It's nest building time at Muriwai beach. The gannets are coming in for their summer breeding period, so there is action as the birds pair off, mate and start building nests. I made it for an hour or so last week on a windy day and shot with the Canon 7D MkII, using the EF 100-400MkII and 1.4MkIII extender. This gave me a FoV Equivalent to 224-896mm.
I was really impressed with how the kit handled the conditions:
This is the original shot I took
The same shot cropped to concentrate on the eye.
Settings: 560mm, 1/500sec, f/8, ISO-200
Not a bad piece of kit I think.