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Luminar Neo’s GenSwap Tool Brings Generative AI to the Photo Editing App https://petapixel.com/2023/11/13/luminar-neos-genswap-tool-brings-generative-ai-to-the-photo-editing-app/ #ArtificialIntelligence #announcement #generativeai #pressrelease #photography #luminarneo #GenExpand #Software #GenSwap #luminar #genai #News
Not a perfect light for #photography but I wanted to test my new drone: DJY #Mini4Pro. First flight went smoothly, RC2 is a great controller, and I’m satisfied with the photo outcome. This here is an HDR from a 3 shots +- 0.7 bracketing edit in #LuminarNeo.
Today's sharpening tools are amazing! Using a raw file on my Sony a7rIV (ILCE-7RM4):
Image #1 is slightly processed with no sharpening. The trees atop the cliffs are not in focus.
Image #2 had Topaz Sharpen AI applied to it. Things look pretty sharp, and for most slightly out-of focus images, this would be all that's needed.
Image #3, in addition to Topaz, had Luminar Neo SuperSharp (universal, high) applied. Wow!
#photography, #postprocessing, #topaz, #luminarneo, #sharpening
Skylum have announced their Panorama Stitching Tool for Luminar Neo, take a look at it through a sped up Timelapse (beta version shown). More information at https://skylum.evyy.net/c/437624/1749120/3255 #photography #PhotoEditing #panorama #skylum #luminarneo
A red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Carl Schurz Park in early June.
#redmilkweedbeetle #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #insects #bugs #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A furrow bee of some sort (g. Halictus). I think :-)
Carl Schurz Park in early June.
#furrowbee #Halictus #bees #pollinators #nature #wildlife #macro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
A moisture ant (g. Lasius) farming aphids in Carl Schurz Park in early June.
#moistureant #Lasius #aphids #farming #insects #cooperativebehavior #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
A leaf beetle (f. Chrysomelidae) in late May. North Woods of Central Park.
#leafbeetle #Chrysomelidae #beetles #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #northwoods #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A jumping spider (f. Salticidae) in the North Woods of Central Park in late May. This particular one was being a picky eater. It would grab one bug, pause for a moment, then drop it. It repeated this behavior for about 20 minutes before it finally settled on one that it actually wanted to eat.
#jumpingspliders #Salticidae #spiders #arachnids #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks
A ladybug larva (Coccinellidae) ending an aphid.
#ladybug #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #predation #nature #wildlife #natureismetal #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks
An unidentified fly in the north woods of Central Park.
#flies #insects #bugs #nature #wildlife #entomology #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks
A green lacewing larva (f. Chrysopidae) eating an aphid in Central Park in late May. Lacewing larva are a bit terrifying, but the adults are nearly harmless.
#greenlacewing #lacewing #Chrysopidae #predator #nature #wildlife #natureismetal #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A birtch catkin bug (Kleidocerys resedae) in the North Woods of Central Park in late May.
#birtchcatkinbug #KleidocerysResedae #insects #bugs #entomology #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #Nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
This is some sort of larger mettalic wood-boring beetle (Buprestidae). This particular one was injured and trying to warm up in the sun.
#mettalicwoodboringbeetle #Buprestidae #beetles #insects #bugs #entomology #centralpark #nycparks #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo
A bagworm (f. Psychidae) in the North Woods of Central Park in late May. These eventually end up as moths called bagworm moths.
#bagworm #Psychidae #insects #entomology #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks
An aphid of some sort. Note that this one extrudes white lacy stuff. That helps to disguise it, and also if something does try to eat it, they may end up with the extrusions rather than the aphid.
#aphids #bugs #insects #entomology #extrusions #macro #ultramacro #nature #wildlife #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A leafhopper nymph of some sort. Central Park in late May.
#leafhopper #nymph #bugs #nature #wildlife #entomology #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
An unidentified butterfly or moth caterpillar in Central Park (late May). From a distance these look 'fuzzy', but up close you can see that the hairs really are big spikes/needles. Hopefully no one was silly enough to actually touch it.
#caterpillar #lepidoptera #spines #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #centralpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo
According to seek these are chincatana leafcutter ants. However, I'm skeptical b/c this picture was taken in New York City instead of Mexico, Arizona or the surrounding regions.
Note how much smaller the male is than the female. Late May in Central Park.
#ants #mating #insects #bugs #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #Nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
Checkout the pedipalps on this spider. Taken in Central Park in late May.
#spider #arachnid #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #pedipalps #canonphotography #luminarneo
A western (European) honey bee (Apis mellifera).
Sooo fuzzy! :-)
#ApisMellifera #pollinators #honeybee #bees #westernhoneybee #europeanhoneybee #centralpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo
Another true bug, but I'm really not sure what kind. I think it is in one of the subadult phases. Central Park in late May.
#truebug #subadult #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks
I think this is a member of the family Miridae. E.g. plant bugs. Like all true bugs, these have sucking mouth parts, this one was found in Central Park in late May.
#miridae #plantbugs #truebugs #insects #bugs #entomology #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #macro #ultramacro
A fifteen-spotted lady beetle (Anatis labiculata) on a yellow leaf. These are darker colored ladybugs and their bodies can be nearly entirely black. As mentioned in previous posts, ladybugs and their larva are voracious aphid predators.
#fifteenspottedladybeetle #ladybeetle #ladybug #AnatisLabiculata #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Note the visible brood patch in the center of his chest. In preparation for incubating eggs birds will sometimes pluck some of their feathers so they can better transmit their body heat to their eggs.
#treeswallows #swallows #TachycinetaBicolor #nature #wildlife #birds #birding #birdwatching #jamaicabay #wildliferefuge #nps #canonphotography #luminarneo
A house wren (Troglodytes aedon) hunting in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in late May. These make their nests in holes, like those left in trees by woodpecker nests. They breed in the northern half of the US, and winter in Mexico. They're also present in Central and South America year round.
#housewren #wrens #TroglodytesAedon #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #jamaicabay #wildliferefuge #canonphotography #luminarneo
This is a zabulon skipper (Lon zabulon) at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in late May. There haven't been as many butterflies this year in New York.
#zabulonskipper #LonZabulon #insects #entomology #bugs #butterflies #skippers #jamaicabay #wildliferefuge #nps #canonphotography #luminarneo
I think this is a tern with its head stuck in some algae after a dive. It was able to free itself. This was taken in late May at the East Pond of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
#terns #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #jamaicabay #wildliferefuge #nps #canonphotography #luminarneo
This is a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina). They are the state reptile of New York, and this one was chomping through reeds. It was about the size of a large pizza.
#commonsnappingturtle #ChelydraSerpentina #turtle #statereptile #nys #jamaicabay #wildliferefuge #nps #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo
The one of the larval stages of Campyloneura virgula. This is a true bug and is predatory. You can just about see the sucking mouth part being extended.
#CampyloneuraVirgula #truebugs #bugs #insects #entomology #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #ramble #nycparks #nature #wildlife
A braconid Wasp (f. Braconidae). There are 17000 species in this family of parasitoid wasps. Never trust anything with an ovipositor!
#wasps #Braconidae #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #ramble #nycparks
Ants farming aphids in late May in Central Park. Ants will gather up aphids and protect them in exchange for sugary liquids that the aphids occasionally extrude.
#ants #aphids #farming #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks
The larva from a green lacewing (f. Chrysopidae). These are one of the bugs where the larval form is terrifying but the adult is surprisingly weak. At least this one isn't wearing the corpses of its victims as camouflage.
#lacewing #greenlacewing #Chrysopidae #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #canonphotography #luminarneo #northwoods #centralpark
I think this is an Opilio Canestrinii, which is supposed to be from Europe. So, either they're invasive in New York (and a lot of the US east coast b/c I remember them from when I was a kid), or I've messed up the ID.
#opilioCanestrinii #harvestmen #arachnids #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #nature #wildlife #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks
A black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) near one of the waterfalls in central park.
#blackcrownednightheron #nightheron #herons #NycticoraxNycticorax #birds #wadingbirds #birding #birdwatching #canonphotography #luminarneo #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks
I have no idea what this is. This was at 5x magnification, so this is quite small.
#entomology #bugs #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #macro #ultramacro
This is probably the nymph form of a Pennsylvania ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica). Normally, these are so well camouflaged that even when you're looking directly at them, and know what you're looking at it's hard to get your brain to register what it is. However, this one decided to sit on top of a black wire fence instead of a flower or leaf.
#nymph #PhymataPennsylvanica #ambushbug #nature #wildlife #bugs #Insects #entomology #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #canonphotography #luminarneo
An ant playing with fire. Think this one is likely to end up the victim of an orbweaver.
#ants #insects #bugs #entomology #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A flea jumping spider (Naphrys pulex) chowing down on some sort of ant.
#fleajumpingspider #jumpingspider #NaphrysPulex #naphrys #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks #nature #wildlife
One of the larval forms of some beetle. The head is very ant-like, but from the 2nd photo, you can see that the body and abdomen are from a beetle.
#beetles #bugs #insects #entomology #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
Since I've run into a few people who don't know what these are, this is one of the larval phases for the spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula), which are invasive and destructive. Feel free to squish these.
#spottedlanternfly #larva #insects #entomology #LycormaDelicatula #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #luminarneo #canonphotography #nycparks
A different type of crab spider (f. Thomisidae) catching a sweat bee on a small daisy.
#Thomisidae #arachnids #spiders #macro #ultramacro #daisy #nature #wildlife #randallsisland #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
For those that don't know what lady bug larva look like, here's a Harmonia axyridis larva (also know as the Asian Lady Beetle). As you can see they eat aphids, so if you don't like aphids, let these guys eat them.
#HarmoniaAxyridis #asianladybeetle #ladybug #bugs #beetles #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #randallsisland #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #macro #ultramacro
For those who don't like aphids, try to encourage ladybugs. These charismatic beetles are voracious aphid preditors.
#coccinella #Coccinellidae #ladybugs #bugs #beetles #ladybird #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #luminarneo #canonphotography #randallsisland #nycparks
This is a member of the genus Lasioglossum (family Halictidae), a type of sweat bees, and are effective pollinators.
#Lasioglossum #Halictidae #bees #sweatbees #insects #pollinators #nature #wildlife #randallsisland #luminarneo #canonphotography #nycparks
I think that this is a Larinus turbinatus, which is one of the 'true weevils'. Members of the genus can useful to humans b/c they eat the flower buds of noxious weeds.
#weevils #trueweevils #larinusturbinatus #turbinatus #curculionidae #insects #bugs #entomology #randallsisland #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
This a crab spider (family Thomisidae) of some sort. My experience with this is the members of this family hang out near flowers and nab pollinators when they land.
#crabspiders #Thomisidae #arachnids #spiders #macro #ultramacro #nature #wildlife #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
Some aphids in Central Park. I do not know enough about aphids to identify the different species.
#aphids #aphididae #insects #entomology #macro #ultramacro #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A barn swallow hunting for flies at the beach.
I'm very happy with this picture b/c the tail is fully spread and its pattern is really visible.
#barnswallow #swallows #birdsinflight #nature #wildlife #birds #birding #birdwatching #flyingbirds #canonphotography #luminarneo #beach
Another piping plover sequence, this time of an unbanded male slurping up a worm on the beach.
#pipingplover #plovers #nature #wildlife #endangeredspecies #shorebirds #birds #birding #birdwatching #beach #canonphotography #luminarneo
Common terns ...um... making more common terns.
They aggressively defend the area around their nests.
#commonterns #terns #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo
Sequence of a piping plover going for a worm.
#pipingplovers #plovers #endangeredspecies #birds #birding #birdwatching #shorebirds #nature #wildlife #beach #canonphotography #luminarneo
A classic common tern picture.
#commontern #terns #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo
Don't drive on the beach. This is a piping plover (endangered) hanging out in a tire track.
These are small birds that shelter from the wind in any cavity in the beach. They aren't the only ones that do this.
#pipingplovers #plovers #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo #birding #birdwatching #birds #shorebirds
Being stared down by a least tern.
These are considered threatened, and there are approximately 21,500 breeding pairs in the coastal population. They breed on the beaches of long island.
#leasttern #terns #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo
A barn swallow hanging resting on a rusty railing.
#barndswallows #nature #wildlife #birds #birding #birdwatching #swallows #canonphotography #luminarneo
One of the things that we noticed about the piping plovers on a May trip to the beach was that they they like to hang out in footprints and other indentations in the sand. This one is hanging out in a footprint.
I think this is a male known as 'Clark Kent', mostly b/c he's got red and blue leg bands.
#pipingplovers #shorebirds #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #endangeredspecies #canonphotography #luminarneo
American Oystercatcher. Before their kids hatch they'll let you get pretty close.
#americanoystercatcher #oystercatchers #shorebirds #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo
A male scarlet tanager hunting for termites in mid-May.
#scarlettanager #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #centralpark #nycparks #luminarneo #canonphotography
A northern parula chowing down on a termite in the North Woods in mid-May.
#northernparula #warblers #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks
An ovenbird hunting termites in the North Woods in mid-May.
#ovenbird #warblers #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo #birds #birding #birdwatching #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks
A magnolia warbler hunting termites in the North Woods of Central Park in mid-May.
#magnoliawarbler #warblers #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo
Termites hatching out in the North Woods of Central Park in mid-May.
#termites #Insects #hatchout #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A red-eyed vireo hunting termites in the North Woods of Central Park in mid-May.
#redeyedvireo #vireos #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo #northwoods #centralpark #nycparks
A yellow warbler taking a bath near the Pool in Central Park.
#yellowwarbler #warblers #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo #pool #centralpark #nycparks
A northern flicker enjoying a dust bath near the Compost Heap in Central Park.
#northernflicker #woodpecker #nature #wildlife #dustbath #birds #birding #birdwatching #canonphotography #luminarneo #centralpark #nycparks
When the pigeons come to investigate, and you're set up for warblers. Pigeon Portraits!
#pigeons #rockdove #doves #portraits #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #centralpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
A male house finch perching with it's head in the sunlight.
#housefinch #perchingbird #birds #birding #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #canonphotography #luminarneo #randallsisland #nycparks