Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago

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Episode 4: I didn't photograph much this week, instead I spent a lot of time mountain biking, kayaking, and hiking with Emilie. I did snag a few photos of some gulls flying along the stunning Newfoundland coastline as well as a surprise moose encounter one evening in golden light. Brad photographed a variety of shorebirds including Semipalmated Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, and Ruddy Turnstones in some amazing light as always. He had one outing with the sun filtering through wildfire smoke that made for some amazing light and colors. We wrap up the show by talking a bit about how we customize our Nikon Z9 cameras and what settings we've changed for how we each photograph birds. Thanks to @CuylePhoto for the topic suggestion! This week's #wildlifephotochatchallenge is to share low key wildlife photos which we discussed on episode 2 - youtu.be/cpbKL4SEgOU?si=zQj_ETHOujpvffFy

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:45 - Ray's past week
00:17:14 - Brad's past week
00:56:13 - Wildlife Photo Chat Challenge
00:58:13 - Nikon Z Camera Settings

Gear used in this episode:
Cameras:
Nikon Z9
Nikon Z6iii

Lenses:
Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 + 2x. teleconverter
Nikon G 500mm f/4
Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6
Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8