Z9 photo thread
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Much appreciated Dan! I love the male Cormorants in breeding plumage. And I was pleased with the Woody.....would have liked to have been closer but the Z9 sensor allowed a big crop. Normally I like most BIF wings down but the Male Wood Duck is an exception with the beautiful details on the wing undersides.
And you know it
Looking forward to the 800....just hope they have a stock pile ready to ship. Bought the 1.4 Z TC. Cant wait to try it on the 800. 1120 mm FOV on the Z9 is going to be sweet....I hope Ricky
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Thank you Ralph! I was pleased with both of those images. Happy to get a preferred profile shot of the Kinglet which as you know doesnt stay still longRick, Awesome captures! The wood duck and Kinglet look like paintings.
Thank you very much, Ralph!Those images are crazy sharp. ! Beautiful
Here's one of my first with the Z9. Lens is Tamron 150-600 G2 with FTZ gen 1 adapter.
Cape May warbler:
Cape May warbler:
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Went out this morning with the updated firmware, seems much more sure of itself, not faster but snappier!
Mostly shot with C1 set to 19x11
Z9, 400/2.8TC mostly at 560mm
1. Juvenile Little Blue Heron
2. Spoonbill
3. Male Anhinga
Mostly shot with C1 set to 19x11
Z9, 400/2.8TC mostly at 560mm
1. Juvenile Little Blue Heron
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2. Spoonbill
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3. Male Anhinga
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John Navitsky
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So what do you do when you're shooting disc and are mugged by a puppy?
Well...
Make lemonade!
100-400@100mm, 1/1250s, f4.5, iso 1600. thank you for the close minimum focus distance :-D
Just kidding, I love being mugged by puppies! :-D
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Well...
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Make lemonade!
100-400@100mm, 1/1250s, f4.5, iso 1600. thank you for the close minimum focus distance :-D
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Just kidding, I love being mugged by puppies! :-D
some from the pond this late afternoon - Z9 500PF + 1.4TC III edited in LR:
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and a last one w/o TC - Z9 tracked nicely
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and a last one w/o TC - Z9 tracked nicely
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another fly-by:
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Some small birds with the Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII. This is where I need the 800 PF, but the 500 + 1.4x TCIII acquits itself very well!
Eastern Yellow Robin poked his head out from behind a tree and got the lovely afternoon sun.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso220. Cropped about 15%
Beautiful Firetail. A bird I have been after for quite a while. I do have shots of it, but these are the best I have so far.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso800. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso900. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso2500. Cropped about 60%
Eastern Yellow Robin poked his head out from behind a tree and got the lovely afternoon sun.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso220. Cropped about 15%
Beautiful Firetail. A bird I have been after for quite a while. I do have shots of it, but these are the best I have so far.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso800. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso900. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso2500. Cropped about 60%
Beautiful series Lance.Some small birds with the Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII. This is where I need the 800 PF, but the 500 + 1.4x TCIII acquits itself very well!
Eastern Yellow Robin poked his head out from behind a tree and got the lovely afternoon sun.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso220. Cropped about 15%
Beautiful Firetail. A bird I have been after for quite a while. I do have shots of it, but these are the best I have so far.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso800. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso900. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso2500. Cropped about 60%
Thank you very much, Ralph!
Stunning shots as usually Lance. Your pictures are always such a great motivation and benchmark! Thanks for sharing
Thank you very much, Markus! You are very kind.
What an interesting looking bird (and nice shots!)Some small birds with the Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII. This is where I need the 800 PF, but the 500 + 1.4x TCIII acquits itself very well!
Eastern Yellow Robin poked his head out from behind a tree and got the lovely afternoon sun.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso220. Cropped about 15%
Beautiful Firetail. A bird I have been after for quite a while. I do have shots of it, but these are the best I have so far.
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso800. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso900. Cropped about 30%
Z9 + 500 f5.6 PF + 1.4x TCIII, 1/320s f/8.0 at 700.0mm iso2500. Cropped about 60%
I may not be a Nikon shooter anymore but I do very much enjoy this thread.
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Thank you very much, Stephen!
It's a breed of Finch endemic to the south east of Australia.
Three I pulled from my outing this weekend. All with the z9 and 600 f4g:
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I was out photographing great blue herons and great egrets yesterday at a nearby rookery that is on two islands in the Mississippi River. There were some swallows flying just above the water on the side I was on -- barn swallows, tree swallows and Northern rough wing swallows. I had the 500 mm PF and 2x TCIII on my Z9 (the nests in the rookery I was focused on are are about 125 yards from the spot I was at, so more focal length is helpful). Switched the Z9 from wide area large to Auto AF, in both cases with animal detect on and tried to photograph the swallows. Here are a few shots. Handheld. 1/3200 at f11 (wide open, given the TC) and ISO from 2200 to 2800. HE Raw* files, converted in ACR. No sharpening in ACR. Edited in PS with Topaz Denoise and Sharpen AI. All cropped.
I got a number of shots that were in focus -- of course, I understand that f11 gives more depth of field that f2.8 or f4. My biggest problem was keeping a bird in the frame for more than a split second so that Auto AF could find it and focus. I have more frames of water with no bird than I do in focus shots, but that's on me.
Where I was able to keep a bird in the frame, things often, although not always, worked pretty well -- at least compared to my usual experience trying to shoot swallows. For some reason, the shots I liked best were all barn swallows. I could not have gotten these shots with my D500 or D850 (if nothing else, an f11 lens plus TC combination would not have autofocused) or with my Z7II/Z6II (which will AF with an f11 combination accurately, but not fast enough for most BIF and certainly not swallows).
Here is a link to a SmugMug gallery with a few of the shots.
wwelke.smugmug.com
I got a number of shots that were in focus -- of course, I understand that f11 gives more depth of field that f2.8 or f4. My biggest problem was keeping a bird in the frame for more than a split second so that Auto AF could find it and focus. I have more frames of water with no bird than I do in focus shots, but that's on me.
Where I was able to keep a bird in the frame, things often, although not always, worked pretty well -- at least compared to my usual experience trying to shoot swallows. For some reason, the shots I liked best were all barn swallows. I could not have gotten these shots with my D500 or D850 (if nothing else, an f11 lens plus TC combination would not have autofocused) or with my Z7II/Z6II (which will AF with an f11 combination accurately, but not fast enough for most BIF and certainly not swallows).
Here is a link to a SmugMug gallery with a few of the shots.
4 27 2022 Swallows - wwelke
This gallery hosted by SmugMug; your photos look better here.
wwelke.smugmug.com
Out testing the Z9 after my first set up. Shot an Urban Osprey diving in front of one of my favorite restaurants, had our 50th anniversary dinner there. This was a very long way away with 600 f/4 E. All processed with Light Room Classic. The last shot is the only Z9 image I have sent on the round trip to Topaz so far. To busy testing things and dodging rain storms to get serious yet but this sequence was fun.
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Testing Z9 and Z100-400 with new settings after their firmware updates. Western Screech-owl in the neighborhood
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Walking home from the dentist with Z9 and Z100-400 ... The Osprey surprised me while I had my back turned shooting the mallard ... the Barn Swallow shows why I ordered the 800 PF ... heavy crop but just not enough reach.
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I got my 9 today, made a couple of owlet snaps. I visit this nest often. these were made late day, about 15 mins apart
. I have a lot to learn
. I have a lot to learn
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thelordofthelight
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Blue tailed bee eater
GBZ_9879 by Ganesh Balakrishnan, on Flickr
Asian fairy bluebird
GBZ_4132 1 by Ganesh Balakrishnan, on Flickr
GBZ_9879 by Ganesh Balakrishnan, on FlickrAsian fairy bluebird
GBZ_4132 1 by Ganesh Balakrishnan, on Flickr