a blue damsel? I am not a dragonflyologist.
A red dragonfly.
A large dragonfly of species [future Wikipedia link here].
House sparrow near seed.
Mallard looking content.
One of several killdeer spotted near the East Dyke trail.
Bird condo amidst the very lush green marshland.
And enjoy.
A marsh wren dating around for a few moments in the open.
House sparrow snacking. I kind of like the angle, it's a bit different from the usual profile shot.
Barn swallow chicks waiting to be fed. And one that, uh, already ate.
Seaplane at Terra Nova, coastal mountains in the background.
Marshland at Terra Nova.
Cowbird stretch.
Ruffled crow at Piper Spit.
"Who are you calling scruffy?"
A pitiful blackbird teen begging to be fed.
Mom provides seed while thinking, "Kid, you're bigger than me."
A wood duck sitting pretty with proto-mullet slicked back.
Another Air Canada jet passing overhead.
Rock pigeon: "I can haz seed?"
Ring-billed gull sporting the classic "I am so done with everything" look.
Greater yellowlegs strutting around an unperturbed mallard.
Greater yellowlegs not actually on the back of a mallard.
Mmm, pollen.
Greater yellowlegs, cropped very tight and square, just to be whacky.
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Also, I should note a weird and whacky workflow for this batch of shots in terms of post-processing:
- I started with Affinity Photo 2, editing RAW images, then exporting them as WebP files. Yes, WebP!
- I then switched to Luminar AI (it had the name before AI became associated with everything terrible in the world) and used that the rest of the way. This program lets you aggressively alter specific aspects of a photo using very simple sliders. I used the sliders a lot. I was actually impressed at how it “saved” a few iffy photos.
Anyway, I may use Luminar more in the future, especially if I want to add random giraffes, which it totally lets you do.
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