Enjoying The Aurora

by Daniel Beard

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Enjoying The Aurora

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Daniel Beard

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Digital Art - Photograph

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I've had lots of opportunities of late to get in-flight shots of ruby-throated hummingbirds here in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. So many, in fact, that I've been struggling a bit for presentation ideas. This fanciful image, one of two posted together, started out as a simple daytime in-flight capture of a female ruby-throated hummingbird headed towards a feeder, and ended up as a profile portrait against a starry nighttime sky colored by the aurora borealis. For the technically curious, the bird was isolated using Topaz Mask AI, and was adjusted with Topaz Studio 2 to created a faux nighttime exposure look. The starry aurora backdrop was added via ON1 Sky Swap AI.


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August 21st, 2023

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