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I think I got a pretty decent bino shot of a double-crested cormorant. Today in northeast Ohio. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not OP, but all I do is digiscope and, yes, all OP needs to do is edit the pic on their phone, hit the button that "auto-adjusts" the colors, etc. And it usually looks way better. Here's an example, I took through a scope, afterwards I used more advanced software magic:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I tried that out and posted the picture in another comment in this thread (https://lemmy.world/comment/10346090). I think it's better but I have some more to learn. Your photo is brilliant!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks, there are some neat advances in technology to help with enhancing cellphone photos, yes, some of them involve AI to help upscale the resolution and refine the details. If you're on Instagram you can check out my content on 'theCronicBirder'