Some more birds from my New Zealand trip. Some taken with the 70-200 f2.8E FL VR and some with the 500 f5.6 PF
1) New Zealand Robin in full voice
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/6.3 at 500.0mm iso8000
2) New Zealand Tui
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso4000
3) Royal Albatross, one of the two largest Albatross including the Wandering Albatross. This was shot through an observation window that was well tinted and fogged up. The window caused all sorts of AF issues and missed focus for all the cameras that people had, including top spec DSLR's, except my Z7 seemed to work well. However, it took a lot of work to make it look this good. They told us that they needed tinted windows to avoid scaring the birds, yet the birds let humans walk right up to them. My belief is they didn't want great photos and want you to buy them at their shop. These are free birds and they first touch land after 5 years and come to New Zealand to breed. They are endangered.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/125s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso2500
4) New Zeland Robin.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/100s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso1250
5) The New Zealand Kea - These things destroy cars and if you hire a car in NZ, they may not cover you for insurance for them! They will happily sit on your car roof and "carefully" remove the rubber that surrounds your windscreen or any part of your car that they can get their beak around, which is pretty much anything. This one is digging a tree out of the ground and doing a good job of it! They are one of the few in the parrot family that may prey on other birds. The other is the Antipodes Parakeet further down in next post.
7) New Zealand Kiwi. Taken in basically pitch darkness. It was difficult to even be able to see let alone get a photo and when I mean difficult to see, I mean there was literally about a 1 candle power light that "lit" (I use that term generously) the area.
Z7 + 70-200 f2.8E FL VR, 1/6s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso16000 and was underexposed by about a stop.
Some more birds from my New Zealand trip. Some taken with the 70-200 f2.8E FL VR and some with the 500 f5.6 PF
1) New Zealand Robin in full voice
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/6.3 at 500.0mm iso8000
2) New Zealand Tui
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso4000
3) Royal Albatross, one of the two largest Albatross including the Wandering Albatross. This was shot through an observation window that was well tinted and fogged up. The window caused all sorts of AF issues and missed focus for all the cameras that people had, including top spec DSLR's, except my Z7 seemed to work well. However, it took a lot of work to make it look this good. They told us that they needed tinted windows to avoid scaring the birds, yet the birds let humans walk right up to them. My belief is they didn't want great photos and want you to buy them at their shop. These are free birds and they first touch land after 5 years and come to New Zealand to breed. They are endangered.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/125s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso2500
4) New Zeland Robin.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/100s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso1250
5) The New Zealand Kea - These things destroy cars. They will happily sit on your car roof and "carefully" remove the rubber that surrounds your windscreen or any part of your car that they can get their beak around, which is pretty much anything. This one is digging a tree out of the ground and doing a good job of it! They are one of the few in the parrot family that may prey on other birds. The other is the Antipodes Parakeet further down in next post.
7) New Zealand Kiwi. Taken in basically pitch darkness. It was difficult to even be able to see let alone get a photo and when I mean difficult to see, I mean there was literally about a 1 candle power light that "lit" (I use that term generously) the area.
Z7 + 70-200 f2.8E FL VR, 1/6s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso16000 and was underexposed by about a stop.
Some more birds from my New Zealand trip. Some taken with the 70-200 f2.8E FL VR and some with the 500 f5.6 PF
1) New Zealand Robin in full voice
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/6.3 at 500.0mm iso8000
2) New Zealand Tui
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso4000
3) Royal Albatross, one of the two largest Albatross including the Wandering Albatross. This was shot through an observation window that was well tinted and fogged up. The window caused all sorts of AF issues and missed focus for all the cameras that people had, including top spec DSLR's, except my Z7 seemed to work well. However, it took a lot of work to make it look this good. They told us that they needed tinted windows to avoid scaring the birds, yet the birds let humans walk right up to them. My belief is they didn't want great photos and want you to buy them at their shop. These are free birds and they first touch land after 5 years and come to New Zealand to breed. They are endangered.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/125s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso2500
4) New Zeland Robin.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/100s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso1250
5) The New Zealand Kea - These things destroy cars. They will happily sit on your car roof and "carefully" remove the rubber that surrounds your windscreen or any part of your car that they can get their beak around, which is pretty much anything. This one is digging a tree out of the ground and doing a good job of it!
7) New Zealand Kiwi. Taken in basically pitch darkness. It was difficult to even be able to see let alone get a photo and when I mean difficult to see, I mean there was literally about a 1 candle power light that "lit" (I use that term generously) the area.
Z7 + 70-200 f2.8E FL VR, 1/6s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso16000 and was underexposed by about a stop.
Some more birds from my New Zealand trip. Some taken with the 70-200 f2.8E FL VR and some with the 500 f5.6 PF
1) New Zealand Robin in full voice
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/6.3 at 500.0mm iso8000
2) New Zealand Tui
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/160s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso4000
3) Royal Albatross, one of the two largest Albatross including the Wandering Albatross. This was shot through an observation window that was well tinted and fogged up. The window caused all sorts of AF issues and missed focus for all the cameras that people had, including top spec DSLR's, except my Z7 seemed to work well. However, it took a lot of work to make it look this good. They told us that they needed tinted windows to avoid scaring the birds, yet the birds let humans walk right up to them. My belief is they didn't want great photos and want you to buy them at their shop. These are free birds and they first touch land after 5 years and come to New Zealand to breed. They are endangered.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/125s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso2500
4) New Zeland Robin.
Z7 + 500 f5.6 PF, 1/100s f/5.6 at 500.0mm iso1250
5) The New Zealand Kea - These things destroy cars. They will happily sit on your car roof and "carefully" remove the rubber that surrounds your windscreen or any part of your car that they can get their beak around, which is pretty much anything. This one is digging a tree out of the ground and doing a good job of it!
7) New Zealand Kiwi. Taken in basically pitch darkness. It was difficult to even be able to see let alone get a photoand wehn I mean difficult to see, I mean there was literally about a 1 candle power light that "lit" (I use that term generously) the area.
Z7 + 70-200 f2.8E FL VR, 1/6s f/2.8 at 200.0mm iso16000 and was underexposed by about a stop.
More in next post.
May 27, 2019 at 12:13 AM
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However, it took a lot of work to make it look this good. They told us that they needed tinted windows to avoid scaring the birds, yet the birds let humans walk right up to them. My belief is they didn't want great photos and want you to buy them at their shop. These are free birds and they first touch land after 5 years and come to New Zealand to breed. They are endangered. 
