I'm don't typically take pictures of wildlife, but I love Keas and this was a special experience. There were about 12-15 of them, probably more in the trees, and I spent about 2 hours observing them. Initially there were other tourists at the spot and the Kea did their usual thing investigating the cars. But over time everyone except 2 other people left and the Kea started interacting more with each other and started flying through the valley - just magical to experience.
First one taken with the Z7 and 24-200mm, the rest with the Zf and 70-180mm f2.8.
Full size on flickr and imo, these look better on a bigger screen
I'm don't typically take pictures of wildlife, but I love Keas and this was a special experience. There were about 12-15 of them, probably more in the trees, and I spent about 2 hours observing them. Initially there were other tourists at the spot and the Kea did their usual thing investigating the cars. But over time everyone except 2 other people left and the Kea started interacting more with each other and started flying through the valley - just magical to experience.
First one taken with the Z7 and 24-200mm, the rest with the Zf and 70-180mm f2.8.
Full size on flickr and imo, these look better on a bigger screen
Milford Sound is a very rainy place. The mean annual rainfall in Milford Sound is around 6,800mm (yes, 6.8mts of rain!) or 268 inches! It rains there on average 182 days a year so, on average every second day it rains! Over the course of 24 hours, 250mm (10 inches) of rain can fall in the area.
I'm don't typically take pictures of wildlife, but I love Keas and this was a special experience. There were about 12-15 of them, probably more in the trees, and I spent about 2 hours observing them. Initially there were other tourists at the spot and the Kea did their usual thing investigating the cars. But over time everyone except 2 other people left and the Kea started interacting more with each other and started flying through the valley - just magical to experience.
First one taken with the Z7 and 24-200mm, the rest with the Zf and 70-180mm f2.8.
Full size on flickr and imo, these look better on a bigger screen ...Show more →
Fantastic captures, those birds are gorgeous!
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Z8 + adapted Tamron 28-200
NIKON Z 8E 28-200mm F2.8-5.6 A071 lens29mmf/5.61/500s64 ISO0.0 EV
Recently testing the Tamron 28-300mm f/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD, which is currently available only for Sony E-mount. I'm using it on a Z8 via a Megadap adapter.
It's an impressive lens for a superzoom. My favourite aspects are the rapid autofocus, almost 100% hit rate, excellent handling and weight for such a versatile range and the close focusing capability.
That said, optically I think it's better suited to 24MP bodies. Even so, it's a great "f/8 and be there" lens for summer shooting.
Been having way too much fun with the little Zfc, enough that I'm wondering if I should keep my Z5ii, or just trade it for more glass and run the Zfc+Z7 combo. Yeah, the Z5ii is a much better camera, but the camera you actually grab beats the one sitting on the shelf.
Wight Island Bridge
Zfc, Tamron SP 17-50mm f2.8 Internal Motor on FTZII
