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apparently these are rare and reclusive country and forest owls, well last night at 2 am in the city in the north of england, admittedly a leafy west end part of the city, i was having a cig out the window and this owl came flying down and sat in front of me on my fire escape for about 20 minutes just looking at me while i had my smoke. This is an awesome owl.

That’s Awesome work .. my friend.. I’ve started working photographing this bird too… I completely understand what it takes… to get closer to it… I subscribed … so Let’s get this guy

How does it compare to nikon 200-500 5.6 at 500?

So many lovely clips and photos! Loved seeing this! 🦉🤎 Greetings from a Swedish youtuber! 🇸🇪

hi Michael thanks for your precious advices. i m a happy z6' possessor. a would ask you if you has ever tried the z 24-200. i wish join it to z 24-70 f4 that i already have. thanks

Awesome. I was out looking for Pygmies today and got skunked, so this is cool.

Hi Michael, thanks for the video.I do wildlife painting and photography. I am going to move to Denmark this year. I live in tropics. How is the Denmark's bird and other animal abundance . How easy we can see them?

Great video, very informative. Photographing ducks is a very challenging task.

Thank you !

Great video. Hope you're still at it. And I hope you're still reading these. I have a question. When doing video of the birds, do you try to use the 180° rule? Do you use ND filters? Thanks.

Great video Michael, I'm heading out this week to hopefully photograph the Belted, done a few days recce and found a few favoured perches so fingers crossed! Great images and video of the birds, fieldcraft, and patience paid off. Great work, Just subscribed, Cheers Rich 👍

Great idea ill use this on my next shoot

Well done!

Hi Micheal . I have just found 2 GCG’s at a lovely spot and I can get down low so hoping for a great photography experience . Love your video and the info is very useful . What aperture and minimum shutter speed do you normally use when photographing the grebes please?

Yes and No is the perfect answer

Great video! Question please- with the gimbal monopod combo how do you safely and easily mount the big lens like 600mm f4 to the gimbal bracket? With the tilt head I usually laid down the monopod flat on the ground with towel or some kind of protective materials and angle the head facing up to install big lens. Thank you in advance.

Wonderful shots !! I have had tawnies nesting on my property since 1970, when we put up 2 boxes.

Awesome!! I saw one once it was really loud and swooped in the water .. i got shots but i was very far away and my lens is only 250 mm. But it gave me hope knowing they exist in my area! Thanks for this info. Do they perch high? Or close to water? The one I saw seemed very high.

Fantastic video production. I really appreciate you sharing your experience. Starting to look for kingfishers myself and this helps a lot!

So cool

Excellent video and thanks to share. Which camera did you use with the 500MM PF ? I have the Sigma 150-600 Contemporary and want to have a better image quality, I'm using a D850.

Super tips and pointers. 👍🏼

Respect for your respect for nature! Good man.

Thanks for sharing. I live close to some water where they come every year and a couple of other water ways that are close by. The bummer part is none of them provide a way of getting close like you can. Also around here, if you are seen with cammo stuff, the police would be called. I wold be thrilled to get within 25 feet.

Do you think that a firmware update wil take care of BIF requirements on the Z6?

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Very well filmed, Michael. Lots of beauty in this movie. Thumbs up. 👍 Greeting, Thomas

How do feel this lense will perform on a D700 with its 12mp...

Great video, very helpful. I'm wondering if you ever use a monopod with feet attached, or what you think of that. Thanks.

Awesome photos and video. I saw one for the first time last week and it's small and hard to photograph. Thanks for sharing

Just wait until you hit 70! Then those heavy lenses are killer.

Hi Michael Z5 camera +ftz ii + nikkor 200-500mm f5. 6; would it make a good combination for bird & wildlife photography?

Looks like Vancouver island. Theres so many of them on North Vancouver Island.

There is no free lunch.

My favorite bird. I have them in my back yard, marsh habitat. Just tooled up with the D500 and the Z6 II for wildlife. Need to figure out how to photograph them as you already have...... you have some magnificent photos here, congratulations! Got my work cut out for me as a serious amateur learning my cameras as well as photographing wildlife. I have the rest of my life to have fun in those endeavors. Currently waiting on the 200-500mm f5.6 and then it will be time to begin exercising the shutter. Thank you for sharing those magnificent photos as well as your technique.

I am so glad you found her she is winking at you beautiful shots If you look on the ground you might see pellets

Nicely done!

Thank you sir.

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Great video, Michael. Looking forward to you sharing a video of you using this lens in the field. I ordered a copy of this lens and looking forward to pairing it with my D500, D5 and (Z9 whenever that day comes.)

Amazing birds. If you can, get out on the ocean, Pacific Loons are beautiful too. Thanks for posting. Hello from the Island.

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Can you use 500mmF5.6 with a 1.4*TC? I thnk I will get one to replace a old AF300mm2,8 screw drive

At no time does he address the price differences in the lenses he discusses. Must be nice to be rich enough that money is never a consideration.

I'm trying to decide between the Jobu jr3 and the JR3 deluxe any thoughts? I have the Canon R5 Gripped and RF 100-500

Excellent review!

Why no new videos

Nice work, Michael is it legal to use a floating hide in the water where you shoot ??

Is bobbing and gaping normal behaviour?

AHHHHH MAGICAL .....WOW , THANKS FOR SHARING BRO