Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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Full video at youtu.be/TyvBGLqoVzo

This week Brad photographs a Green-winged Teal at first light and has fun with a couple of shorebirds in the soft orange light from smoke-filled skies from nearby wildlfires. I spent a little time with some songbirds in the forests of Newfoundland and made a POV video about it. We then get into our topic about how we have used Kayaks for bird photography, both using the kayak to get to locations you can only access from the water as well as shooting from the kayak. We talk about safety, stability and show photos captured as well as behind the scenes videos using the kayak. We end the episode sharing our choices for the weekly challenge from episode 3 which was high key photos. See the chosen photos at rayhennessy.com/wildlife-photo-chat-video/04-using-a-kayak-for-bird-photography-wildlife-photo-chat-video

Gear used in this episode:

Cameras:
Nikon Z9
Nikon Z6iii
Nikon D4s

Lenses:
Nikon 500mm f/4 G
Nikon Z 400mm f/4.5
Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8
Nikon 300mm f/4 PF
Laowa 10mm f/2.8
Aquatech Underwater Housing for Nikon Z6iii