I am an Ecologist and Freelance Photographer/Videographer based in Australia. I have been documenting the natural world with photography for nearly 10 years and I have recently started pressing that record button to get moving images. I love bringing the wild places and critters of the world to your screen with beautifuk media, teaching people to get more from their camera so they can start capturing their surroundings as well!
Every part of this planet is in the throes of a post extinction event, caused by humanity round about 13,000 years ago, when we really shifted into high gear. Ever since then and up until now, around two thirds of the food chain that should exist, is replaced by humanity. From two thirds to three quarters, and so on until nothing is left. Not that North America is by any means the only example.. but in 1492, when Columbus stumbled upon North America, it was by no means pristine. Humanity had reached it tens of thousands of years earlier, from the other direction and had already colonized it from one end to the other. It was not an untouched wilderness, because all of its biodiversity was already long gone. Humanity had long since stripped it of that. What remained, and what still remains.. even in the remotest regions of Alaska, is an empty, post-extinction land. Devoid of at least two thirds of the biodiversity which should exist. (Think American lions, think smilodons, think giant horses, camels, mammoths and mastodons, think dire wolves, think giant elk, giant beaver, and do many more!)
How incredibly amazing Creation is! Such an endearing little critter are your flying foxes. Here in upstate NY, I am well-enough privileged to care for my little birds and grey squirrels. The only time I've ever handled a bat is when I rescued two tiny babies from my cats (with gloves, of course). Animal Control took them away and scolded me after double-checking with my vet to make sure I was telling the truth about my cats being vaccinated for rabies. It was fun while it lasted. I thought they were sweet, fascinating little things.
great video and great images and videos! i've been deciding between this lens and the 28-70 f2. I mostly shoot photos 99% of the time, so I think i'll be going with the 28-70 f2
Great video thank you! I was considering about used 600mm f4 IS II, but later on I found out Canon made this lens. I think for the zoom in-out option + 1.4x I can miss the most beautiful 600m F4 background bokeh. Despite not finding the comparison between 560mm F5.6 and 600mm F4, I think this lens makes up for it. As you mentioned, zoom-out and zoom-in is quite important in wild life photography. God bless you!
@@LERAKO yes and it was a great experience. I've always used the 24-105 f4, but the 2.8 is much more crisp ion my opinion. Especially when shooting wide open.
I received this lens a week and a half ago and I agree that this lens or any lens should be handled to really understand how well it feels and carries. One could imagine after reading the spec sheets that this lens is unwieldy, too heavy, or too large, but I really don’t find it to be so. It fits nicely on body in my Peak Design pack 30 liter everyday backpack. Handheld it’s very manageable comfortable. It really is only a little longer than the f4 version when zoomed out because of its internal zoom. Sure the non extending design contributes to the length when carrying, but look how many complained about the extending barrel of the rf 70-200mm f2.8 for reasons of balance and weather sealing. It can look a bit ridiculous since the lens looks like a telephoto and when using it to shoot people up fairly close to you, it probably looks like you must be taking pictures people’s facial hairs. Certainly not an inconspicuous lens and perhaps not the best choice for street photography. That being said, it really is an amazing lens that is incredibly versatile, and does so many things very well. It’s fast, tack sharp, great I.S., quick autofocus, comfortable to hold and carry, non extending zoom, excellent video capabilities, and excellent build quality.
Yep! So it's unique to the Z series and a connection point for their new PZ (power zoom adaptor). You screw in and connect the adaptor and then you have a zoom in/out button you can press and that'll do it fo you instead of turning the barrel in a unnatural way: www.canon.com.au/-/media/files/canon/product-brochure/accessories/power-zoom-adapter-pz-e2-pz-e2b-tech-sheet.ashx (it's only useful for video of course).
I shot with the R3 and man after the 1st quarter of shooting Football I had a bad headache and was dizzy..... that viewfinder is hard on your eyes...... sold the R3 and I just purchased a new 1DX MK III in the year 2023.......
Amazing footage. That slow motion was poetry in motion. I was in Adelaide recently shooting stills and footage of the flying foxes with a Panasonic G7 and several lenses.
That was some great footage, beautiful. They look like strange fruit hanging on the trees. Please don't add music to any wildlife videos. I'd like to hear them too. I wonder why the Aussies don't make fine spray fountains in these areas for bats to cool down. They could just fly through the mist.
They have mist sprays in Melbourne near the Yarra Bend Park colony. The Flying Foxes are so intelligent that they started using the mist area to cool while the installers were still adjusting the sprays. www.parks.vic.gov.au/media-releases/2023/02/23/04/34/cool-for-the-summer---threatened-bats-refreshed-by-newly-installed-sprinkler
