Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Weekly Catch-up:
Brad shares his frustration as this past week the weather conditions haven’t been favorable and he feels like spring season is slipping away. He did have an interesting encounter with an overly tame Ruffed Grouse and spent time with a Black backed Woodpecker which he’s only ever seen/photographed one once before. Ray shares about the big differences trying to photograph wildlife, specifically elk, at Grand Teton National Park where everything ran away, then at Rocky Mountain National Park where the Elk let him walk right up to them. He shares the stories and photos behind an amazing evening outing with a past client and friend Michael Dreese who he met up with at Grand Teton and had some amazing encounters.

Photo News:
The guys chat about the announced Nikon 120-300mm f/2.8 TC lens - nikonusa.com/content/120-300mm-development-announcement

Gear Used in this Episode:
Nikon Z9
Nikon Z8
Nikon Z6iii
Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 TC
Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5 - 5.6
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 G
Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 Plena
Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2
Nikon Z 35mm f/1.2
NIkon Z 28-400mm f/4-8

Thanks for supporting the show:
Rachelle Vance - instagram.com/rachelle_vance_photography
Mark Edstrom - instagram.com/birdnerdmark

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