Got him. Thx

I didn’t know that either. Saw it when reviewing my shots. Who knew?

I had not heard of this place before, but my sister told me about it when I visited her last week in Delray Beach. Truly amazing place. I live in Sarasota FL and always thought the Venice Rookery was the place to shoot nesting birds. This place was far better. By coincidence, I visited in the heart of hatching season on a perfect day with great late afternoon light. 3/4 mile perfectly maintained boardwalk that allows you to be within mobile phone camera proximity to the critters. Must have been 300 wood storks alone on 3 separate islands.

I vote for Alfred Stieglitz’s mother. 😎

I use Smugmug. Quite happy

A couple of folks mention there isn’t much difference between 600 and 800. Uh….the difference is an additional 33.33% more. Not much difference?

Aren’t we all just spinning our wheels here, since the OP never mentions what the gear he will be supporting is (MFT or small ff mirrorless with short zoom or Z9 with 400/2.8?), what type of visit this will be, i.e traveling alone, hiking, cruising, large group or small, geared toward ordinary citizens or photographers, etc?

Without knowing those parameters, especially the weight of his rig and distance to be carried , how can one suggest a specific tripod? Suggestions to shop around to find best fit ergonomically are right on regardless of any parameters, but seems to me that suggesting specific models aren’t very useful. And, incidentally, what head to mount?

Btw - count me in the group that considers tripod use on a boat pretty much useless since the rocking of the vessel and/or vibrations caused by the engines are not mitigated by using a tripod placed on a deck (or bracing it on a ships railing). On a vessel, my experience has taught me that best practice is to select shutter speed high enough to overcome such movement and hand hold.

This comment pretty much rules you out as someone whose critique I’d value.

So did I and I expect others interested in street photography (or not) might also find it interesting. but it seems the admin staff inexplicably and rather heavy handedly immediately saw fit to move my post from the main section where I initially posted it to “links & resources” where few will see it. It’s been up for 24 hours and you’re the only view to date.

Pity admin felt it was not worthy of a broader audience.

I enjoyed browsing through these. Brings a whole new meaning to “street photography “.

https://www.boredpanda.com/vintage-history-retro-photos/

Talk about nice timing - this guy’s video appeared on my YouTube feed 20 minutes ago. I don’t know anything about him, but he is echoing my conclusions about the 24-200.

https://youtu.be/r7hY4fDFt4Y?si=6nAmXTbao-jIPyQ1

Glad to have a fellow shooter confirm my impressions

If it’s noise that is the problem with slow lenses, I have found the new noise reduction software to be amazing.

What does this have to do with my original post?

FOR THOSE WHO EITHER DIDN’T BOTHER TO ACTUALLY READ THE REPLIES TO MY OP AND MY FOLLOW UP COMMENTS AND/OR TO THOSE WHO JUST DIDN’T UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF MY OP, I ADDED THIS COMMENT YESTERDAY…..

How about we ignore the “600mm” RX10 nonsense in my thread? My post has nothing to do with any Sony or any other brand. It was written to alert Nikon shooters that the all purpose Z super zoom is a giant improvement over its dslr versions.

You want to argue about that camera’s focal length, start a separate thread.