Owls Are Good For My Soul - Wildlife Photography Vlog in the Tetons - Hiking and Shooting Nikon Z9
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2022
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Your kids have a great Father! Not many men are vocal about missing their kids. Being in nature is great therapy and finding that owl was a bonus! You captured some awesome shots of this magnificent bird and some incredible video of him cleaning his feathers. He was scratching really hard considering how sharp his talons are! I've never seen video of how they clean their feathers so that was fascinating! Thank you for this amazing content!
Well spotted, they blend in with the scenery so well!
Isn't it nice how a bird like that can make someone happy by just watching it? It always gives me a smile in my face when I see a owl, they are beautiful and cute
Amazing shots of the great gray owl!
Family good..down time good
Fab Owls preening beauty xxxxxxx
Steve, your video was medicine for my soul.I love owls so much. I needed it 😁
Thanks for sharing your day and the pictures. Just finishing up a month with some of my grandkids around. Couple of hikes to area high mtn lakes. Every year the experience gets more about watching them in the woods and taking pictures but less about the fishing or anything else. The joy on one little face when she spotted a little fawn is priceless. Glad you found a the owls. Look forward to the next installment.
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Great to see you in the woods! It's beautiful out there. The virtual trip is very much appreciated. Seeing owls was icing on the icing.
Congrats on your marriage! Also good to hear you had a lot of family time👍👍
Thanks!
Good to hear you spent time with family! Love your videos, keep up your good work-
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Beautiful video of the Great Gray!!
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Beautiful owls! Thanks for bringing me along on the journey.
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Good to have you back and Congrats on the Wedding and getting to spend time with the kids. An owl day is so therapeutic.
Thank you sir 🙏
Nice to see the process.
Great to see you back and congratulations!!
Thanks!🙏
Any day with an owl in the woods is a great day. Focus on those adventures and the next month will fly by.
Truth
Thank you so much for sharing the owl in the woods. It’s enough to be in the wild. The pictures are sprinkles on the cookie.
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Glad you are back…been missed for sure…that was amazing watching the GGO. Thanks for sharing!!!
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Great video Steve always love the Owls you have there awesome ! 👍😍
Thanks!
Loved the great grey owl scratching his head. 👍👍👍
Thanks! Me too…
great video steve,,i love owls also,,
Owls are awesome and magic. I would have done everything you did for that owl!! Wait, wait and wait. Great video 🙂
Thanks!
Been looking for your videos, glad your back and hope you had a good time with your kids!
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Good to see you back young man. Your videos are always good and we seem to share a philosophy about the natural world.
Thank you sir!
you are very brave cool bro amazing nature, animals awake in nature
Glad to see you back doing what you love , Steve. Family first as they say. Love your enthusiasm in summer. It definitely is the hardest season to photograph in. How bad are the ticks over there? Keep on truckin brother.
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Great video Steve. Nothing like wandering around the woods.
Truth
Entertaining and informative as always! Most people would kill to have a day like that (even if it's sub par or mediocre for you). Always enjoy your content!
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Love getting to go on this nature walk with you - so much fun to see the owls and porcupine and elk! So much fun! Thanks for making this for us!
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Very nice to see a new video from you out in the woods, and much congrats for your marriage 🙂!
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Awesome owls! I really enjoyed the perch of the great grey with the pine foliage. simply beautiful!
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@@SteveMattheis Thank you!
Great you being back! Your videos are good for my soul ;)
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Hi Steve ! GREAT !!! Beautiful video and photos !!!
Thanks!
I Love..Love...Love your videos. My dream would be to see a Great Gray...thank you so much for sharing...this one was just beautiful to watch.
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Steve, I’m sure you had a good time with your kids! Also good to have you back. I enjoyed this video so much. Thanks! At 6:43, it’s awesome, you must have eyesight like eagles. I never ever would have spotted that owl. That plumage is kinda perfect camouflage.
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Actually loved the shot of the great horned in it's environment! Thanks for taking us with you on your little day-trip :)
Thanks!
Great Video!
Awesome video Steve!
Thank you🙏
Great video! Really enjoyed it. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
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awesome footage!!:)
Missed you Steve checked every day for a video, finally an owl video.
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Love your videos,they are awesome! Thank u or sharing!,
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Very cool video. Owls are the hardest to spot. And they drive you nuts just sitting and preening
Truth
Always brilliant 👏
Thanks!
I need to start paying more attention to the squirrel barks. I always figured they were yelling at me lol
The owl whisperer back at work. You really have eagle eyes. The first one was extremely well hidden. Fantastic shots, as always.
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Your video today, Steve, was good therapy for me. Thanks for talking about the squirrels leading you to predators. Thanks for showing the patience. Thanks for sharing that you need to put in the time, even if you don't get the perfect shot you were looking for. This is the way you inspire me to hone my wildlife photography skills.
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Great review.
This week in your neck of the woods has been outstanding especially once the daily Thunderstorms picked up. I hit town in between storms one of the days driven by the heat and humidity. A little theater pizza and back out. The chirping squirrel in the area I was in was not happy with an eagle that I couldn’t locate.
Awesome Place!!!!!!!!
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I’m really glad to see that you are back. I know that you will miss the young ones, but they will be back soon.
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Good to see you again! You had a good reason to be offline. Greetings from the Netherlands.
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Great shots or not, always love your videos Sir! As well you sharing the reality of ”Hurry and Wait” to see if you get the shot….
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Nice to have a video from you!
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I love the GGOW also...you had me glued to the video waiting as well.
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Hello Steve, I really missed watching your videos, glad you're back at it. I see you were using a monopod this week, I never used one until this year, I find them so helpful in stabilizing the lens and relieving the weight and keeping the ISO lower, yet so much easier to maneuver than a tripod. Nice work as usual. Thanks for sharing and taking us to such amazing places! Rich
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“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” (Wisdom allegedly from Yankees great Yogi Berra.) 😄
Good advice.
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Great video!
Thanks!
excellent video Steve, never stops being amazed of how many owls you find.
And finding 2 owls in the same outings it´s just ridiculous.. haha
I can go a entire year without finding a single one over here
Haha thanks for watching!
Welcome back my hero :). Always enjoy your videos by the way even though I am a Canon shooter ha ha.
Haha. I appreciate it!
Wow so beautiful 💕
Thanks!
Love these videos; Steve wandering looking for wildlife -- the journey vs reaching the goal :)
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fun video, great job recording and editing! keep up the fantastic work, looking forward to more from you :) 👍
Thanks!🙏
@@SteveMattheis you're very welcome 🤗👍
You made the best choice. You can always make a video, go hiking and capture some wildlife photos. Your kids are only kids once. Soon they will be grown and with families of their own. Cherish the time with them.
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Thanks for sharing
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Congrats on the marriage,welcome back.
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Hey I always enjoy your videos .
So my comment ( Short Story )
Went on Vacation to watch my wife's daughter Graduation thing.
Didnt take Camera gear. Was nervous about traveling with it on flights .
I saw many species of Birds I'd never seen . Lesson learn didn't get many shots of birds that would have been cool .
I'll never do that again .
Next time..
Owls are good for the soul. Always :)
True
What a day in the woods! I would love to join you on a workshop, but major home improvement projects have their priorities over photo time. But we will be in the Tetons in late September to enjoy a small late summer vacation.
Looking forward to many more of your wonderful videos!
Gotta prioritize!
@@SteveMattheis Steve, I currently have the 24-120mm f/4.5 z lens and the 500mm f/5.6 PF lens that are being used on my Z9. I’m now wanting to add a lens that will fill the gap between the two lenses Zi know own. My choice is between the 70-200mm f/2.8 z and the 100-400mm f5.6 z lens. The 70-200 provides great low light possibilities while the 100-400 fills the gap with the reach. After watching your last video, I’m now leaning towards the 70-200mm lens. Am I making any sense???
Thanks for letting me spend the last 25 minutes with you on your hike. I, too, love spending time alone with an animal with hopes of some action. What mount do you have on your monopod? Your video was rock-solid.
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But I don’t think it helps get steady video unfortunately
If only I could get your walks to register on my pedometer. I've only seen one owl all year and would have loved to have the opportunity to photograph that great horned owl being harassed on its perch by those songbirds. Anyway, enjoyed the outing. As always, much thanks for packing us along.
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God help me! I want his camera and lens set up. I have a Z5! 😊 But, who doesn’t want a Nikon set up like Steve!
It’s an excellent setup🤘🙏
Which way (2:25)? Well, never let those ruby slippers for a moment off your feet and just follow the yellow brick road! ☺️
Tthnks for taking us along always enjoy your videos . I was wondering what mount was on your monopod ? I want to start using a mono pod and need a good head to hold a 600
Here it is
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He sure had personality…the owl that is.
You too Steve
:-0)
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Glad to see you out there doing what you do Steve. Enjoy watching your videos, I wish I can venture out without anyone around apart from wildlife, unfortunately thats not possible for me. How you finding the Z9 in general ?
Thanks! Z9 is great👍
What if anything can you decipher from that purple GF band on the Great Grey's right leg? Did you enter it into a tracking system like the USGS where you can see the history of where and when it was born / banded? I love seeing that type of stuff. This was a great video and it was nice to see you in your happy place.
I haven’t looked into it but if I was curious enough I would call the researchers here.
I see a future where your kids will join you with your photography
14:33 you can see the black bear in the back behind the bush at 1 a clock
Hey Steve, I love your videos. I was wondering how you manage your photos in terms of taking a lot of photos. Do you pick a lot from a sequence or do you pick the very best to edit and ditch the rest? I have been getting overwhelmed even from my D850 at 9fps. I'll be getting the Z9 Wednesday and I'm very excited to start creating again, but the amount of photos from 20fps almost seems scary to sort through, so I may not need to use often. Maybe for only flight sequences or fast birds. Let me know! thanks (:
Yep, it takes a lot of time…
Cool video! What backpack and monopod are you using for the 400 f2.8?
Once again great video Steve , can you tell me what is the model of your tilting monopod head. Thanks
Here it is
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Watching that owl preening himself I thought wouldn’t it be funny to see him pick his nose. I know. I’m strange
Hi Steve great video as always. My question for you as you walk through all that vegetation is ticks/bugs. You don’t seem too worried about them. Until after you are back at car? I needed this today too thanks. 🙏
We don’t have as many ticks as back east. Thankfully…
Okay there is up here in Saskatchewan. Bye 👋
Hey Steve, when you go off trail, how do you find your way back? Do you carry a handheld GPS unit or anything?
I typically don’t need gps but I have it on my phone in case I get lost.
Great stuff Steve I saw a tag on the great gray owl. Do they keep a count of them there?
Biologists are studying them here…
I’m at the Tetons and have watched your video . What general location do you find the owls?
Great video. Which monopod do you use? And what do you use to vlog?
I have a couple of monopods but the one in the video is this:
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Great video💪🏻
What backpack do you use? Thx
I have a bunch of backpacks. That one is made by mountain hardwear.
Great video Steve. I was kinda wondering if you are carrying Bear spray when you go out and your preferred brand. Keep up the good work. I missed you.
Always. No preferred brand…
very nice. btw, did u eventually sell all your sony gear?
Yep
Great film my friend but had to turn off the sound when you showed the owl 🦉 the music spoilt it just feedback the sound of nature is much better
To each their own. Thanks for watching 🙏
Is the Z9 able to take full res RAW files while filming? Or are you risking missing a shot when you start filming?
Nope. I miss photos while shooting video unfortunately…
Great video !! What kind of monopod would you recommend for birding ?
One that is tall enough for you and fits your budget.
@@SteveMattheis Cheers !!
I totally disagree with you on the lack of potential of the stationary owls. Especially the great gray. The framing was very cool. As well it was really animated at times and could have been fun to have. With 30 frames a second it scratching its head might had potential or some of its other antics. Anyways that' my thoughts.
I agree. And my perspective is a bit skewed because I’ve photographed them hundreds of times so I’m always hoping for something unique.
Do you carry 2 cameras one to film and the other to shoot?
I typically vlog with a GoPro.
Hi Steve, may I know which monopod you use?
I have a couple of monopods but the one in the video is this:
amzn.to/3v61CO0
@@SteveMattheis Thanks much! the gear I use are Sony A7iii & 200-600mm lens.. I have been trying to decide between BenroMSDPL46C vs Leofoto MP-285C for a while. Which one would you suggest between these two? Also any suggestion on monopod heads?
So how to you compare the Z9 setup to your Sony setup?
Both are amazing. I prefer the Nikon.
@@SteveMattheis Even for birds in flight?
If all I shot was birds in flight, I would use Sony. I find it’s AF better at tracking small-in-the-frame birds better than the Z9. But I shoot lots and lots of things and I prefer using the Nikon gear in most situations.
Two trails diverged in a wood...
Hmmmm
Is it me, or are you back using Nikon? As always an enjoyable video.
I never stopped using Nikon. But I did add a Sony A1 until the Z9 was released.
@@SteveMattheis I just remembered the A9 and that you sold a number of F mount lenses. Good to see that you're satisfied with the Z9.
Are ticks a big issue in your neck of the woods ?
Not really
And how did you zoom in so close with only using a 200 and something that you said you had because I have a 500 mm and it I can't even come that close
Ummmm I think you missed something.