Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
It looks good on my computer, maybe a touch dark for my taste, but certainly within the range of what is good. My phone must have been having a tantrum! > On Jul 5, 2023, at 1:34 PM, Alan C wrote: > > Looks fine to me. > > Alan C > > On 04-Jul-23 05:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> On Jul

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-05 Thread Alan C
Looks fine to me. Alan C On 04-Jul-23 05:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 4, 2023, at 6:12 AM, Comcast wrote: Very dark. Is this right out of camera or phone? Thanks for the feedback, no it isn’t “right out of the camera”, according to Lightroom I did darken it 1 stop. Going back to it,

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
A colorful crew! > On Jul 5, 2023, at 10:10 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > NOt so crappy.. I love the one of the two"gentlemen callers" at your (or a > neighbors?) front door. > > ann > > On 7/4/2023 2:40 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: >> OT, because these are just crappy phone pics, but we also have

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-05 Thread ann sanfedele
NOt so crappy.. I love the one of the two"gentlemen callers" at your (or a neighbors?) front door. ann On 7/4/2023 2:40 PM, Marco Alpert wrote: OT, because these are just crappy phone pics, but we also have glitz chickens dropping by our house fairly often (and we live in a typical suburban

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Marco Alpert
OT, because these are just crappy phone pics, but we also have glitz chickens dropping by our house fairly often (and we live in a typical suburban neighborhood - no idea where they normally hang out). They’ll come right up to the front door. Also, we had a little momma bird build a nest in

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jul 4, 2023, at 9:59 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > You gave your mom bird a nice place to nest! can't tell who shes is I'm > thinking a finch of some sort.. It's small, maybe when she's out of the nest I'll mount a mirror that'll give me a better angle to photograph her. > > as to

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread ann sanfedele
You gave your mom bird a nice place to nest!  can't tell who shes is  I'm thinking a finch of some sort.. as to exposure on the peacock  looks ok to me.. on my HP desktop.. and Paul's birdies in trees lately have been a bit  on the too light side.   Which makes me a tad concerned about his

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Rick Womer
Larry, I like these pics! I’ve never seen peacocks this close-up, and so haven’t appreciated the details of their colors. The exposure is tricky, as the bird is dark-colored and there is dappled sunlight. I imagine that you already did what you could with the exposure sliders in LR. A

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jul 4, 2023, at 6:12 AM, Comcast wrote: > > Very dark. Is this right out of camera or phone? Thanks for the feedback, no it isn’t “right out of the camera”, according to Lightroom I did darken it 1 stop. Going back to it, it looks fine on my phone, fine when large on my computer

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Comcast
Very dark. Is this right out of camera or phone? Paul > On Jul 4, 2023, at 3:11 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > We’ve got some feral glitz chickens in the neighborhood. One was hanging > out in the shade in our front yard yesterday when I had my camera ready to > get some pictures of mombird

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Larry Colen
> On Jul 4, 2023, at 12:20 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Do you call Peacocks "Glitz Chickens" over there? That’s just something that I made up this weekend. > Amazed they are feral. There are a few in the neighborhood, they’re even noisier than the mourning doves. > BTW, I see there are also

Re: Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Alan C
Do you call Peacocks "Glitz Chickens" over there?  Amazed they are feral.  BTW, I see there are also chicken/peacock hybrids in existence! Alan C On 04-Jul-23 09:11 AM, Larry Colen wrote: We’ve got some feral glitz chickens in the neighborhood. One was hanging out in the shade in our front

Angry glitz chicken

2023-07-04 Thread Larry Colen
We’ve got some feral glitz chickens in the neighborhood. One was hanging out in the shade in our front yard yesterday when I had my camera ready to get some pictures of mombird and her nest. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/53020903352/in/album-72177720309537234/ full set