Perfect for wildlife? With 10 fps in burst mode? U can get Z8 or R5 with much better burst and with stacked sensors.

What lens would you recommend for a Nikon D7000?

Love both of you guys and always appreciate your content. I’ve never seen a grizzly. Not sure I’d want to be 6 ft away from any bear! But now I want to go to Alaska! Great discussion!

I’m becoming more of a fan of Duade every time I see him in a video. The way he speaks or presents is an absolute winner.

I just bought a D750 with 2800 clicks on the shutter and a Nikon AF-S 300mm F4 in excellent condition for $900.

I have an AI-S 400mm f2.8 manual focus and when you nail the shot, the results are amazing! Af and manual focus are frustrating to use but for different reasons and nailing the shot with manual feels so much better

Some times I take a picture not for the picture but the memory. It may be the crapesr picture ever but every time I see it it brings back memories of that trip.

It doesn’t appear that you actually own or use the camera combo you are recommending

I love comments about the “golden hour “. In and around Brisbane in South East Queensland my wife and I have been around for the morning golden hours, the evening golden hours and everything in between. When we have been out in the middle of the day we “overhear” many comments about being out at the wrong time of the day. We usually see and hear and have as many or more good photo opportunities in the middle of the day as at any time. A far more important variable is wind. Doesn’t matter what time of day you are out and about, the wind is a spoiler. And for coastal regions or estuaries, tide times are more important. A case in point was a week ago. We had no choice but to be out between 11:00am and 2:00pm. It was 36°C. The bird species count was typical for the location but numbers of birds was amazing. Never seen so many black kites (50+) or white ibis (100+). For anyone in Brisbane it was Swanbank Lagoon near Ipswich. Do what you can, when you can with what you have with someone you care about.

I had been hell bent on getting the 150-400 for the longest time. After watching your video, I’ve changed my mind! The 300 will find a home in my camera bag now. Subbed!

Thank you so much for doing this! This definitely helps a lot of people out there.

What a let down, was advertised as a “LIVE” judged contest, but only a few were actually judged live! Having live critiques done by actual wildlife photographers was the draw, not doing just the top few on each category. False advertising!

I like my picture review but I had no email sent to me

Very interesting thoughts on this video with 2 full time wildlife photographers. For me i always try to improve and watch other peoples videos, from the two of you, and learn these concepts and techniques to improve my photography. Id say my own limitation is the usage of post processing programs such as lightroom, photoshop, topaz etc... I feel that getting to know these programs to a decent depth of knowledge, is essential in evolution of photography. I would also say composition is my weakness, and these things and i feel that backgrounds in the area in which I live, cant always have creamy bokeh's, lovely colours or perfect lighting int he areas you want. There is just so much stuff that i feel was addressed in this video and it is very insightful to hear this. One key factor you mentioned at the end is knowing having an idea of how you are going to develop the photo in post processing; i struggle with this, what are the tips associated with this in order to start to think in this way? Excellent video and enjoyed a lot.

A salamander is not a reptile it is amphibian.

I submitted photos but haven't received an email yet regarding critique on this week's live stream. Well done for all the hard work you put into this fun and unique competition!

Congratulations Murtaza Jalali

Congratulations N9 Murtaza Jalali Keep it Up

N9 is the Best

Super Natural Lovely Picture

nah you're just worse

I liked the B&W more with some grass showing through. Gave it more context in my opinion.

Can’t wait to watch LIVE!!

Great to see the 2 of you collaborating again. I love it when either of you drop a new video. That last answer of Evan’s is why I watch some people’s videos and click-off from others. The most important thing about wildlife photography HAS to be the wildlife, NOT the photograph! Really looking forward to seeing more from the Alaska trip. Keep up the great work 👍🏻😊

Loved it! Great interviewing skills Jeremy! Listening to how Matt worked to get better made me decide to further my education to become better! Thanks - great job

This is brilliant and eye opening, you both make such excellent videos. Thank you

Really looking forward to the competition and more videos from both of you. I enjoyed your discussion on how you produce them and hearing more about your goals. Trying to balance personal creativity with the pressures of the work as a business is a challenge for sure. You both are genuine and transparent about wanting to please the audience and analyzing what works, so that will help you continue to be successful, I'm sure. The difference between photographing in Yellowstone vs Alaska was also very interesting. Those Alaska Grizzlies give a whole new perspective to "clamming"!

Thanks for having me on Jeremy! It was fantastic chatting with you. I can’t wait to judge all the incredible submissions to the competition 😁

Yellowstone could become more stressful photographing bears as in Alaska. And I guess in Alaska the bears are more "approachable" for wildlife photographers ...

Easy choice have both of them

An amazing event that gets better each year 👏👏👏👏👏👏👍

You should add a young category for young photographers, and maybe make it free

👏👏👏

Awesome! I also live on the kenai peninsula in a 1957 trailer! Inspirational

Thank you for this fantastic comparison video! Question if you happen to see this - I have a Canon 1200d body, a hand-me-down gift from an old friend. 18MP DSLR so it's wildly different technology to their currents, but still some major bang for one's buck getting started. Does the Sigma lens being 'mirrorless compatible' mean it won't be DSLR compatible? Has the EF mount so I'm good for that (1200d is EF and EF-S compatible), but I'm unsure about the idea of putting a 'new mirrorless-compatible lens' on an old mid-2010s DSLR body. I'm working with the Canon 70-300mm IS at the moment and it's fantastic if up close but I really struggle with faraway birds. Might end up renting it soon and give it a whirl to see how it fares, definitely need the extra IS boost because I have the shakiness of a rabbit LOL

This is amazing! Proud sponsor of your legit competition with incredible participants!

I tried the link to submit and it said it wasn't a good link

So stoked to be a judge for this year's competition! Looking forward to seeing all the epic submissions!

Will definitely be entering this year, thanks for building & supporting this event..

All the best for your 2024 award!

So excited to be a part of this 🙌 I can’t wait to see all the incredible imagery submitted!

I was a project manager for much of my career. I had a sign on my desk that read “If anything can go wrong, it has you just may not know it yet.”

Awesome podcast and insight into a wildlife photographers life. Serguis is a huge inspiration as I just moved to Alaska and have become obsessed with wildlife photography

It so important to stay reflected to yourself. Does not matter as high you fly, its more important stay grounded.

Currently I own a Sony RX10M4 and I want to upgrage. I'm thinking about the A7IV or this A7R5. Which one should I choose for mainly wildlife photography? As far as I know the A7IV handles higher ISO better in low light, but the A7R5 has better crop factor because of the much higher megapixels, it's a hard decision. 😅 Is it much worse in low light, and is it much better in auto focusing than the A7IV? Thanks in advance! 😄

Thanks for having us on, it was a great time!

Thanks for having us on man!

Excellent conversation! I really appreciate the social media perspective and video production discussion. Great to be introduced to a wildlife photographer that I wasn't aware of. I look forward to catching up on Sergius' work!

Great interview! Sergius is a great guy and friend. We've had a blast adventuring around Alaska with our cameras. Should be really fun judging this contest together.