Reliving my favorite wildlife photography moments of 2023 - Part 2
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- Опубліковано 22 бер 2024
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Yes, I LOVE when you dissect your photos and tell the story. It's definitely informative and a great way to learn. I especially like when you say what you would have done differently. I for sure learn more from my mistakes than my successes
Awesome, thank you!
All of your videos make me feel like we're right there with you so the time you put into creating your content is much appreciated.
Awesome, thanks!
Thanks again Steve for sharing this. I love the stories behind these amazing images!
I'm amazed with the richness and quality of these captures but, the story and the side look of the Grizzly is the one.
Thank you!
Great pair of videos Steve. I follow several photography channels and oftentimes my wife is in the room while I’m watching. As I started watching your top 23 of 2023, she was totally engaged and loved hearing the stories behind the photos, as was I. We both loved the leopard photo backlit by the sun with its breath visible. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent, thanks for watching!
Beautiful images! It is amazing how our brains work but the experience we have taking an image brings so much joy and satisfaction in the way we see the final image.
Absolutely
All l can say is “wow”. Beautiful photos and love the stories that you share behind the pictures and about the subjects in the photos.
Thank you so much!
Just fantastic photos , all the best Robert G. Scotland UK.
Thanks!🙏
Wow!! What a selection! Well done. Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for watching!
Yep. Magic.
Some spectacular images, well done Steve !!
As a wildlife photographer, it's the story behind an image that makes it special for me. Sounds like that's much the same with you !!
Cheers,
Thanks for watching!
Wow, you captured some fantastic photos in 2023!
Thanks!
Awesome! The pictures are the goal, but the stories are the gold.
Glad you like them!
Thank you for sharing your photos and the stories behind the photos. Also appreciate you sharing your settings and thought process for each photo moment. Really helps me think about my own photography and how I can improve and make adjustments in different situations.
Glad it was helpful!
Hey Steve, outstanding video. Thank you for taking the time to put these 'Favourites videos' together. Getting great captures is rewarding but living the actual moment is the very best part of what we do as wildlife photographers and this is why I so love the back stories to your images. Observing the wildlife is awesome, but observing any species often enough to get to understand its behaviour is humbling and prepares us to get those very special captures ... well it does sometimes. Othertimes it comes down to luck ... but isn't it true that the more you're out there amongst nature the luckier you get .... lol
True!
Mare absolutely fantastic images ❤ i love how the stories add to the images too.
Glad you enjoyed it
Another year of WOW photography!
Thanks!
The GGOW is both of our favorite wildlife subjects to photograph. I'm a 3hr drive to see them so I don't get to see them often and they don't always appear when I'm there. I love that head-on shot you got.
Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
Steve, again a huge thank you for sharing. First, the information on shooting info I find tremendously helpful, again thank you. Second, I'm not sure which I enjoy more, your fantastic images or the stories of how you captured them. Either way truly wonderful!!!
Thank you very much🙏
Superb selection of your photos Steve, choosing a favourite is pretty darned tricky! Great to hear the back stories, so thanks for sharing this with us! Cheers from the UK.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Beautiful work Steve, both videos. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed them 👍
I love these videos when you break it all down and tell the story behind the picture. My favs…. The backlit leopard, just beautiful! Then the big grizzly! I was on workshop with you the day after that happened (I believe) and you told that story. Loved seeing the shot you got! So awesome!!!
Glad you enjoyed the video!
I truly enjoy every video you put up for us to watch..Thank you so much..
You are so welcome
I love these images and the stories behind them are so meaningful and captivating!
Glad you like them!
These photos are incredible!! Appreciate you sharing the backstories to these moments.
Glad you like them!
More excellent images, journeys and adventures!
Many thanks!
I just love and appreciate how you go about putting yourself (and at times your clients) in the position to capture these amazing images. Beyond the positioning, you also have to have the vision to ‘see’ the image and get your settings correct. Lastly, you simply have to be out there, win or lose, repeatedly to come away with a wonderful composition that is executed well. Just amazing talent.
Thank you so much!
Thanks Steve. Great photos and great stories. Hard to decide on my favourites but the grizzly looking back is excellent and good on you for staying collected to get the shot. Leopard backlit portrait is superb. The cheetah though at full speed is amazing. So many great photos but that one got me. Thx for sharing.
Thanks again for watching 🙏
Love the back stories. Well done!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Damn! That capture of the cheetah was amazing!
Thanks!🙏
Thanks, Steve!
Once again, awesome photos. Looking forward to your next video.
Thanks again!
Great photos as always Steve! I enjoy hearing the background stories of what was happening in the pictures.
Thanks 👍
Nice 2023 harvest, and sorry for calling you Greg in Amboseli, I was obsessing with the Big Tusker.
Haha, yes that was very exciting for sure!
So glad you put out these annual favorites. Love your background stories and always interesting to hear your settings and lens selection. Like you, my favorite shot would probably change from time to time. The Tetons gave you a great show for your Moose workshop. Love them with a dusting of snow. Interesting selection of the Tamron lens. The 400 2.98 isn't cheap and neither is the 180-600 so surprised you weren't using a Nikon 70-200 2.8 as it has a pretty good reputation as well and money doesn't appear to be your chief concern.
I have the Nikon 70-200 as well but I like bring able to go wider than 70mm
I just started this video and I had to immediately stop to comment on #13. I can honestly say I've never seen anything like it, on Nat Geo or any other platform. Amazing.
Thank you very much!
I really, really like these videos.
Fantastic photos Steve!
Hi Steve, fantastic images as always, just returned from a work shop with Gary Gough on the Isle of Skye, he spoke very highly of you and confirmed what i had expected that you are a lovely guy. Look forward as always to your next vlog.
PS have your great grey owl book and it is fantastic 👍👍
Awesome, that's so great to hear 🙏
Awesome images Steve and really enjoyed all the stories and setting explanations.
Many thanks!
another fantastic portfolio Steve. Enjoyed every second of your story behind the photo. Hopefully will see you out there soon!
Thanks Bob👍
Awesome video! Thanks for sharing! I’m really jealous of the local the you live in and it’s abundance of beautiful subjects that you have to photograph. It was tough to pick a favorite as they were all amazing.
Thanks for watching!
My introduction to the GTNP was through your videos 4-5 years ago. Since then I’ve shot there in a minus 25 winter, and three fall seasons. Last September I proposed to my fiancé there and this September we will be married there. It’s definitely becoming our home away from home.
Amazing!
And congratulations 👍
💚💚💚
I do learn a great deal with these videos. I am inspired as well.
Awesome! Thank you!
Damn Steve. I feel like those 23 shots would fill a lifetime portfolio. Do you maintain an overall “best of” portfolio for yourself? How many of these would make it into that? Thanks for doing these videos. Your love for what you do really comes through.
Thanks for watching! And I don't really have a list of favorites- it would change all the time anyways depending on how I'm feeling😂
Loved the intro haha 😂awesome!
Thanks! 😁 it was quite a bit of work to put together 😬
I will be back in Yellowstone this summer working for Xanterra. This time I will be working the front desk at Lake Lodge. I’m getting my camera gear ready. Maybe we will bump into each other.
Should be an incredible summer!
Fantastic images. Your videos and photos are very inspiring. Always gets me amped up to go out and shoot and get better
Awesome! Thanks for watching👍
This was great, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great photos. We are going to Grand Teton NP in early May…hope to see some wildlife and get some nice photos.
Have fun!
Absolutely love your “favs of the year”. Also love your explanations of settings.
Glad you like them!
Great video! Love the images and the intro 👍
Thanks so much!
great photos! Hello from SC. Dropped the Sony idea and just ordered a Z8 per your suggestion. Thanks for your input.
Love it keep doing the good work.
Thanks, will do!
The final shot. The slow shutter speed. The 180-600mm lens, and a ridiculously slow shutter speed. What a capture!!!
🙏
I had no idea a hyena and jackal were that different in size!
Fantastic images as usual, Steve. I really enjoyed hearing the stories behind each one. Your experience of the areas and the animals is what puts you in these extraordinary situations. Love your vlogs and the phenomenal photos.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Steve
Thanks 👍
I adore the Great Grey Owl image flying directly at you. And I love how you cherish the moment!
🙏
Hi Steve, since the mirrorless cameras are hybrid, have you ever considered doing a documentary of the great gray owls? I have your book and it’s beautiful. Great touch to have worked together with biologist.
Thanks! And no. That's too big of a project for me to take on right now...
Great shots
Thanks!
Not only are you a master photographer, you are also exceptionally skilled at sniffing out wildlife and even predicting their movements. Thank you for the stories behind the photos, immensely enjoyable. As a bear lover, I was thrilled at that griz shot. That look! 🌟🌟🌟
🙏many thanks
Do you ever have the feeling that this is it, you can never do any better, time to hang it up and sell your gear? I think I would have that thought if I ever got a shot like the Great Gray Owl flying toward you. Amazing.
Ha! Nope, I enjoy the process too much...
Fabulous portfolio.👍
Thanks!🙏
Amazing photographs, thanks for sharing. I am curious as to which autofocus mode you used for the cheetah photo.
3d tracking
@@SteveMattheis Thank you.
Great stuff 👍. Would love to see someday on one of your videos the raw files then the cropped and edited result. Just to see the before and after.
I've done a few videos like that but I'll do some more 👍
Great summary of the year. I think the story behind an image is just as important as the image itself. Just curious have you ever been lucky enough to stumble upon a set of those big bull antlers that were just shedded? Would make for a great keepsake.
Thanks! And yes I have but when you are in a national park, it is illegal to take them.
Amazing photos. Thank you for sharing. Always inspiring.
Many thanks!
Once again I couldn't pick just one tobe a favourite. A fantastic set of images.
Thank you! Cheers!
Great presentation. I always look forward to your annual favorites and especially benefit from your explanation of the set up and the reason you chose the settings. Question, with the leopard why did you choose B/W?
Thanks for watching! And sometimes it just feels better to me monochrome.
loved this series, and how informative it was . especially the settings you used to achieve the photo. i would of liked to know what focus mode you were using on the z9. and if you use the animal, or bird eye detection. Over the years i have learned the most from watching your channel, so thank you Steve for that.
Almost always 3d tracking with eye detection
I want to know how to make money selling my images! I have dissolved my LLC because I am officially broke! But I refuse to stop taking pictures...Love your content Steve.
Phenomenal images as always! How do you manage to know when to video and when not to so you don’t miss an image or do you rely on your Sony on top of you Nikon to capture video? Love your videos! It’s in my bucket list to visit Wyoming such stunning scenes and wildlife. Would love to see how you edited your B&w leopard shot it’s was beautiful
I just use my best judgment. I prioritize still images and shoot video secondary. And I still miss photos often because I'm shooting video... oops!
Hey Steve, How soon will you show your Africa trip photo's ? Looking forward to seeing them.
Soonish
Owls have very long legs, especially their femurs. That makes the great grey owl image, with its long legs dangling behind it, just a little disturbing. Yes?
I think their legs are cute!😂
Great photos. How many (if any) of these phtos were taken using a tripod/unipod.
Great selection Steve. Are you done buying lenses?
Never!
Hi Steve ! Wonderful pics as well !!! You are a great wild photographer ! Respect ! I have a question . Having bought a camera Nikon Z9 , is it strictly necessary to use Z lense or can I use AF-S via adapter ? How much does speed, focusing quality etc. deteriorate ??? Or Nikon Z9 plus Z lense is the BEST ??? p.s. : I ask , because I have a full set of lenses AF-S ( 600 and etc... ) Kind regards Evgeny
Z lenses are probably 'best' but adapted AFS lenses work really well too.
Hobak (spelling?) looked tired because he had a really good rut
Maybe but he was getting pushed around this year by some of the younger bulls
@@SteveMattheis Also a possibility
How do you decide whether to photograph or video?
I just use my best judgment. I prioritize still images and shoot video secondary. And I still miss photos often because I'm shooting video... oops!
I hate your videos only because you live a beautiful place, take WAY better images than me, have better gear and get to travel to exotic destinations. JK. Thanks for sharing these images and love the information and insight you provide.
Haha thanks for watching!