Yes, it is a male house finch. Fine capture too.

Huh? You don't argue with a woman, you just tell her what to do and when to do it. Simple.

Computational photography is another way to designate light-field (LF) photography. In short, a LF camera captures the dimensional information in a scene (not 3D). With this information, after the exposure the user can change where the focus is located in the scene, change the depth of field and its location, etc. Ren Ng did his dissertation on this technology while at Stanford and then started a company called Lytro. They produced several camera types, but the company essentially failed. A couple of yours ago Google acquired this company. Likely we will see LF technology appear in Google smartphones in the near future. If you want to know more, Google light-field photography. I note that LF photography is very computationally intense. Back in the early 2000s, Ren demonstrated his prototype camera at a SPIE workshop. It took about 10 minutes to process the image! Of course, Lytro developed a custom processor years later that got the time down better than an old Polaroid camera.

Also, some use the term computational photography in a broader sense such as digital creation of images or modification/enhancement of conventional photographic images or ....

The reason why women have this instinctive knowledge about what each other are going to say is simple ... they have nothing new to say and just repeat it over and over and over ...

Now men on the other have have lots of new and important information to share with other men.

Hi CHG_CANON,
I have all Nikon gear now, but I'm convinced that Nikon will be no better than #3 in the mirrorless gear race. Sony and Canon will have to fight it out. Who's dreaming? Once this virus stuff passes and we can travel again, I'll be buying. Been thinking about becoming an illegal immigrant and heading to NYC since it was reported a few days ago that they will be handing out $15,600 checks to illegal immigrants. Grab my check and head down to B&H and help the economy!

I have a friend who had the earlier Canon mirrorless to replace his DSLR Canon pro camera. He was most disappointed. Recently he purchased the R5 and the 28-105 (I believe this is the range he said) and the 100-500 lenses. He is extremely happy with the R5 and had no regrets. Sort of encourages me to go Canon when I move to mirrorless. ha ha Get it an you will be happy I'm sure.

May I suggest that you consider the AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR rather than the Tamron. It has excellent MTF over the central 2/3 of the FOV in the wide setting. If you are serious about making great landscapes, this lens on the D810 can make excellent pano images if you overlap about 30%. In the tele setting it is almost as good and hence you can have some flexibility in your final framing. Of course, you should have the pano gear on a good tripod.

Hi Ecobin,

My experience too. I have made a number of photo books that include commentary on trips we have taken. Those seems to be viewed multiple times. But they are a lot of work to do it right. (Right means that the family correcting the comments in the draft version have stropped! )

Hi Gordie,
I don't recall because I did the preorder plus I already had Luminar 4 which gave a bit more discount as I recall.
Best regards,
Doc

You are correct 205Egan regarding the graphics cards. My cards were top-of-the-line 11 years ago, but Luminar 4 wouldn't run correctly. Their tech support didn't help much. So I decided the solution must be that the GPU was inadequate. Put in a new (and much improved) card and all was well. Also helped run some other programs faster.

The sky reflection feature is not realistic. I have mentioned to Skylum this needs attention.

Yes, I have the same lens and a D810. Sent on a Friday and received it back the following Friday. This was before the Chinese virus attack. I also have the Tapin unit and did okay on tuning, but they did much better. First class packing of the camera and lens on return. They pay return shipping. Your homeowners may cover the insurance. Mine does. Great service.

Likely the bad reviews are by Canon and Nikon service. Just kidding. Tamron Service is the best I have ever experienced. Send it in and they will have it bad in a week in FedEx is working normally, but they aren't it seems.

Use the lens you have, take a solid tripod, get a pano mount (I use RSS), and practice before your wonderful trip. You can make huge panoramic images and then you can have the ability to create the final images you will want top print and display! I strongly recommend PTGui Pro 11.31 to create your pano images. (www.ptgui.com) Get motivated ... see the gallery at https://www.ptgui.com/gallery/.

The IRS told you correctly. It will become a tax credit on your 2020 return and the money will be sent to the bank account you provide, or they will mail it to you (not a good idea in general). You still will need to provide your disability income and any interest or other income even if the total is below the filling threshold. Do this as soon as possible so that if the third stimulus check is provided, the IRS will have the bank coordinates to send the funds. If not, just wait until April and claim all three payments. Otherwise you will need to fine an amended return. Good luck!