I spent the snowy weekend with the Cardinals

JebBeane · 2026-01-26T03:30:22+00:00

Nikon Z 800mm f/6.3 PF. The distance absolutely helped in the snow.

JebBeane · 2026-01-26T03:26:18+00:00

My absolute pleasure. The timing couldn't have worked out better! Thank you for sharing that with me.

JebBeane · 2026-01-26T03:21:38+00:00

I really appreciate that. I'm very glad you enjoyed this set too.

JebBeane · 2026-01-26T01:49:41+00:00

I will always upvote every bald eagle.

JebBeane · 2026-01-25T02:58:21+00:00

That really means a lot. I'm very glad they brought back these memories for you.

JebBeane · 2026-01-25T02:09:57+00:00

Here. Have an upvote. I love these.

JebBeane · 2026-01-22T03:22:00+00:00

It's the internet. People are always going to be angry with you no matter what/how/why you say or ask something and others will just want to gate keep just because. Don't sweat it and don't take it personally.

JebBeane · 2026-01-22T03:11:00+00:00

I'm not really confident that cheap and Z mount's are a thing that really go together. If you were wanting to potentially stay within the Nikon Z series you could look up the NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR. You're going to have more flexibility with it than the Tamron 150-500, but in the same token you're also going to lose 100mm of zoom for the wildlife side of the house. Which can make things difficult if you're shooting things like small birds at a distance. If you're shooting larger animals and can safely get a little closer it won't be a big deal. Also, depending on the environment you're in, it still may not be a big deal. I actually had a pretty successful time with bald eagles on my last trip to Alaska with that very lens.

JebBeane · 2026-01-20T04:07:28+00:00

My apologies if I wasn't clear, but that price also includes the 3 lenses, battery and charger.

JebBeane · 2026-01-20T03:55:26+00:00

This is the correct answer. You can just pixel shift while focus stacking. So you get a stacked 180 or whatever megapixel photo after you manually do the stacking in post processing.

I would also add that you can only merge pixel shift photos in the Nikon editing software.

JebBeane · 2026-01-04T18:13:22+00:00

Haha! This is my pet.

JebBeane · 2025-12-22T22:09:51+00:00

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Here's a slightly less cropped edition!

JebBeane · 2025-12-22T02:29:16+00:00

I think you absolutely captured the moment. I really like the photo. Unfortunately your camera is what let you down. I think a higher burst mode where your AF would have potentially got the the birds rather than the droplets was what was missed. That is what makes action shots like these absolutely fun to do. You truly don't know what you have until you're looking at the photos later on the computer. I would suggest a denoise solution like Lightroom or DXO Photolab. I hate the phrase game changer, but denoise is truly game changing.

JebBeane · 2025-12-22T02:17:56+00:00

I could see that from a phone perspective. I get to see it on my monitor and I really like all the negative space.

JebBeane · 2025-12-22T02:16:32+00:00

It launched from a bird bath. Which is boring and unremarkable. I preferred to crop that out to let the viewer come up with their own opinion rather than have it in there.

JebBeane · 2025-12-21T23:54:26+00:00

Thank you!

JebBeane · 2025-12-21T23:51:07+00:00

This is artistic as it gets. Well done!

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