Great Gray Owl Photography in Yellowstone

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[@markattardo]

What a day!

[@ChrisMosner]

The Owl Whisperer strikes again! That was special, Steve. I, for one, think it was worth it to trade those wonderful video segments for the still opportunity. That falling snow...

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@kennetht66]

You couldn't have said it better It was magical. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@evgenygorshkov9893]

Hi Steve !!! Yes , you had a fantastic day !!! Wonderful photos !!!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@loricollins3163]

I was making a dinner and wondering if we would receive a post from you soon....I was thinking, “Ah, he is probably planning Africa and his other classes.” But then, I was so pleasantly surprised to join you in Yellowstone on a very special day. Thank you Steve for making these videos and taking us along on truly magical day! 🦉

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks for the very kind message 🙏

[@jeffkingsfield1461]

Duuuuuuuudddde. I have been watching you for 2 years (i purchased a great grey two years ago) and these are just AMAZING. WOW. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@paulpantorilla6121]

Just so awesome!!! I can wait to photo shoot my first gray owl one day.

[@inthewoodswithbigfoot3941]

Simply wonderful! Thanks Steve!

[@carstenpusch4480]

Thanks a lot for taken us with you und sharing your day! 😊👍🙌

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏

[@BKHMD44]

Dude, we are starting to think you have a pet Owl. lol How the heck do you do it? Keep on keeping on, man. You are great and my wife and I are addicted to your channel.

[@SteveMattheis]

Haha glad you enjoy the videos 👍

[@mikecrowley6485]

Magical. Unreal Footage and Photos Steve, one of my favourite videos of yours. And I enjoy them all. 👍🏻

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@The58stupot]

Inspirational as always. Thanks for sharing Steve 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@FotoHysteria]

First and foremost you really need to up your enthusiasm level after seeing that owl..hahahaha...2nd, that slo-mo snow and Owl footage at the beginning was so badazz!!

[@SteveMattheis]

I'll work on it 😬

[@michellebentz3576]

My #1 go to subscription! great video and THANK YOU for making/sharing them 💜

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@DeeDeeDIY]

Awesome video, stills, and narration. Hat's off!

[@samrotolo7303]

Fantastic!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@thomaskolceski4282]

Steve I’ll echo what you said, killer photos!!! I have to get to your neck of the woods some day to see and photograph the wildlife that you experience every day. I enjoyed the video and photos. Thanks for sharing!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@sornberg]

Holy Crap! Super fantastic video and photos. Thanks for taking us along

[@SteveMattheis]

Haha thanks!🙏

[@paulinefollett3099]

I just adore these images of this special owl. Your photos are the best. Thank you Steve for getting up so early to capture this for us. I am truly grateful.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@BillFerris]

Gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing them and for inspiring us to get out in nature with our cameras.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏

[@bobrooney5702]

What a “Super fantastic” video Steve. So it is true what they say about birds pooping right before they fly...😉 Awesome video and stills.👏🏻

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@rogersulenski5646]

Just one word...Cool!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@richproctor7023]

Steve, I love you! You inspire me to get out there.

[@bobcat65a]

Steve, Thanks for posting this video. Excellent work plus you told potential wildlife photographers what is required mentally and physically to produce professional results.

[@SteveMattheis]

Glad you enjoyed it🙏

[@samdavidson9532]

Unreal photos and especially video!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@michaelwallwork7482]

What fantastic footage. Well done Steve, I really enjoyed that. 👍

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@jasonkoch3181]

Thank you for all the amazing adventures you take us on! Love your passion for these beautiful owls. Just got back from a three day trip in Northern Minnesota, and have a grin one can only get when they have a card filled with thousands of GGO photos. 😌

[@SteveMattheis]

You know it👍

[@SteveMattheis]

Look forward to seeing the images on IG

[@johndecriscio9586]

Great stills and video. Thanks!!!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@ArnaudPecqueriePhotographie]

Hi! I said to myself it has been a long time since your last video. It worth the waiting time. What a great video? I understand your frustration to miss an image but thank because the video is wonderful. Thank for your sacrifice 🙂.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@doublebogey6799]

Steve you are the best, would love to participate in one of your workshops, I will have to come out next year and visit your backyard. Love your videos.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@Fivetogoable]

Beautiful.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@SwanSycorax]

Awesome images. I am so jealous that you have such a great area to photograph in.

[@wildlifebybrianhoule]

Oh my....one of the best GGO videos out there. Love the photos at the end. Very jealous, but thanks for sharing :)

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@keithdickson8364]

Beautiful images and video.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@TonyJohnsonPhotos]

Wow, Steve... That's a lot of great stuff! The slo mo at the beginning is crazy good. You might as well retire, now. lol. That's going to be hard to beat. :)

[@SteveMattheis]

Haha 🙏 thanks

[@PhotographybyTimWMoore]

Phantom of the North, Vol II. Great day playing in Yellowstone!

[@SteveMattheis]

Haha almost 👍

[@davidbarber9527]

Steve Awesome Videos can you have your Exposure with Photos

[@kathrynhall9920]

Wow just fantastic. It must be one of your best yet.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@barryscully1820]

really love the high key in flight shot...and the video segments with the snow falling. Great stuff Steve. I'm out looking for great greys on the road today but ended up finding Northern Hawk Owls instead along the north shore of Lake Superior.

[@SteveMattheis]

Ooooh I'm actually jealous, I've never photographed an NHO👍

[@barryscully1820]

@@SteveMattheis will have to get you up in Canada once the current situation is resolved.

[@antonoat]

I enjoyed it all, thanks Steve.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@nogroove3819]

Nice!

[@cambodiabird]

wow amazing...

[@lynnecliffe3056]

Thanks for the "trade off." Your enthusiasm was well founded and we were privileged to share.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@vincentlimagne9768]

Such a great session and results ! Thanks

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@renesch438]

just fantastic Steve, winter, snow and owls--my favorite, do you have any signed books left for Christmas gifts? thank you for all you do for your viewers, so wonderful

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏 and yes I do have signed books available on my website www.SteveMattheis.com

[@renesch438]

@@SteveMattheis placing an order, thanks

[@cameronm2203]

beautiful work as usual

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@terryroth2855]

Awesome!👍👍

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@599miata]

👌👌👌 video Steve.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@ayeshanrangajeewa6687]

Awesome Steve

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@kerryhutchings]

exceptional ....

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@jw0001]

Made my day. Thanks

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@johncreen5957]

Amazing, what an amazing area you have around you, those dark trees and background with the small bursts of green moss on the trunk and branches whit such majestic birds, thanks Steve.

[@markpalmer1112]

I love watching all your videos on owls as well as constantly looking through your book Phantom of the North, they always make my day

[@SteveMattheis]

Great to hear, thanks!🙏

[@waynearchibald3920]

Wow, amazing footage Steve!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

[@danwilliams6223]

Now...that's what I'm talking about. Awesome footage and captures. Congratulations on the great day!!

[@JimmyBreitenstein]

Great video Steve! Awesome footage 👊

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@Iruinyourkdr]

Great video, had already seen it once, but rewatching as we are headed to the greater Yellowstone area next week. And the great grey is a lifer for me. Any suggestions on areas to check out for them this time of year?

[@jamesmonte3165]

Great video Steve

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@chillcopyrightfreemusic]

3:23 caught him dropping a deuce. Amazing footage and all around channel! Thank you & keep up the great work!

[@SteveMattheis]

Yep... and thanks!

[@janm2473]

Gloriousness... is a perfect adjective, Steve, for your videos....Apparently I had just missed an owl along the Sturgeon River yesterday:/. Take care.

[@crittaker]

Hey Steve, loved the slow motion with the snow falling and the music...thanks again for sacrificing shots for video, you're really good at it.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@boscomac2434]

Awesome!!! I’m so jealous! 👍👍👍

[@malgosiak123]

You had a blast being there, we have a blast watching all your adventure :)! Thank you for sharing, really enjoyed:)

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@davidsherman3462]

Great video!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@Kayahdog]

So it would appear Christmas came early for you Steve! Wonderful images...try and get a little more excited next time. lol

[@SteveMattheis]

Will do😬

[@jasonfraser3572]

Amazing photos. Stopped what i was doing and rewound to take in how good those shots were. Well done and big fan of your work.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@minerdave]

What can I say but “MAGICAL”. Great photos, video and a day in the field. Thanks for sharing your day and skills.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@debbiewhatt7489]

Holy crap was that great ! Absolutely stunning - so lucky !

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@tomaskoeck]

Steve, what a great job, please keep being such an inspiration for all of us. You are the definition of an ethical wildlife photographer while still having the stripes to be considered one of the best of our time.

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏 thanks for the very kind words 🙏

[@GaryGough]

Video, stills and narration, one word, sublime!... as always 👏👏

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏🙏as always

[@CamillaI]

Wow loving the action in the snow with the Great grey owl what an amazing bird that why we get up in the mornings. Looks a treacherous drive too you must have a 4by4 . Spectacular flight shots

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@WildlifePatrol]

Hey Steve, I’m jealous! Nice job! I can’t wait to come back! Next year I’m staying longer!!!
🦉🦉Gunner ❄️ 🐾 🐾❄️

[@ianw73iw]

Stunning video today. Good to have a glorious owl day with the camera&lens being well behaved. Keep it going. Stay safe

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@brucegraner5901]

Steve, you were, what's the word? Oh, perfect 👍 Great images and really nice use of music to set the mood for the entire video. Just curious, can you identify the bird the dropped down past the owl around 13.33 in the video? Please keep up the great work. You're an inspiration to all of us who have too many south bound ends to north bound animals in our portfolios.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏 and it was a Steller's Jay, very cool bird

[@BullitTom]

Awesome as always. Now have to try and work out which shots were with which lens 😁
I’ve got the 300pf as my longest lens on the D850, so very interested in what it can do

[@SteveMattheis]

It's a fantastic lens 👍

[@climbrck]

Always great stuff man! I see you're back on the ball head... no fluid video nor gimbal. Liking the ball?

[@SteveMattheis]

I use the flexshooter , check it out here
ua-cam.com/video/XDctsMYMh2E/v-deo.html

[@marilyngiannuzzi9867]

Oh wow your photos of the great gray owl were amazing!Thank you for sharing with us!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@imbluz]

Keep doing what you're doing, bro! You're an inspiration to us all!

[@bobby6ixx785]

Wow -18 already???....lowest we've got here in Toronto is -3 lol.. and degree celcius by the way....great grey day, love it

[@jeffselfphotography3066]

Just incredible! One of these years, I’ll have to spend a few months out there.

[@rogerapplegatephotography5500]

Steve - WICKED GOOD!
As I was watching I was thinking - I wonder how he does it? Maybe one camera for video and one for stills ? And then you answered the question.
Great work - enjoyed the video and the images were fantastic as always.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@abelfernandez5648]

Buen trabajo, buen vídeo y hermosas imágenes. Un saludo desde España.

[@BrianHorsey]

Absolutely stunning video and stills, thanks for taking us along again.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@yanpermana8685]

Your videos are always inspiring. And the guitar synced pleasantly with the flyby at 4:09
Elegant bird, elegant video with elegant soundtrack. Love this!

[@SteveMattheis]

Yep I'm glad you noticed 👍👍

[@WhitbreadEsq]

Interesting video as always.
I saw my first (and so far only) great grey beside Yellowstone lake. Alas it was on a bright September day so between the harsh light and the awfully large crowd that quickly developed, my photos were limited and well below my standards...

[@patricksavard4451]

Beautiful stuff, i envy you 👍

[@natpark182]

wow again. you always have the best GGO images i've even seen. be safe out there Steve.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@VABrowneMDPhD]

Steve, what an awesome day! Thanks for sharing this beautiful adventure. So uplifting at a time when we are inundated by the pandemic.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks Vaughn🙏

[@WildlifePatrol]

Oh one more thang! I totally feel your pain in regards to the whole switching from shooting video and stills! Things that make you go Hmmm 🤔

[@SteveMattheis]

Yep...

[@justinweeks6608]

Looking forward to this after Christmas!!

[@paulsahota1773]

Great video and stills Steve. So nice when it all comes together. Looks pretty quiet around there. A privilege in Yellowstone no doubt.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@mtnmotiv5612]

What a great day!!! I love your videos and the slo mo with the snow in this one was so pleasing to watch with the owl! you're awesome

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@jfwatson8892]

Beautiful footage and photos!! Good to see you giving your gear some love. Thanks for taking us along.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@ianporter1600]

Thanks for an amazing video Steve, truly beautiful. I really appreciate you taking your time to shoot the video, and produce them if it’s any help for missing that shot, know that you’ve made my night by sharing the shots you did get in this video. Keep up the great work 👍😃

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@guenni0812]

Wow, fantastic Video. I love it.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@naturallyadriftphotoadvent123]

Incredible and amazing footage and stills! It has been a while since your last video but I guess worth the wait! I haven't gotten out much lately but did get to see a flock of Sandhill Cranes at the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge area a few of weeks ago! Just wish the lighting had been better. Hope you have some more good luck and thank-you for filming these awesome animals!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks! Glad to hear that you're getting out there👍

[@tangledrootstudios9157]

Great video Steve and fantastic photos ! Thanks for the great Owl content You Rock ! always curious why you don't see more Great Horned Owls ? more skiddish ? less common ? figured they would be everywhere out there in those parks

[@SteveMattheis]

They are definitely around but typically more skittish and less active when there is enough light to shoot.

[@HannahBMann]

Magical! Can't wait to get back in the park! Noting that I need to head south for more of a chance to photograph the owls. Thanks, Steve!

[@Capcity44]

Absolutely stunning images! Great video too - amazing work

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@TheRealMartin007]

Awesome footage!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏