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p.49 #1Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
old_hikingman wrote:
I think this is a Red-shouldered Hawk (elegans group) taken this morning in my back yard in redwoods country. Most of its tail hidden but very bottom has white band. A Viltrox 2.0 TC was attached. Comments welcome as I am not a regular birder.
Dave
Dave, I think this is a Cooper's hawk.
bruce
I think this is a Red-shouldered Hawk (elegans group) taken this morning in my back yard in redwoods country. Most of its tail hidden but very bottom has white band. A Viltrox 2.0 TC was attached. Comments welcome as I am not a regular birder.
Dave
Dave, I think this is a Cooper's hawk.
bruce
Jun 26, 2026 at 02:49 PM
p.49 #2Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
OwlsEyes wrote:
Dave, I think this is a Cooper's hawk.
bruce
Thought of that too since it is also here. I was reacting mostly because a Red-shouldered has been around. Thanks for comment.
Dave
Dave, I think this is a Cooper's hawk.
bruce
Thought of that too since it is also here. I was reacting mostly because a Red-shouldered has been around. Thanks for comment.
Dave
Jun 26, 2026 at 05:20 PM
p.49 #3Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
OwlsEyes wrote:
DaveDave, I think this is a Cooper's hawk.
bruce
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old_hikingman wrote:
bruceThought of that too since it is also here. I was reacting mostly because a Red-shouldered has been around. Thanks for comment.
Dave
Very nice shot, and agree with Bruce - pretty sure it's a Cooper's Hawk.
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old_hikingman wrote
I think this is a Red-shouldered Hawk (elegans group) taken this morning in my back yard in redwoods country. Most of its tail hidden but very bottom has white band. A Viltrox 2.0 TC was attached. Comments welcome as I am not a regular birder.Dave
bruce
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old_hikingman wrote:
OwlsEyes wrote
Dave, I think this is a Cooper's hawk.bruce
Dave
Very nice shot, and agree with Bruce - pretty sure it's a Cooper's Hawk.
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Jun 26, 2026 at 05:27 PM
p.49 #4Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Thank you Fred. More than happy to accept your opinions!
Jun 26, 2026 at 06:58 PM
p.49 #5Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Z8 & Z 400/4.5 VR S, f/8, 1/640, ISO-1600
Jun 27, 2026 at 11:51 AM
p.49 #6Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Hi Stepping Quail 12.6 meters away cropped to 11/45 in ACR and a tad more to taste in Photoshop
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S Viltrox TC-2X lens 800mm f/11.0 1/2000s 1800 ISO 0.0 EV
Jun 27, 2026 at 10:48 PM
p.49 #7Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Milking the same fence line for a small House Sparrow taken in 6pm warm light 15.9 meters away. I don't own a 1.4 TC so all I have is this cheap Viltrox 2.0, but it seems pretty good actually. I'm cropped down to 3/45 MP!
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S Viltrox TC-2X lens 800mm f/11.0 1/2000s 2000 ISO 0.0 EV
Jun 28, 2026 at 04:40 PM
p.49 #8Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Tule Elk on a foggy day - Z9 w/400 f4.5 plus 1.4 TC, f6.3, 1/250, ISO 400
Jun 28, 2026 at 08:25 PM
p.49 #9Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
European Starling @ 12.6 meters in 6pm sunlight
Added 2nd image
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Added 2nd image
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S Viltrox TC-2X lens 800mm f/11.0 1/2000s 2200 ISO 0.0 EV
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S Viltrox TC-2X lens 800mm f/11.0 1/2000s 2200 ISO 0.0 EV
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Jun 29, 2026 at 07:32 PM
p.49 #10Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
That’s a special image
old_hikingman wrote:
European Starling @ 12.6 meters in 6pm sunlight
old_hikingman wrote:
European Starling @ 12.6 meters in 6pm sunlight
Jun 29, 2026 at 08:05 PM
p.49 #11Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Thank you very much! I added another shot
Jun 29, 2026 at 08:18 PM
p.49 #12Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Anna's Hummingbirds
© WilliamSimpson 2025
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S lens 400mm f/4.5 1/800s 1000 ISO 0.0 EV
© WilliamSimpson 2025
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S lens 400mm f/4.5 1/800s 1100 ISO 0.0 EV
© WilliamSimpson 2025
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S lens 400mm f/4.5 1/800s 1800 ISO 0.0 EV
© WilliamSimpson 2025
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S lens 400mm f/4.5 1/2000s 5000 ISO 0.0 EV
Jul 02, 2026 at 03:58 PM
p.49 #13Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
William, that's a very impressive set of hummingbird pictures. Nice work.
Jul 03, 2026 at 09:18 PM
p.49 #14Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Seawolf wrote:
William, that's a very impressive set of hummingbird pictures. Nice work.
Thank you so much!
William, that's a very impressive set of hummingbird pictures. Nice work.
Thank you so much!
Jul 03, 2026 at 09:22 PM
p.49 #15Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
"Don't look back, someone may be gaining on you"...
I saw this buck our household knows well but he'd been away for awhile but has returned this summer.
I was getting ready to go for an evening walk and shot this through my window, not expecting much. But despite that and ISO 20,00, I like it enough to share. He was 71 meters away
Dave
I saw this buck our household knows well but he'd been away for awhile but has returned this summer.
I was getting ready to go for an evening walk and shot this through my window, not expecting much. But despite that and ISO 20,00, I like it enough to share. He was 71 meters away
Dave
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S Viltrox TC-2X lens 800mm f/11.0 1/400s 20000 ISO -1.0 EV
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:22 PM
p.49 #16Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Out my back door is a private zoo where in the summer more than a dozen bucks & does congregate in the late afternoon for some apples and practice at bullying one another! Some I have seen for 3 straight years, others skip out most of the time or even skip a whole year.
This guy is looking at me from 36 meters away. The small Pacific Coast Mule Deer I see here have a variety of colors and this guy has a nice warmish coat. Most have a darker greyish coat like on my previous post.
Dave
This guy is looking at me from 36 meters away. The small Pacific Coast Mule Deer I see here have a variety of colors and this guy has a nice warmish coat. Most have a darker greyish coat like on my previous post.
Dave
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S lens 400mm f/11.0 1/640s 450 ISO 0.0 EV
Jul 08, 2026 at 08:38 PM
p.49 #17Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
This Raven needs to visit a "feather-dresser" - he's a little shaggy but I see the throat feathers which is why I think it's a Raven. Distance is 14 meters.
NIKON Z 8 NIKKOR Z 400mm f/4.5 VR S lens 400mm f/11.0 1/640s 640 ISO 0.0 EV
Jul 08, 2026 at 11:29 PM
p.49 #18Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Z8 & Z 400/4.5 VR S, f/5.6, 1/500, ISO-1400
Jul 17, 2026 at 01:03 PM
p.49 #19Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
Z8 & Z 400/4.5 VR S, f/5.6, 1/2500, ISO-5600
Jul 17, 2026 at 03:28 PM
p.49 #20Nikon Z 400 f4.5 VR S Image Thread
I have been looking at all these beautiful images you folks are getting with the Z 400 f4.5 VR S. I just picked up a Z8 after being out of the photography hobby for a while (2 decades). I am looking at the Z 400mm f4.5 VR S and the Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR. It seems to me that the Z 400mm f4.5 VR S is sharper and has better color and contrast. The photos in this thread seem so much sharper and more alive. Even with the Z TC 1.4. Am I wrong? I think I can live with 560mm if I get the what it seems the prime offers over the zoom.
Jul 17, 2026 at 06:00 PM