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  1. RichardHoeg

    ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence and Birding!

    ChatGPT, the Artificial Intelligence Service, and the Great Gray Owl! . I have been testing Chat-GPT. This image is my own A.I. generated image. Read my review of both the image generation service and the text based A.I. question service via my blog. The focus of my review was in fact the Great...
  2. RichardHoeg

    Haikubox - any experience/ opinions?

    Still learning about my relatively new Haikubox. Just discovered I may create a unique link for my public box. Thus, here is the link to my Haikubox in northern Minnesota. Happy to answer questions. Amity Creek & Gardens Haikubox
  3. RichardHoeg

    Haikubox - any experience/ opinions?

    As promised here is my Haikubox review / impressions. I have owned my box for less than a week:.
  4. RichardHoeg

    Haikubox - any experience/ opinions?

    I installed HaikuBox at my home which is just north of Duluth, Minnesota. My yard's habitat is a combination of boreal forest and meadow grass. Should anyone wish to follow my box, the name is "Amity Creek & Gardens". Even w/o a box you may create an account and monitor (even bookmark)...
  5. RichardHoeg

    Sony Alpha Cameras Clear Image Zoom

    Sony makes the claim that in addition to optical zoom, their engineers have written algorithms which enhances a limited digital zoom that is equal to optical zoom. In other words, applying "clear image zoom", but not "regular digital zoom" on top of optical zoom yields results equal to cropped...
  6. RichardHoeg

    Topaz AI Tools

    I just posted a full review of the Topaz AI Sharpening Tool on my blog. In summary I was very impressed with how the tool dealt with the low light conditions I often encounter when photographing the Great Horned Owl family which has lived near my northern Minnesota home for the past four years...
  7. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    I have now tried (very successfully) the Topaz AI Sharpen tool with the Canon SX70, however I suspect results using any other Super Zoom Bridge Camera would mimic what I achieved. My blog post includes the before and after full resolution images. Browse to my blog (I am the person who started...
  8. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    Huge thanks on the "sharpness setting" find. I am the person who has posted many of the reviews of the Sx70 found here in this thread with links to my blog, but I had not discovered the sharpness setting adjustment. Well done!
  9. RichardHoeg

    Children's Owl Books (free pdf downloads)

    I am both a children's book author, and naturalist who lives in the wilderness area of northern Minnesota. Later today I will try to find one of our native Great Grays Owls hunting voles. The temperature at present is -23.3 celcius. . As noted I am also a children's picture book author. Two...
  10. RichardHoeg

    Canon SX70 Updated Review (flight shot failure)

    I am the person who has posted the review and photographs on my blog for the Canon SX70. Given that thread is a bit old, I needed to start a new thread. While my review was quite positive about the camera, I had noted difficulties in low light situations. Thus, I wanted to show how the camera...
  11. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    Canon Sx70 Digital Zoom at Max I am the person / birder who posted reviews of the Sx70. While not strictly a test, two days ago I took some photographs with digital zoom turned of for some very distant Snowy Owls (three of them!). While conditions were not ideal as I had to photograph obliquely...
  12. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    A number of folks have asked why I don't use RAW when taking photos with my SX70 (I am the person who has posted the reviews on my blog). While I recognize the value of RAW, I feel that the jpg algorithms are now so good combined with the fact that turning on RAW slows down by a factor or 2 the...
  13. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    SX70 Continuous Mode and Video I am the person who has occasionally been posting reviews of the SX70 I purchased. This morning I had the opportunity to photograph two different osprey nests in northern Minnesota in "almost perfect photography conditions". Folks may be interested to view some...
  14. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    Temperature Issues Actually Imdoubt that -15C (5F) are causing any issues. This temperature is so common in the winter where I live, that I don't really even consider it cold. For the past 4 years I used my SX60 on every birding outing innthe winter and it was extremely unusual when the...
  15. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    The last few mornings it has been -25F to -30F in Sax-Zim Bog! I am still birding!
  16. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    SX70 Auto Focus Issue in Highly Reflective Light Situation I am the user who has been posting periodic reviews of the new Canon SX70 of photographs taken of birds in the Boreal forest. Up until this point, I have been very pleased with my new camera, particularly how it now performs in low...
  17. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    SX70 Digital vs Optical Zoom Test In my previous reviews I had noted I never used the digital zoom with my SX60. Today I found another cooperative Snowy Owl and tried turning of digital zoom. I was very impressed in sunny / very bright cloud conditions, and not so impressed when the clouds were...
  18. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    SX70 Birding Photo Reviews and Software Developer's Kit I am the user who has been posted the SX70 reviews with pictures of birds. I just learned this morning that Canon has released a new software developer's kit for the their EOS DSLR platforms and the SX70. Thus, I believe the SX70 is the...
  19. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    I conducted a landscape test of Lake Superior Sea Smoke this morning. I took photos with both my SX70 and my Sony A6000. Find the results and images via my blog: https://www.365daysofbirds.com/2019/01/02/canon-sx70-landscape-test/ Another item worth noting between the SX50 and SX70. The SX50's...
  20. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    SX70 Snowy Owl Photos Using Full Zoom I just posted to my blog some images I took this morning in Sax-Zim Bog up in northern Minnesota. Images were taken at full zoom (optical only ... I always turn off digital zoom). Photographic conditions were near perfect. Thus, in really good conditions...
  21. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    Canon SX70 vs SX60 Review I have now had the chance to compare the SX70 vs the SX60. I received my SX70 one week ago. For the comparison I photographed a Pileated Woodpecker that visited my yard from the same exact spot under identical lighting conditions. Camera settings were identical between...
  22. RichardHoeg

    Canon SX60HS in Action

    4 Years of Photos with a SX60 On Monday (Dec. 17) I upgraded my SX60 to a SX60, but over the past four years I took 1000's of bird photographs with my SX60. I know some folks question the image quality, but I found the camera a good device. I have a detailed review on my blog on my experiences...
  23. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    Question was whether I used noise reduction on any of my SX70 images. No noise reduction used. Should have quoted the question. Sorry ... still learning how to use the forum in the most effective manner.
  24. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    Coming soon. Have not had time. My plan is to take photographs of birds in similar conditions, identical camera settings ... in other words at my bird feeders (I have seven) Same comment / edit as before ... should have quoted the question. Will add this to my review of the SX70 in the near...
  25. RichardHoeg

    Canon Powershot SX70 HS review

    In terms of post processing ... for the images contained in my review, and most images I take ... my post processing consists of: 1. Open in Camera Raw (jpg file, not a raw file) 2. Tweak clarity to 30 or 40+ 3. Tweak Shadows and Highlights a bit, not mich This is about all I do other than...
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