Monday Mystery - Guess What

Everyone including Polly managed to work out last week's mystery photo. Congratulations and the virtual Midmarsh Gold Star go to TexWisGirl, Adrian, Wilma, Ragged Robin, Glo and Roy who all recognised the kettle among the patterns:

    

That was very nearly the last puzzle picture for this year until I finally spotted something to photograph half way through the morning. What is hidden behind the  patterns in this week's mystery photo?

Guess What:


Please leave any guesses in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.
No prizes, just for fun and maybe a virtual Midmarsh Gold or Silver Star.

A bit of a Change

I replaced the recorder I use with the nature cameras. The old one was very clumsy when it came to extracting bits of video. The new one has a much easier mouse operated interface, once it has been mastered. At the same time I moved the camera which used to monitor for visiting Hedgehogs as I hadn't seen one this year. Now it monitors the bird bath for a change:



A bit of test video:



I think I need to clean the lens again and I am still making adjustments to the recorded quality and length of motion detected video as there are quite a few menu choices to play with on the recorder. Next job is to get sound on the recordings - should be fun!

Friday at the Flicks -- Starlings

Doing what they do best - squabbling over food:

Super Denoising Mac App

Just spotted that the Mac app Super Denoising is a free download at the time of writing.

Gave it a quick trial on one of the noisy microscope photos:

 

Original:


Denoised:


I had already tried 'denoising' the original in Serif Affinity and my old version of Photoshop Elements and that was the best I could achieve. So far on this quick test I am very impressed with Super Denoising. Although the results may not perfectly match what was originally seen by eye as it is liable to lose some small detail it certainly makes a good attempt at cleaning things up.

Wordless Wednesday

 

Monday Mystery - Guess What

Last week's mystery photo went down better. Congratulations and a virtual Midmarsh Gold Star go to Adrian, The Weaver of Grass, TexWisGirl, Ragged Robin and Wilma who all identified the Jack-o-Lantern / Halloween Pumpkin:

   

I wonder how you will get on with the everyday object disguised in this mystery photo.
Guess What:


Please leave any guesses in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the answer, next Monday.
No prizes, just for fun and maybe a virtual Midmarsh Gold or Silver Star.

A Touch Nippy This Morning

It's no wonder the weather is a major topic of conversation in the UK. It can change so rapidly from one extreme to another. A few days ago we had much higher than average November temperatures with it reaching 18C here. Last night it plummeted to an unseasonal -1C over night. It was only half a degree above freezing when we went for our morning perambulation and were greeted by the sight of frozen pools of water by the front gate:





So much depends on the position of the ever meandering jet stream. Depending on its position winds may come from the Atlantic bringing humid, rainy and sometimes stormy conditions. From the Arctic bringing cold and snow or from Africa bringing warm air.