![]() (Each photo is boosted about 50% of Adobe's slider.) This will exaggerate the colors in each, but also reveal colors that Adobe software found in the original image. ![]() These photos have different widths and heights as a result of the custom cropping.Īfter cropping the photographs, I made the same two modifications to each, which gives a total of three variations on each image, and for a few, a fourth variation:ġ.) The first variation is cropped only, without any exposure adjustments or enhancements.Ģ.) The second in each photos's group is enhanced with all four auto-correction tools from Adobe: a.) "Smart Fix," b.) Lighting/Levels, c.) Lighting/Contrast, and d.) Color.ģ.) The only enhancement to the third photo was boosting Adobe's Color Saturation beyond what a photographer would use to fix a photo, in order to investigate the colors that Adobe found in each image. The large file size of his original photos yields large enough images to actually see the birds, despite their small proportions on the original pictures. Each photo is cropped close to the bird, allowing the existing number of pixels in the image to determine the width of each image. Next, 3-4 cropped variations on each of Joe's eight photos. Photo #8 unedited but reduced in size by "Joe G." Some of the photos seem redundant, but I felt the entire series could benefit readers and so all of them are posted here.įirst, 3 of the original photos before enlarging and processing (files resized for online viewing but otherwise unaltered).Īn unedited passenger pigeon photo #7 by "Joe G." which was reduced in size (original file size was over 20 MB and too large to post online), but otherwise unedited to show the bird's location I've ordered the photos by what I feel is importance (the best pictures first), rather than following the 1-8 file names provided by the photographer. Then enlargements from all eight photos follow those pictures. In the original photos, the birds are just a speck in a tree, and the first three photos below are simply reduced file size versions of the original pictures to give readers a sense of perspective. I knew that the first photos would be grainy and far away, but these pictures are of high enough qualitys to show some of the bird's characteristics. A birder with a passenger pigeon sighting (4 August 2016 by "Joe G.") gave me permission to post his photos of the bird(s). PNG files with numbers 1-8 instead of the original camera numbering system. JPG files) with the larger PNG file enlargements. Therefore I've replaced the original pictures on this page (derived from the. ![]() I feel that better enlargements are important because these are valuable pictures in the documentation of living passenger pigeons. ![]() However the larger files had better resolution, which yielded bigger photo enlargements for readers. Due to the large file size, all photos had to be processed (cropped and/or resized) before posting them online. Tweet Follow NOTE: I originally posted this article with photos derived from. Photos from Joe G.'s Passenger Pigeon Sightingġ0 November 2016, last updated 6 December 2016 Where can I find some of these prints locally?: 4 August Passenger Pigeon sightings photos from Joe G.
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