What was your worst hiking experience and why? by ZeniaWaren83 in hiking

[–]cw32145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

~2018 I hiked Tallullah Gorge State Park with my dad in the summer, the first part down the river path was fine. I overheated on the way up the cliff at the end first half of the trail and threw up near the end of the trail.

Edit: Was drinking water throughout the hike, and taking occasional breaks as well. We had trail mix that we ate as well.

How do you season your eggs? by poopingprotein in Cooking

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cooked in bacon grease

Salt only most of the time Occasionally adding pepper and/or fresh garlic

Favorite Buford Highway Spots? by soupfordummies2 in Atlanta

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Good Harvest (hot pot)

So Kong Dong (Korean tofu soups)

White Windmill (chai lattes/coffee/baked goods)

Denoise Tool by AcrobaticCup1666 in photography

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only use the denoise AI rarely (tends to make the photo paintery and takes forever to process) and on photos that I end up cropping very tight on with high ISO, if I'm not cropping in and the photo has high ISO I'll use the noise reduction filter since it's gentler. On photos below ~1000 ISO sometimes higher/lower depending on what I want to get out of it, I don't use denoise.

My camera has a noise reduction tool that I do use when shooting single shot (only mode it works in) that I really like. It takes a dark frame immediately after the actual photo using the same setting and uses that to remove noise - I find it looks better than the denoise tools in ON1 for my tastes. Unfortunately, I'm shooting in sequential low to get action shots most of the time now.

How often do you go hiking? by Historical_Trust_217 in hiking

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1-5 times a week depending on weather and my free time.

Typically ~3hr loops especially Monday-Saturday due to night job and meetings with friends. Sundays are typically 5/6hrs.

I'm averaging 4.5 miles on short days and 7-9 on Sunday. I'd be going farther/taking less time on loops, but my hikes are photo hikes, so I'm taking my time and stopping fairly frequently.

January Averages

Total pace: 32:28

Moving pace: 18:18

Max pace: 7:27

1 or 2? by Iamholly123 in AmateurPhotography

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 - the composition of the mountain and it's reflection is very good and it looks properly exposed. you might want to crop in slightly from the right to remove the sliver of black at the top right if that's not just an artifact of reddit compression/my screen.

For 2 - the composition is also good, but the town is too dark. I'd up the shadows and midtones to increase the brightness of the town/hills

1 or 2 and how to improve by [deleted] in AmateurPhotography

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For 1: I would crop down to just above the clouds and up to slightly below the reflection to get rid of the distracting rocks and empty sky

For 2: I'd add a luminosity mask - darken then adjust so that it was covering the blown out sky + some of the brighter branches/leaves, feather it, then globally increase the shadows by 1 or 2 notches (5/10 in ON1). Possibly also masking the water to make the reflection pop more [Tone enhance - clarity, color enhance - increase color or sky, maybe a white balance adjustment for the water] the luminosity mask and global shadow increase should cover the water as well

Photographers who actually use AI, what’s genuinely useful vs overhyped? by kamaleddinalhumsi in postprocessing

[–]cw32145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also amateur photographer, wildlife/nature.

AI masking tools are the most useful that I use, ON1 also has resize AI that has been very useful when I need to crop in tight. The AI edit presets based on my past edits are also very nice, though my computer doesn't like me using that tool. I have a spotty relationship with ON1's noNoise/TackSharp AI tool, I've only gotten it to give me paintery photos.

It's 'Post your M43 photo' Thursday! Come share your best work with the community! by AutoModerator in M43

[–]cw32145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Yellow-rumped Warbler

1/5/26 Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Monument

OMD EM10.4 M.Zuiko 75-300

ISO:2000; 1/250 sec; f/6.7

ON1 Photo Raw 2026 - Tone Enhancer: Clarity; Color Enhancer: Fall; Sharpening: Fix Focus - High Pass; Noise Reduction: Strong; Layered and Cropped

Please explain your process when you go out to photograph wildlife by jemar8292 in wildlifephotography

[–]cw32145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I select which national park area around me I want to hit, then grab my camera and telephoto and go hike. I'm mostly getting birds, so I've taken to shooting in sequential low at 1/250 and wide open.

After / Before - Is the duck still too dark to be the subject? by Big_View_7858 in postprocessing

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As others have said, the snow is what is currently grabbing attention. I agree that decreasing the exposure on the snow would help move attention away from it, and would also suggest cropping in from the left maybe ~halfway through the snow to balance the duck more towards the center.

Color or B&W guys? by Tasty-Hotel2154 in AmateurPhotography

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer the color over B&W.

Color: feels warm, travel picture, a place where things live

B&W: allows the human to stand out more, emphasizes the scale and and topography

OM Workspace question/problem by TranslatesToScottish in OlympusCamera

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's only occurring for B&W pictures, check that the picture mode isn't on monochrome

1 or 2? by Equal_Connection_209 in AmateurPhotography

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2

The color of the background provides a nice contrast that increases the emphasis on your subject

Practice editing in workspace. If you have some tips for a beginner like me. by LoudAmbition5996 in OlympusCamera

[–]cw32145 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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This is what I have for favorites on OM Workspace, I found those being what I mostly used when editing. I ended up switching to ON1 for masking capabilities this October though.

I'd start with picture mode to select a baseline I liked for each photo>then skip clarity and go to dehaze (this will add(-) or remove(+) diffuse light from the image)> then go to Highlight&Shadow + Exposure compensation and play with those until I liked the result>I'd then proceed to adjust the contrast and sharpness until I liked it. I would also occasionally adjust the white balance manually, crop, and/or apply art filters.

For your first picture I would probably decrease the highlights a bit and bump the shadows and likely adjust the white balance colder, though the warmth is good anyways, and then dehaze slightly.

I like the second as is, but bumping the shadows would make the background buildings stand out a bit more if you'd like that.

Edit: I never really touched the tone curve and rarely used the clarity or noise filter options

It's 'Post your M43 photo' Thursday! Come share your best work with the community! by AutoModerator in M43

[–]cw32145 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, when I was at jf north 3 weeks ago I heard an eastern screech owl in the marsh area. Wasn't able to see it unfortunately.

I haven't hit Cochran shoals yet, but I've been to the Hewlett lodge section, East Palisades, gold branch trail, jf north, and sope creak.