Thanks for your reply. Right now I only know that I will arrive at SEA on May 18th and will stay there until May 31st. I have not made any living arrangements yet, so not yet sure, where exactly I will end up staying.
I will have my own car so basically can go anywhere, but since my family will be there, too, I, I will limit myself to around 2 hours of driving one way.
For that same reason (family with me) actual photo shootings will be limited to a couple of hours. During that time I have no issues walking a lot (uphill, downhill, whatever) and carrying a ton of gear while I do so.
Speaking of gear, I will have my Z9 and lenses covering anything from 24 - 850mm.

Any tips are greatly appreciated (I will reply again, once I know where I'll be staying)

Thanks everybody for your helpful tips. Looking forward to being there in a couple of months

Hello

the title basically says it all: I will be in the Seattle area in May; any advice on good spots for wildlife photography are highly appreciated.

Thanks, everyone

I have a recurring ("every Jan 01") entry in my calendar to make sure I do not forget

you can put whatever you want into the "copyright notice" box, e.g. "copyright John Doe 2024, all rights reserved"

Thanks for the history lesson and the photos Mark. I assume that you will stay in the area a bit longer? In that case I suggest visiting Siena and Volterra, instead of Pisa, which - IMHO - doesn't have much to offer apart from the Leaning Tower.
In any case, enjoy your time.

I get the digest every day!?

Hi everybody

It appears that most street photography is b/w. Is there a "good" reason for that or did someone at some point start in b/w and everybody else just tagged along?

First of all: all the best for your upcoming surgery and recovery. I am left-eye-dominant and looked through the viewfinder with my left eye forever. Eventually I learned that this meant that I was covering a lot of my camera's buttons with the right side of my face, so I switched to my right eye. Took me a few shootings of reminding myself not to use the left eye, but then using the right eye became 2nd nature.

nothing new here - this seems to be standard with every major version update. I have so far updated two catalogs w/out issues.
You can store the updated catalog under a new name which leaves the version 12 catalog untouched, so you can try again if anything goes wrong.

+1 on The Lightroom Queen; great resource

A 5TB disk on Windows is most likely formatted w/Windows' NTFS file system, which macOS can read but not write too. Paragon NTFS is a software that enables a Mac to also write NTFS formatted disks. At USD 20 this is a cheap and quick way to continue using that disk w/out changing anythig.

Another option would be to buy another disk for your photos, once you have transferred everything to that new disk, re-format the old one for use with a Mac and use it for backups.

Outside of the one Nikon EN-EL 15 that came with the camera I only used 3rd battery batteries (both EN-EL 15 and 18) with my D850 and battery grip and never had any issues.

When switching to a Z9 I found that none of my aftermarket EN-EL 18s worked. At that point I decided to "go legit" and have only purchased original Nikon batteries since. Fortunately, I don't really need a ton of batteries, therefore the additional cost of original batteries isn't too bad.

Hi MosheR

In this day and age where even the most innocent comment can quickly turn one into a target for all sorts of verbal abuse, I applaud your courage to post this.

Having said that I do not at all share your sentiment / concern. Between the thousands of members (I assume) of these forums you will find all kinds of reasons for why we take photos and approaches to how we do it.

I take photos as a hobby (and as an "excuse" to spend time in nature ). Fortunately I can afford to spend some serious money on this hobby, therefore my equipment is way more advanced than my skills as a photographer. I sometimes post or comment here, but - as far as I remember - have never posted even a single photo I have taken on this site.

Why does any of that bother you? (honest question!)
Me not posting my photos does not prevent you from posting yours. My interest in the technical aspect of modern photography does not prevent you from focusing on the artistic aspect.
If there's a "GAS topic" you don't care about - simply don't read it.

Go ahead and enjoy photography your way - but allow everyone else to enjoy it their way, too.

Actually, the battery OP was referring to can be charged directly w/only a USB-C cable, no separate charger required