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@@catalinpastiu6740 thank you so much! I shoot full frame, and solely used a 70-200mm f2.8 which I feel like is THE gorilla lens. The focal length is right in that sweet spot where you can capture environmental shots or portraits depending on where the gorillas are around you. And in dense jungle you need the ability to shoot lowlight, though the two groups that I happened to get were out in the open. For a Micro 4/3 system, I’d say if you can get anywhere between 25-100mm you’ll be set. And I’d highly suggest a zoom over a prime because you just don’t know what distance you’ll be working with given where you find your designated gorilla group, so flexibility is really important. Especially if they’re on the move like my first group was. Hope that helps!

@@ScrimshawPhotography Thank you, much appreciated! And I look forward to more of your videos:)

Hey thanks man! I've got some good content planned so stay tuned for more!

Brilliant photo too 😀

Thank you! I call it my one in a million shot because I'll never be able to get it again!

Thank you so much for the kind words! This was all shot with a 400mm lens. I’ve taken a 600 before but I was really banking on getting more close up opportunities that just didn’t pan out. I do know a handful of the wolf people and they are all just wonderful. Lots of very passionate folks out there. Next time I’ll make sure I get my shot!

@@johnclay173 thank you so much! It’s one of my favorite parks in the world to visit

@@johnclay173 thank you so much for the kind words! It was the surprise of the year in the Tetons outside of 399 coming out with her cub. Will have plenty to share from 2024 in a future video

Haha glad you enjoyed it!

This was the last weekend of September/first week of October. There should be plenty of bulls around antelope flats outside the park and the Gros Ventre river. Just look for crowds and don’t be afraid to hike out a little bit if need be

Thank you so much! I had a fun time making it!

thank you so much! I have plenty more planned so stay tuned!

thank you so much!

I went with Jambo Tours out of Kigali. They were a lovely tour company and I highly recommend them!

tThank you! Glad you enjoyed!

it's a magical place! You'll have a great time!

thank you so much!

Nope I stayed in the town of Gardiner and drove in every day. I've camped before but I never get good sleep camping in bear country so 4 walls is required these days!

it's almost an art form for some of these spotters

I was shooting with a 400mm lens, which is honestly not long enough most of the time. Most encounters were from about 400 yards off, except for the last one with the Junctions which was maybe 250 yards

Thanks! I stayed in Gardiner which was about an hour drive from Lamar Valley. There are plenty of hotels and lodges in town that make it very popular for visitors trying to stay up north. Though to be honest Silver Gate and Cooke City are much closer to Lamar Valley and would be a better choice if your sole focus is just wolf watching in the valley. The downside is that you would totally miss out on the other wolf packs that might be seen along the northern range in the morning, though I’ll admit I have yet to ever see them as more than a dot on the horizon. Either way you have to be prepared for long days and plenty of driving!

Thank you! That particular encounter was on October 5th, 2023. It’s a very common area to find moose just outside the park

Thanks so much Jen!

Very true. Wolves are the hardest animal that you can regularly spot, but rarely get a good photo of. If you even manage to spot a mountain lion or wolverine then you go buy a lotto ticket

I’d certainly make an argument against that. It’s the best place to photograph North American wildlife for sure, but the limited road network and safety rules about how close you can get to wildlife (and rightly so) make it very difficult to get good light/composition. That doesn’t mean that you can’t get good photos, just that you have to work much harder for them and get much more lucky compared to over wildlife destinations.

Yellowstone USED to be a fantastic place to photograph wildlife, and still CAN be, but good opportunities are few and far between due in large part to the huge crowds and also, in part, the policies of the Park Service. If your photo interests begin and end with bison, it's great. Wildlife "jams" can make it very difficult to photograph because any effort to maintain a safe and legal distance will be met with dozens of people between you and the animal. Maneuvering for a better angle becomes impossible. You may get some "snapshots", but getting that prize winning shot becomes extremely difficult. The Park Service has developed a short tolerance, and just as often as not they will crackershell animals like bears and wolves away from the roads, even when they are far more than 100 yards away (the legal limit). Ethical photographers very quickly get a "bad taste in their mouth" when trying to photograph in such conditions. Ask just about any photographer in the Park and you will be told that animals in general, for whatever reason, are not as visible as years past. This may be due to ever increasing people, many of whom do not know how to act around wildlife, being loud and obnoxious; and ever increasing traffic that makes road crossing hazardess at minimum and impossible at times. Lines of humanity will completely prevent it, and even rangers have trouble trying to "make a hole" for them to cross. It's just easier for animals to avoid the roads, or any area frequented by people, altogether. Some rangers (and some are great) seem to have a low tolerance for photographers, and will sometimes make them "move on" even when they are doing everything right. Not an "easy" place to photograph wildlife at all. Snapshots, maybe. But ethical, and publishable, wildlife photography, no.

Thank you so much! It’s a magical place that I hope more people get to experience!

Thank you so much! It's a magical place! Stay tuned for more!

400mm f2.8. I should have put on my 1.4x teleconverter but they popped out so quickly that I didn't have time to react

Hey I appreciate the feedback. I was looking at an external monitor to see the photos but I’ll keep that in mind for the future!

They aren’t always there but give it a couple of days and one will usually pop up right there or close by

Same! Adding that area to my list.

And this is a BIG reason things have gone "wrong" in these parks. Conversations like this used to take place in the park, between photographers camping next to each other, or shooting together. Now they take place on social media, where millions read them! Soon, areas like this are overrun with hoardes of people, and the bears no longer use them. This is what happens. No one cares as long as they got THEIR picture!

Thanks Seth! I'm personally loving the video side of things so I'm hoping to do it more seriously in the future!

Thanks Sharon! I'm using Davinci Resolve since it's free!

Thank you! It's a magical place and I hope you can make it out there!

Thank you! Nature should be shared by all in my opinion!