The rugged New Zealand coastline west of Auckland is famous for its black sand beaches and Muriwai, a 60km strip between the thundering surf and the dunes, is popular with tourists and locals alike.  At the south end of the beach, Otakamiro headland is home to a small but accessible gannet colony where about 1200 pairs of gannets nest from August to March each year.  Perched atop rocky outcrops the birds make their nests only centimetres apart and display fantastic flying skill as they come in to land over the squawking beaks of their neighbours.  An adult gannet has a wingspan of 2m and weighs up to 2.5kg – their mastery of the ever changing winds and up draughts is remarkable.  This trip gave me a great opportunity to try out the XF50-140mm f2.8LM OIS WR lens with the new matched 1.4x teleconverter.  This gives a 35mm equivalent range of roughly 105-300mm at f4 – perfect for flight shots when coupled with the X-T1 and the latest V4 firmware with the continuous zone autofocus mode……

Source: fujixsystem.blogspot.de

Fuji X-T1 FUJINON XF50-140mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR Simon Weir Teleconverter XF 1.4 TC