Thank you!

Fully agreed with Longrider, appreciate what you bring us when you bring it to us. Glad you and the misses came back safely.

The short updates are great, an intro before the “story”. I like where you’re going with this.

Thanks

Thanks, will do!

Big fan of your channel by the way too. I’m just getting in to wildlife photography and most of the channels have been great about teaching theory, camera technique, composition etc; but I like how you show us names of birds and make a good story out of all your trips. Makes yours more fun and interesting to follow. Additional kudos: You also are great about putting your camera settings in text for almost every picture on the display. That REALLY helps us beginners out a lot more than you pros probably think. I find myself pausing videos on your pictures with those settings and going to my Lightroom to find pictures similar to that and comparing. Really helps me To associate the way you were set up for those conditions with my own pictures and see what I did right or wrong. Basically comparing my pictures with your pictures with settings displayed helps build the idea in my mind about how to read a scene and know more intuitively what my exposure settings should be for different scenarios without as much trial and error (I.e. looking at back screen and adjusting exposure settings a hundred times until my subject inevitably takes off before I get it dialed). Repetition repetition repetition I feel like is what it takes to learn Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO for wildlife. Outdoor conditions change constantly so we’ve got to really work on the skill of reading a scene and knowing what we will need exposure wise before we take the shot. Especially since our subject is apt to take off and disappear at any given time!

Lol thanks

Had a great time once I found the right jacket lol!

@@MarkSmithphotography Yup! Photographing wildlife in Canada in winter is really challenging on the body, especially when having to keep relatively still to avoid scaring birds...I wear 4 layers, hand warmers inside my gloves and enjoy sitting on the snow/ice by the river edge to photograph the various ducks and more (in Ottawa). Looking forward to your upcoming video's Mark. The "shorts" are informative, and those who don't choose to watch them should't necessitate your abstention from producing them (IMHO). Stay "warm" in your Florida winter :-)

I like the video and I am excited to hear about Z9! I appreciate it and thank you!

I have recently gotten back into film and now have several Nikon film cameras and some really wonderful F mount glass. I have also picked up a Z7 with the FTZ adapter and am really amazed at how well these old manual focus lenses work with the Z7 when using the focus peaking function. I also love just about any video you will put out there Mark. So short or long I will watch them all.

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Noted and thanks

Thank you!

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Thanks. That's very nice of you to say.

@@MarkSmithphotography as soon as I get back to the states will get your Osprey book. Would you sing it for me thanks in advance

Oh great! Thanks for the input!

Awesome, thank you!