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      09-27-2016, 11:52 AM   #5198
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Piccure+

Piccure+ testing:

Reprocessed Blackbird On Owl Shot by David Stephens, on Flickr

I tried the free 30-day trial of Piccure+ this weekend. My very first test was this red-wing blackbird attack on a great horned owl, from 2014. It was at ISO 1600, a low shutter speed (I'd been shooting perched owls in overcast light) and at a pretty great distance. Piccure overcomes camera/subject movement with a pixel-by-pixel analysis and sharpening.

No miracle happened, but a substantial improvement was rendered. I'll post the original in the next window for comparison.

Piccure+ is intuitive to use and relatively fast when used on a fast computer.

Original blackbird/owl shot for comparison:

Red-winged blackbird harasses Great Horned Owl by David Stephens, on Flickr

Here's a less flawed example:

With piccure+

Piccure Comparison by David Stephens, on Flickr

Without piccure+
(Sorry, I raised the level a little on the piccure+ example because I was going to print it):

He Sees Me by David Stephens, on Flickr
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