RoamingScott wrote:
What's the question for us here? You're going to have it in your own hands, make your own impressions
I suspect coming from the Z9 you'll immediately notice all the ways in which the build quality is inferior.
Also why the heck is this in the image thread?
Why not? You think all of the image threads only containing photos? Hehehhehehe............. FYI, if the Z8 sucks, I can always return it and not even opening it fyi.... Maybe I should wait for the A9III...heheheh
Don't believe I shared this. Few shots from the inaugural Jones Beach Ironman 70.3. I was working for my local Tri race production company during the Expo and some of our friends were racing it. People were racing in a storm, 9/23/23.
Didn't shoot the entire race of course. Who knows, I may end up being their official race photographer next year in 2024 since were are all part of the tri family in NYC and Long Island. Even having the same sponsor.
eskimochaos wrote:
What's your trick to get them so close? What are you feeding them??
I've been to that exact spot and you could reach out and touch them if you wanted to There's about 2,000 Gannets there. I'm jealous that he has access to locations like that presumably whenever he wants.
CanadaMark wrote:
I've been to that exact spot and you could reach out and touch them if you wanted to There's about 2,000 Gannets there. I'm jealous that he has access to locations like that presumably whenever he wants.
Correct, although the viewing platforms and paths were wiped out in a cyclone earlier this year. Along with a lot of Muriwai village and some loss of life. Only in recent weeks have non-residents such as me been allowed to enter the area. Access to the Gannet colony is very difficult unless you are prepared to climb some quite difficult places. The remains of the viewing platforms have been claimed by the gannets for nesting. There are places on the cliffs where gannets glide by so close that even 120mm is too long. As the climate changes we are having to make "defend or retreat" decisions as to whether locations are rebuilt after these events. I don't know what category the viewing platforms will fall into. But already parts of the village have been deemed "retreat" and will not be rebuilt and landowners have been bought out by the municipality. This of course has cost a lot of money and which will make rebuilding of public facilities such as the paths and viewing
platforms more difficult even if it is deemed wise to do so.
Alistair1 wrote:
Correct, although the viewing platforms and paths were wiped out in a cyclone earlier this year. Along with a lot of Muriwai village and some loss of life. Only in recent weeks have non-residents such as me been allowed to enter the area. Access to the Gannet colony is very difficult unless you are prepared to climb some quite difficult places. The remains of the viewing platforms have been claimed by the gannets for nesting. There are places on the cliffs where gannets glide by so close that even 120mm is too long. As the climate changes we are having to make "defend or retreat" decisions as to whether locations are rebuilt after these events. I don't know what category the viewing platforms will fall into. But already parts of the village have been deemed "retreat" and will not be rebuilt and landowners have been bought out by the municipality. This of course has cost a lot of money and which will make rebuilding of public facilities such as the paths and viewing
platforms more difficult even if it is deemed wise to do so....Show more →
Oh wow, that's too bad - I didn't realize it was hit by a cyclone. I was there in November 2019 and was obviously spoiled by the easy access paths/platforms. It was a lovely place, so hopefully they are able to rebuild what they can in a way that works for everyone and with minimal impact on the community.
With a little practice you can roughly mimic that call. And you can use your calling to bring one right in to you. It's true. Of course it does not work every time, but enough to be exciting. I used to do this during my earlier years. They'd fly in and land on a branch of an adjacent tree and stare down at me. I've found Barred owls mostly in mature hardwood stands. Not sure why they prefer this, but maybe because of the higher occurrence of the large cavities (for nesting) that develop in old hardwoods.
