{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Nature Photography Podcast","title":"Long Glass Stories","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":791,"description":" If you love nature, wildlife, and photography, you're in the right place.\nNow if all goes well, right about now I'm driving into Yosemite National Park to do some spring waterfall photography. I've been checking the weather and I think it snowed there yesterday, so hopefully the park is going to look great. So this week I pre-recorded this episode so I can be up there enjoying Yosemite, one of my favorite national parks. I'll try to make some recordings from inside the park to put in a future podcast.\nToday we're going to talk about long lens stories from the field. Now if you're like me, you like to go out often and shoot in nature. Depending on what I plan to shoot, I'll have a variety of gear with me. However, by far, the piece of equipment that garners the most interest is my long last setup. As of late, I'm using the Nikon Z9 with a 600 f4 TC lens. The lens is covered in a lens coat.\nThis is a set of neoprene sleeves that protect the outside of the lens. Mine happens to be camo color. Now, I don't really subscribe to the thought that camouflage is going to make a big difference to the subjects I'm photographing. I doubt that a bulk elk is going to look over to me and say to himself, I see a guy standing over there, but I can't really tell what he's doing. It doesn't have a camera because if you did, I'd be able to see it. Yeah, I just don't think that camouflage on my lens just makes that much of a difference.\nThere are so many other things that would make a subject uncomfortable that having a lens covered doesn't seem to make much of a difference. My thought is this, the neoprene sleeves provide excellent protection for the exterior of the lens, shielding it from scratches, dents, and other potential damages that can often occur when you're outside in photographic sessions. The lens coat can also help in preventing dirt, dust, and moisture from accumulating on the lens, which is particularly beneficial when shooting in adverse weather conditions and rugged...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DtUzP_LD_9My_7MWu0O8erA682LNn8_xbhgeSUylxLo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEzNTI0LzE2MTcw/Mzg0MjMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}