Our Thoughts on BPOTY 2026 and How we Achieve Clean Backgrounds - Wildlife Photo Chat Video

Weekly Catch-up: Brad starts off by sharing his recent outing to a location about 5 minutes away from his house, where he had a quick session about 20 minutes at sunset with some northern gannets and some incredible cloud formations and beautiful colours from the sunset. The guys then discuss their thoughts on the recent Bird Photographer of the Year contest winner and the controversy surrounding it. Mainly they discuss how the BPOTY organization handled the sharing and captioning of the photo. Brad then goes on to break down and explain how to achieve clean portraits, showing different methods and providing useful tips to achieve this look and Ray chimes in at the end with a few examples of his own. Thanks for supporting the show: Laura Weaver -   / lauraweaverphotography   Andy Bruner -   / andys_crappy_photos   Roy Wadding Rachelle Vance -   / rachelle_vance_photography   Dee Ann Dugger -   / sailorgirld   Melodi Roberts -   / melodiroberts   Gary Harvey To support the show visit www.wildlifephotochatvideo.com Gear used in this Episode: Nikon Z9 Nikon Z6iii Nikon D850 Nikon Z 400mm f/2.8 Nikon 500mm f/4 G Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8