Nature Photo Workshop/Tours, Experiences?

[squirrels]

I was playing with slow shutter speed bird shots at the beach with my MIL and talking about the "pleasing blurs" talk Denise Ippolito and Arthur Morris on bhphoto.

She (and I) would love to attend their workshops, but whew $$$. Don't think I could pull off a 3 day extravaganza with hotel and airfare. But we might be able to swing something for a day on Long Island or in Southwest Florida when I visit her. I was looking longingly at this very old page (Florida Photography Workshops, Nature, Everglades Boat Tours

Has anyone here done one of these? What was your experience? Did you think it was worth it?

Also here is the Pleasing Blurs Presentation we were talking about:



TLDR: Ever been on a nature phototour or multiday workshop, whose and what did you think of it? Also, "pleasing blurs" video rocks.

Cheers!
Squirrels
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