Chuck's photos
tulip1
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Taken at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Victoria Day 2023. Post with PaintShopPro and Topaz Denoise AI (which is a must with the A7RIVA).
tulip solitary yellow3
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Taken at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Victoria Day 2023. Post with PaintShopPro and Topaz Denoise AI (which is a must with the A7RIVA). Less crop, deeper DoF. Natural sunlight.
tulip solitary yellow2
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Taken at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Victoria Day 2023. Post with PaintShopPro and Topaz Denoise AI (which is a must with the A7RIVA). Deeper DoF. Natural sunlight.
tulip solitary yellow1
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Taken at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Victoria Day 2023. Post with PaintShopPro and Topaz Denoise AI (which is a must with the A7RIVA). Shallowest DoF. Natural sunlight.
tulips5
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Taken at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Victoria Day 2023. Post with PaintShopPro and Topaz Denoise AI (which is a must with the A7RIVA). Interesting colors. Natural sunlight.
tulips4
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Taken at Ottawa Tulip Festival on Victoria Day 2023. Post with PaintShopPro and Topaz Denoise AI (which is a must with the A7RIVA).
NY portrait
NY eyes
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It's all in the eyes. One of the last shots from A7RIVA before it left the stable for good.
Osprey curious 2
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Pole-top nest near Constance swamp on TD Parkway. Taken from faaaaaar away with long lens. Still able to crop the S2's 12MP decently.
Osprey shouting
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Pole-top nest near Constance swamp on TD Parkway. Taken from faaaaaar away with long lens. Still able to crop the S2's 12MP decently.
cold cardinal on a branch
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Coldest day of the winter so far, -25C with -40 windchill. Taken through a window but cleaned up with Topaz DeNoiseAI. APS-C mode so 450mm. Sony 70-300 f4-5.6G.
cardinal in the cold
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Same cardinal as next pic. Coldest day of the winter so far, -25C with -40 windchill. A bird's gotta eat though. Taken through a window, cleaned up with Topaz DeNoiseAI. APS-C mode so 450mm. Sony 70-300mm f4-5.6 G.
cardinal cold snow -25c
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Coldest day of the year so far, -40 windchill all day. Some hardy birds still visiting the backyard feeder. Shot thru a window, sharpened with Topaz DeNoiseAI. The spots centre-left are on the window, not the sensor. Taken in APS-C mode so 450mm. Sony 70-300mm f4-5.6G.
woodpecker BIF
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Just jumped off the maple, heading for a feeder. Taken through a window on a -25C morning (-40 windchill) but still decently sharp thanks to Topaz DeNoise AI. Sony FE 70-300mm G in APS-C mode so 450mm equiv.
Canada flag at the Supreme Court in Ottawa, ON
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Taken with ancient but surprisingly good Soligor 200mm f/4 from the 1960s that I bought for $29. It was either MD or FD mount; I can't remember anymore. Sold it ages ago. Processed with Topaz DeNoise AI (+43v 20-Jan-23).
Deer family different pose
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Mother and young whitetail in front of and next to the house. Processed with Topaz DeNoise AI. Sigma 400mm f5.6 APO telemacro Nikon mount adapted to Sony FE that I used exactly once, for this shot. MF was too hit and miss.
Urban coyote
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Taken through the front window of a home inside the city limits of Ottawa, Canada, one March morning. Processed with Topaz DeNoise AI. Sigma 18-200mm.
Coyote drooling
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Right outside a house after a March snowfall. Shot through a window. Processed with Topaz DeNoise AI. Taken with Sigma AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3

















