This is outstanding. You do not tell people how to edit, However you show us how to use our own thoughts and visual minds to create what we see. Thank you for that. For we are not Robots. Very well done video. Take a bow.
I would take the image from 13:15 and take the back moose and cut him out and move him over to the left with the little piece of grass in front of him. A little fill in on the right antler.....and you could never tell the difference. I know most folks say it's wrong....but I am with Ansel Adams philosophy.....“You don't take a photograph, you make it.” and “A photograph is usually looked at- seldom looked into.” 😉 As always Steve love your work 👍
Really enjoyed this video it’s good to get an insight of how a pro photographer thinks about how to pick the perfect shot would enjoy more of the same. Cheers
I'm quite new to your channel Steve and really enjoying every vlog. This video was right up my street as I do struggle with selecting the keepers. Thanks 👍
Thanks Steve, this insight is really helpful. I think I can apply some of your thought process to my own work. Love to see another after your Africa adventure. Cheers!
Love the video as many others have commented, keep ‘em coming! At the onset you selected to shoot at 2.8 yet you have a large subject. Explain why not shoot at say 5.6 just to allow more sharpness over a wider area while still allowing for the edges to fade away into some mild blur? Remember, you asked for feedback and you can see many of us have questions as well, lol!! That’s what happens when you get photographers together talking about photography! Gotta love it...
Thanks for posting this Steve. I hope that you will do a few more videos along these lines. I hope that you'll get an opportunity to do a video on your Yellowstone and upcoming Africa trips!
Life is good when 95% of your shots are perfectly sharp! More often that not it's just the inverse for me. Haha! It's not easy to have a subject free of any distractions in a shot. Often times you don't even notice it when you are out there. I like a clean shot, too, but sometimes having vegetation or something else in the way helps with the overall dynamic and story. For me it can be a long process picking the best one, but it's fun. Please do more of these kinds of videos, on editing as well.
One of my favorite parts of the workshop we did was the photo analysis time we had in your vehicle. This is like a continuation of that and I love it. Would love more of these Steve!
Very nice video! I like how you make those quick decisions and purge the photos that won't meet your expectations. Keep up the great videos and photos.
Another informative, enjoyable video. Thanks Steve! A few times you zoomed in 1:1 and I thought even that would make a cool horizontal photo. Just fill the frame wide with an intense close up eyes and antlers photo.
Yes, very good and helpful, Steve! You're thought processes were almost my thoughts exactly as I was looking at your images. Like you said, you get better and faster at it the more you do it. As a bird photographer, I'm used to going through hundreds and thousands of images after a day's shoot :)
Yes! I really like to watch and hear your thought process and the things you see that makes (in your mind) select one image as a bit better over the other.
Really enjoy videos like this. I feel It help to see how others go about the final possess after the shot is taken. You should do more videos on editing they are always helpful.Thanks
A nice video. I like these kinds of videos where you let us get inside your head a bit. Anything that gives us amateurs insight into how a pro works is good. That includes how you work a scene out in the field, a post-shoot review and discussion of the images, and a discussion of what worked and what didn’t. Thanks for sharing!
I did enjoy watching your selection process. Yes, please make more instructional videos like this one. I wish you great success in Africa and look forward to watching more on your channel. Cheers
I love the video sequence you opened with, I could hear in my mind my mother saying you all quit that rough housing before somebody gets poked in the eye! I pretty much followed with your photo picks except for the final choice. Mine would have been one of the boss moose by himself. He's to regal to share the spotlight. Have a great trip to Africa and make sure you come back healthy.
Thanks for sharing, I found this video to be very helpful as selecting the best photo in a sequence is something that I often struggle with. I will now keep your thought process in mind. Loved the format.
I really liked your perspective of what you look for and how you choose. I have a hard time seeing the composition when I’m taking the photo until I get it home and see it on the computer. I also don’t take enough of photos to have a really nice group of photos to choose from. For some reason my thinking is I’m still shooting film instead of digital. Lol I have to keep reminding myself!
Wonderful video, Steve! I love how you talk through your thought process, it's so helpful to get a view into how other photographers review their images. Very useful video and absolutely gorgeous Moose!
I really LOVE this session you have shared. We wildlife painters/sculptors go through the same exact selection process when we go through our photos in deciding what to put onto our canvases or into wax or clay.
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. It’s always interesting to hear someone else’s thought process of narrowing down to one from a group of really good images!
Really love this style of video and would be awesome to see more like it! The process behind the computer is very interesting to me and helpful to watch!
Thoroughly enjoyed hearing your thoughts and process. Would love similar videos of other situations , gain a better understanding of a pro’s process of what makes a”good” photo. Question - after you make your selections do you save some, none, or all of the others? When do you delete a photo?
I enjoyed seeing your thought-process. There are some good guidelines to follow when framing, cropping, composing, etc. and I'd love to learn more of them.
Thanks. Good to see how you work through a series of photos to select the "best" ones. I am trying to get better at it so hearing the thought process out loud (how else would I hear it - duh) will be helpful for me. Travel safe.
great Steve as usual. with your experience its nice to see what you are thinking ,i have been photographing for 15 years and still learning .yes more of these videos would always be great ..
Really like this video Steve. It's always great to hear what other photographers are seeing/thinking in post as well as in the field. Would like to see this more often.
This video was really helpful and interesting to see and hear how you determine which captures to use. Yes I would like to see more of these videos. Thank you for sharing, it's much appreciated to get a view of different pointers to look for out of a sequence.
Steve, I enjoyed this video a lot. My wildlife shooting where I live is mainly limited to birds. How do you like Adobe's new making tools? Have they changed your editing workflow? They certainly have mine, especially being able to select subject and then inverted subject selection. So now, I can edit the environment without affecting the subject, and vice versa. That, plus interacting masks with each other, have paid major dividends. I think a more in-depth editing video would be very informative. Thanks! Also: does Hoeback have that asymmetrical antler every season?
More of this type of video would be appreciated. Your commentary works as a reminder of things to do/not do. While reviewing some photos I found a few 3 legged animals in my images. So easy to "mess up" while in the heat of the moment.
Steve: LOVE your channel- learning so much. I am new to full frame photography...just purchased the Sony A1...I want to come out to your area (Grand Tetons), and hopefully get some Gray Owl shots. QUESTION: if you had to buy one lens, would it be the Sony 600mm f4 or the Sony 200-600? Thanks
Awesome footage. Steve, pls help translate, moose and elk are by deepl both translated into German as “Elch”, but only the moose (scientific name: Alces alces) is what we call an “Elch”. So, what is an elk?
I think also one with a much tighter crop on the eyes and part of the base of the horn would look nice with all the snow, etc. And it doesn't have to be from the same / what you considered as the best pick.
I enjoyed the video and your reasoning behind the various crops. I think I have a tendency to crop too tightly for some tastes but I guess that's what makes moose racing:) The only thing I would change in all these images is all that snow. I don't know how you deal with shooting in such cold conditions but, perhaps, that's a video for another time. Have fun thawing out in Africa. I look forward to seeing your images from that trip.
Hi Steve, I hope to meet you some day at one of your workshops. Thanks for making this vlog, it was helpful/ enlightening. I myself second-guess my editing decisions sometimes within sequences of similar images of fauna and issues such as leg positioning and potential cropping so thanks, this helps. Maybe you could do some more vlogs that follow your post-production editing thought-process, or sell a cd about it so something similar?
Interesting to watch. Curious what your flagging approach is. Stars? Colors? Pick/reject? And do you keep everything, or delete the rejected ones? Curious Seagate stockholders want to know! 😀
I agree with your assessment and would have picked the same image; it’s first-rate. The video in the beginning was also very good. By all means, please continue with videos like this; they are very enjoyable! Cheers!
Not only are you a great photographer, you are a gifted teacher. Thanks for all you do on UA-cam to teach and inspire.
🙏 thanks so much
I always enjoy how other photographers finish their images in post. Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
Yes please do more videos like this. I enjoy seeing and learning from other photographers.
This is outstanding. You do not tell people how to edit, However you show us how to use our own thoughts and visual minds to create what we see. Thank you for that. For we are not Robots. Very well done video. Take a bow.
Very insightful. It's often the little details that can make or break an image.
Great photos, Steve, and thanks for sharing your process in choosing the right photos. Keep up the good work.
I would take the image from 13:15 and take the back moose and cut him out and move him over to the left with the little piece of grass in front of him. A little fill in on the right antler.....and you could never tell the difference. I know most folks say it's wrong....but I am with Ansel Adams philosophy.....“You don't take a photograph, you make it.” and
“A photograph is usually looked at- seldom looked into.” 😉 As always Steve love your work 👍
That’s not my style for sure but do what works for you👍
For sure would love to see more of this type of video. This is very helpful Steve!!!
Enjoyed watching you go though these images and the critical eye to detail that I sometimes miss in my haste to get something done.
I hit like before you started. Great topic and often a puzzle.
Absolutely do more of these! Love hearing your thoughts and understanding your decision making process.
Thanks! Steve Enjoy your trip!
This is an excellent video. I really like hearing thought process, both editing and in the field.
Fine video, interesting to hear from your selecting flow... Kind regards, Rolf
Thanks for sharing your thought process with us, I found it very interesting and informative. Yes, I would like to see more videos like this.
Have a nice trip, we will wait!...
Beautiful imagery - now subscribed. Really appreciated your thought process as well - very informative.
Steve, enjoyed the video. I'd suggest tossing some of these in now and again.
Really enjoyed this video it’s good to get an insight of how a pro photographer thinks about how to pick the perfect shot would enjoy more of the same. Cheers
I’m so jealous
Great video...It is nice to know that you pick your best very similar to me. Keep 'em coming', Steve!
I'm quite new to your channel Steve and really enjoying every vlog. This video was right up my street as I do struggle with selecting the keepers. Thanks 👍
I enjoyed this as it was nice to see something different.
Thanks Steve, this insight is really helpful. I think I can apply some of your thought process to my own work. Love to see another after your Africa adventure. Cheers!
Super video. Great to have an insight to your selection process
Nice video Steve and great photos as usual!
Helpful and informative, Steve. Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It does help me a lot!
I personally really enjoyed this video, gives me lots to think about.
Thanks Steve, interesting that I would have done the same selection and adjustments as you did. :-)
Really great video! More of that is welcome!
Like the thought process
This is very interesting, keep doing this thought process videos!
Always fun to watch. Have fun in Africa
Great vid, loved the thought process, thank you.
Love the video as many others have commented, keep ‘em coming! At the onset you selected to shoot at 2.8 yet you have a large subject. Explain why not shoot at say 5.6 just to allow more sharpness over a wider area while still allowing for the edges to fade away into some mild blur? Remember, you asked for feedback and you can see many of us have questions as well, lol!! That’s what happens when you get photographers together talking about photography! Gotta love it...
Shutter speed and background separation…
YES - MORE PLZ . Love this stuff !!!
AMAZING SHOTS , I’m envious!!!!!❤️❤️
I found that interesting. I would love to see a similar video with bird photos.
Awesome photo sequence. I hope that you don't ever take it for granted....as it is an exceptional and unique environment to have at your doorstep.
Thanks for posting this Steve. I hope that you will do a few more videos along these lines. I hope that you'll get an opportunity to do a video on your Yellowstone and upcoming Africa trips!
Thanks for the feedback Ralph 🙏
Life is good when 95% of your shots are perfectly sharp! More often that not it's just the inverse for me. Haha!
It's not easy to have a subject free of any distractions in a shot. Often times you don't even notice it when you are out there. I like a clean shot, too, but sometimes having vegetation or something else in the way helps with the overall dynamic and story. For me it can be a long process picking the best one, but it's fun.
Please do more of these kinds of videos, on editing as well.
Loved the video. Very helpful. Thanks
One of my favorite parts of the workshop we did was the photo analysis time we had in your vehicle. This is like a continuation of that and I love it. Would love more of these Steve!
Excellent thank you sir 🙏
Seeing your selection process was great! It's definitely helpful and I'd be happy to watch more examples.
Have a fantastic trip!
Very nice video! I like how you make those quick decisions and purge the photos that won't meet your expectations. Keep up the great videos and photos.
I was just impressed by that many bulls in one place.
Another informative, enjoyable video. Thanks Steve! A few times you zoomed in 1:1 and I thought even that would make a cool horizontal photo. Just fill the frame wide with an intense close up eyes and antlers photo.
Not my style to crop that much but you are correct, there are some great compositions in there.
Very useful. My biggest failing is I keep to many. Thanks
Really enjoyed that, great video
Yes, very good and helpful, Steve! You're thought processes were almost my thoughts exactly as I was looking at your images. Like you said, you get better and faster at it the more you do it. As a bird photographer, I'm used to going through hundreds and thousands of images after a day's shoot :)
Great video Steve !!
Yes! I really like to watch and hear your thought process and the things you see that makes (in your mind) select one image as a bit better over the other.
@stevemattheis, Great tutorial, thank you. Would you mind sharing where you too the photos (I would love to get some of Hobart).
Very interesting and helpful, thanks
Love this! Very helpful !
Love getting your critiques of your photos. Great learning for me. Please do more of this, Steve.
Really enjoy videos like this. I feel It help to see how others go about the final possess after the shot is taken. You should do more videos on editing they are always helpful.Thanks
A nice video. I like these kinds of videos where you let us get inside your head a bit. Anything that gives us amateurs insight into how a pro works is good. That includes how you work a scene out in the field, a post-shoot review and discussion of the images, and a discussion of what worked and what didn’t. Thanks for sharing!
Great tips. Thanks.
I did enjoy watching your selection process. Yes, please make more instructional videos like this one. I wish you great success in Africa and look forward to watching more on your channel. Cheers
I love the video sequence you opened with, I could hear in my mind my mother saying you all quit that rough housing before somebody gets poked in the eye! I pretty much followed with your photo picks except for the final choice. Mine would have been one of the boss moose by himself. He's to regal to share the spotlight.
Have a great trip to Africa and make sure you come back healthy.
Thanks Steve, another intuitive video from you, still waiting on z9. Keep up the great work.
I really apprreciate your selection process.1
Thanks for sharing, I found this video to be very helpful as selecting the best photo in a sequence is something that I often struggle with. I will now keep your thought process in mind. Loved the format.
I would love to see a video on what you take to Africa. Specifically what lens, bag and thought process with weight restrictions.
Great video. And yes, more like this. Thanks for sharing your thinking process and how the pros do it. Very helpful
Post-processing videos are enjoyable and instructive. You ended up with an outstanding photo. What equipment are you taking on your trip to Africa?
Loved it. Helpful as usual 😊
I really liked your perspective of what you look for and how you choose. I have a hard time seeing the composition when I’m taking the photo until I get it home and see it on the computer. I also don’t take enough of photos to have a really nice group of photos to choose from. For some reason my thinking is I’m still shooting film instead of digital. Lol I have to keep reminding myself!
Great video as always! So many good photos can make it difficult to choose the best one
Hey, spot on! My thoughts are the same. That's great news for me, cause your work is great! Yes, more of this would be wonderful, please!
Wonderful video, Steve! I love how you talk through your thought process, it's so helpful to get a view into how other photographers review their images. Very useful video and absolutely gorgeous Moose!
Great video. Very helpful to see your thoughts on images and compare to my own. Would enjoy to see more like this. And as always, awesome photos!
Thank you so much
I really LOVE this session you have shared. We wildlife painters/sculptors go through the same exact selection process when we go through our photos in deciding what to put onto our canvases or into wax or clay.
I hope you do more like this, just so helpful to hear your thought process!
Thoroughly enjoyed the video. It’s always interesting to hear someone else’s thought process of narrowing down to one from a group of really good images!
Really love this style of video and would be awesome to see more like it! The process behind the computer is very interesting to me and helpful to watch!
Thoroughly enjoyed hearing your thoughts and process. Would love similar videos of other situations , gain a better understanding of a pro’s process of what makes a”good” photo. Question - after you make your selections do you save some, none, or all of the others? When do you delete a photo?
I keep some and delete the rejects
I enjoyed seeing your thought-process. There are some good guidelines to follow when framing, cropping, composing, etc. and I'd love to learn more of them.
Thanks. Good to see how you work through a series of photos to select the "best" ones. I am trying to get better at it so hearing the thought process out loud (how else would I hear it - duh) will be helpful for me. Travel safe.
Love this!
great Steve as usual. with your experience its nice to see what you are thinking ,i have been photographing for 15 years and still learning .yes more of these videos would always be great ..
Really like this video Steve. It's always great to hear what other photographers are seeing/thinking in post as well as in the field. Would like to see this more often.
Do more, thank you.
Love this video. Please do more like this.
Great info Steve. I do the same thing as a hobby photographer. Love these videos also.
Steve this was great insight into your selection process. Would love to see more of these.
This video was really helpful and interesting to see and hear how you determine which captures to use. Yes I would like to see more of these videos. Thank you for sharing, it's much appreciated to get a view of different pointers to look for out of a sequence.
Steve, I enjoyed this video a lot. My wildlife shooting where I live is mainly limited to birds. How do you like Adobe's new making tools? Have they changed your editing workflow? They certainly have mine, especially being able to select subject and then inverted subject selection. So now, I can edit the environment without affecting the subject, and vice versa. That, plus interacting masks with each other, have paid major dividends. I think a more in-depth editing video would be very informative. Thanks!
Also: does Hoeback have that asymmetrical antler every season?
More of this type of video would be appreciated. Your commentary works as a reminder of things to do/not do. While reviewing some photos I found a few 3 legged animals in my images. So easy to "mess up" while in the heat of the moment.
Steve: LOVE your channel- learning so much. I am new to full frame photography...just purchased the Sony A1...I want to come out to your area (Grand Tetons), and hopefully get some Gray Owl shots. QUESTION: if you had to buy one lens, would it be the Sony 600mm f4 or the Sony 200-600? Thanks
Awesome footage. Steve, pls help translate, moose and elk are by deepl both translated into German as “Elch”, but only the moose (scientific name: Alces alces) is what we call an “Elch”. So, what is an elk?
I found this really interesting too, and would love to watch you go through a sequence of Great Gray Owl photos like this sometime.
I think also one with a much tighter crop on the eyes and part of the base of the horn would look nice with all the snow, etc. And it doesn't have to be from the same / what you considered as the best pick.
I enjoyed the video and your reasoning behind the various crops. I think I have a tendency to crop too tightly for some tastes but I guess that's what makes moose racing:) The only thing I would change in all these images is all that snow. I don't know how you deal with shooting in such cold conditions but, perhaps, that's a video for another time. Have fun thawing out in Africa. I look forward to seeing your images from that trip.
Hi Steve, I hope to meet you some day at one of your workshops. Thanks for making this vlog, it was helpful/ enlightening. I myself second-guess my editing decisions sometimes within sequences of similar images of fauna and issues such as leg positioning and potential cropping so thanks, this helps. Maybe you could do some more vlogs that follow your post-production editing thought-process, or sell a cd about it so something similar?
Interesting to watch. Curious what your flagging approach is. Stars? Colors? Pick/reject? And do you keep everything, or delete the rejected ones? Curious Seagate stockholders want to know! 😀
I just use picks and reject, delete the rejects. But do whatever works best for you…
More videos on post processing would be appreciated!
I agree with your assessment and would have picked the same image; it’s first-rate. The video in the beginning was also very good. By all means, please continue with videos like this; they are very enjoyable! Cheers!