That’s why I’m saying I should have lowered the shutter speed, that pic was taken pretty much leaning on a window frame.
And yes I did shoot in RAW, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to save it by upping the exposure to actually get a pic showing the owl. Why’d you ask?
My second and last observation to iNat.
(Edit: Here it is;https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232071995)
If you still have the RAW file, I would love to try running it through DxO’s Pure Raw denoiser. Just to see what it could find.
Some people think that these enhancers just create detail that isn’t really there, but there are many things that a sensor detects that are outside our sensory abilities to see. Most of it in sub-pixel patterns. The powers of computerized mathematical pattern recognition might work very well here.
If you’d trust me with a copy of that RAW file I would like to see what I could do. Message me and I’ll send you an address you could upload it to.
How did you do that? (It looks nauseating)
Unfortunately I’ve already deleted it. I would have been able to do with that :( I figured what I have uploaded was all I was going to be able to harvest from it. I’ll keep it in mind for the future however!
It almost looks like a Half-Life headcrab lol.
I feel like I’ve heard that as a response to seeing this image.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240230881
But I needed to because there are no bumble bee observations in this particular area. I am planning to go back and find some more to add
Is…is this Mars!? 
There is a FB group…crap bird photography 
At least it is easily (for me) identifiable to species.
Exactly how is this a poorwill?
This also wasn’t the only Arthropod in that bathroom. When I actually sat down on the toilet (which was before I found that bug) I actually saw something that looked dead, it wasn’t, it was a moth… And it flew out.
No, please see https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169928-what-kind-of-photos-or-sounds-should-i-attach-to-observations-
Hey, this is a fun thread, but I did want to add a serious explanation. “Frass” refers to BugGuide.net. You need to understand the history of the site and its purpose to see the need for that category.
Trying not to be too O/T here, but I feel some understanding is good. Again, love this thread!
Is that Bigfoot?
It’s so modern!
I love this thread because it’s crazy how many species you can still identify even when they are totally blurry! Far from my worst ever, just the worst of the observations I uploaded today:
The final step of my file handling workflow is to upload all the RAW files directly from the camera chip to my basic Amazon account.
No, it’s not that easy to manage them on there but the storage for your images is unlimited and a great insurance step that’s included in your basic account service. If you’ve ever lost a harddrive, you’ll know why that’s a good idea.
Also, you have to understand that RAW editing tools keep improving. I have restored files from over 10 years back that I never thought would have been possible. You never know!
