Great photographer; great subjects; great location; more great storytelling. You so elegantly and eloquently convey the essence of wild places through your images and storytelling. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us all. I spent six years of my 34-year career with the National Park Service living in and helping to protect Grand Teton National Park. Your fine photography, understanding of the subjects you photograph and gift for sharing what you see and experience through your lenses, in images and words, contributes greatly to greater awareness, understanding and protection of these wonderful places and the amazing life with which we share the earth. Awareness promotes Understanding which leads to greater Appreciation support for Protection. Thank you for your contributions in this respect. On a personal note, you and your family are in our thoughts. Stay healthy and safe. John Krambrink
Thank you Mark for another great video. I have not been to the Tetons in over 40 years, thank you for reminding me of how beautiful the area is. Think I’ll plan a trip next year for truly old times sake.
The best bird video by miles. I’m really geared up now for our forthcoming trip. This has been invaluable and brilliant fun to watch. Thank you and well done for so much first-class photography.
Yet another exclusive and informative video mark, every time you raise your camera you will come up with a stunner. Photographing swallow at the surface of the water shows you remarkable reflexes, you are a prodigy
Aaah, Ruffed Grouse, our Pennsylvania State bird. You can feel the subsonic start to the drumming in your chest before you even begin to hear it. Another wonderful video, Mark. Thank you!
Hi mark ,wow what a total difference in weather .love the footage of all the wildlife especially the grouse with that crazy noise .keep up the outstanding quality of vlogging 👏
I remember watching Wild America with Marty Stouffer. He, like you worked with his family and created some phenomenal Wildlife Documentaries. Since the advent of all this digital technology and especially now, I wonder what could that guy have done with all this modern equipment? It would have been epic for sure. I said this before to you and you replied your were thinking about it. If you dived into your work, you could be easily be the next Marty Stouffer! The world wide television market could be your playground.
You "just happened to be in the right place at the right time". Seems you do that a lot. Fantastic photos and great storytelling as always. It's a good break for all of us locked in the house.
Wow Mark! You were on a roll with this one. Great story telling, (even the) jokes, and better than fabulous video and stills. The swallows! Forget about it. I would have thought, not humanly possible. Keep it up.
Your storytelling, photography and editing is top notch, and, together, they do a great job of conveying the enthusiasm and sense of wonder that you so obviously have for the natural world. Mark, thanks for bringing us on yet another amazing journey! I loved the pics of the Teton skyline - my favorite mountain views on the planet! Your views brought back memories of my cross country bicycle trip in '78. I well remember battling the switchbacks, crossing over into Jackson Hole and being rewarded with the sight of those gorgeous peaks. I took a 'day off' and pedaled 125 miles through the area. (Well, it certainly FELT like a day off, not having to carry panniers loaded with camping and biking gear!) I wish I had been into photography back then! I look forward to more views of your road trip!
Wow, thanks for the footage of the Ruffed Grouse. I knew what was making that sound the first time it appeared in this video. Many years ago, about 60 as a matter of fact, I was camping in rural New York State and we kept on hearing this mysterious noise that we thought was someone trying to start a farm tractor. I later learned that it was mating season for Ruffed Grouse and that the males made this noise by "drumming" on a hollow log but I've never seen one doing it until today. I had mistakenly thought they were beating on the log with their wings. As for the photos of the rocketing swallows, I'm left speechless. Super cool stuff. Thanks again!!
Amazing Swallow shots! What a stunning array of a great nature photography. The time spent with your son is priceless. You are a great father. Your son will grow strong , and very knowledgeable.Thank you for sharing another great nature adventure with us. Stay safe and healthy.
Another great video Mark, and so happy to see you back after a very trying and sad time for you. Your extraordinary photo skills are demonstrated with your incredible images of the Swallows. I have only seen one other photographer that can expertly capture those little flying rockets the way you have. Thanks for sharing.
Another great video Mark, you inspire me. Seeing you are back creating these videos after your recent tragedy makes all of us feel better knowing you and your family are doing OK under the circumstances. Thanks again for all you do, and as usual, fantastic pictures......thanks for sharing
There's nothing like a Mark Smith video to put our minds in a better place with all the sad news. That Grouse sounded just like a motor starting up! Amazing video as always, thank you Mark.
Another great video, Mark! Stunning photos with an engaging and informative narrative. Happy to see you back after your tragic loss. Keep up the great work. I'm looking forward to the next one!
GREAT video Mark as always! Not only do I envy your ability to capture these birds like no other but I really enjoy watching their behavior as you tell the story as it happens...that's what makes your videos so entertaining!
Wow once again. I can't tell you how much joy I get everytime you post another outstanding video. The photography and storytelling are amazing. Glad to see you in Steve Mattheis backyard, I really enjoy his channel as well. Looking forward to seeing your bear video. In closing I just wanted to offer sincere condolences to you and your children on Julie's passing.
Mark, those shots of the Swallow are insane. We get a lot of them up here in Vermont in the summer, and they are unbelievably fast when they fly by and can turn on a dime... very tricky to photograph in my experience. I have some good shots but not like that. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Mark!!!! Great great shots of those tree swallows to low to the water picking up their big meals ...do they also drink water on the wing as well ...!? Look forward to the next video great job team Smith! Keep on trucking 🤟🏻👍🏻👌🏻😁😃🤗🤗
Beautiful work, Mark. The perfect antidote for the news of late. With your combination of spectacular photography and engrossing narration, I feel like I took a short trip to the Tetons in summer. Thanks for that. Here in Virginia, we hear the rufffed grouse drumming in the spring. I’ve seen them stand on a hollow log to amplify the effect. Pretty cool.
Good thing you have all that practice with ospreys, because those swallows had to be even more challenging in flight. One of my goals is to get a barn swallow in flight with the sun shining thru the tail.
Nice grab on the Grouse. I also just caught a Chickadee in a crazy upside down pose today. I had no idea they did that, I thought it was a nuthatch at first.
I have tried to photograph Tree Swallows in flight many times and can hardly even track them let alone get great photos like you did. I wish people watching knew how hard they are to photograph. As always, truly amazing pictures Mark
Fantastic shots and video! Speaking as someone who has gotten some decent Tree Swallow shots yours are fantastic. I don't see them going after insects on the water much around here but they do go after feathers for nesting. So a little trick is to collect some feathers to drop on the water and then focusing on the them and timing a swallow hit.
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You're not only an amazing photographer, you're one hell of a storyteller.
Jaw-dropping photos. That D850/500mm combo in your capable hands generates pure perfection.
It has been said that NO place on earth is as beautiful as Heaven......Mark, you keep raising the scale through your photography!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Loved! All of the footage of the wonderful birds. Absolutely marvelous. What you show us is why I love birds so much ❤️.
Best story teller on RUclips by a mile. Thanks Mark this helps with the self isolating 🙂🙂
Great photographer; great subjects; great location; more great storytelling.
You so elegantly and eloquently convey the essence of wild places through your images and storytelling. Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us all.
I spent six years of my 34-year career with the National Park Service living in and helping to protect Grand Teton National Park. Your fine photography, understanding of the subjects you photograph and gift for sharing what you see and experience through your lenses, in images and words, contributes greatly to greater awareness, understanding and protection of these wonderful places and the amazing life with which we share the earth. Awareness promotes Understanding which leads to greater Appreciation support for Protection. Thank you for your contributions in this respect. On a personal note, you and your family are in our thoughts. Stay healthy and safe.
John Krambrink
Great images and narration. BBC should hire this guy for their nature documentaries.
Thanks for all you do. Both your skill and your strength are inspiring to us all!
Thats so awesome!! I got my first Barrow's Goldeneye in a flock of a about 67 Common Goldeneyes in Decemeber 2019.
Amazing series of pics of that tree swallow catching insects on the surface of the water. Thanks for sharing.
Your stories are so engaging and your photos are so mesmerizing that I forget for sometime that I am not really there.
Wow!!! Stunning photography!!! 😱
Thank you Mark for another great video. I have not been to the Tetons in over 40 years, thank you for reminding me of how beautiful the area is. Think I’ll plan a trip next year for truly old times sake.
You are welcome!
The best bird video by miles. I’m really geared up now for our forthcoming trip. This has been invaluable and brilliant fun to watch. Thank you and well done for so much first-class photography.
Yet another exclusive and informative video mark, every time you raise your camera you will come up with a stunner. Photographing swallow at the surface of the water shows you remarkable reflexes, you are a prodigy
Nice sequence on the Tree Swallows, Mark! I can’t believe how close you were to that Dusky Grouse!! Always enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing.
You're awesome Mark, I love the way you tell the stories and all wonderful wildlife photograph. Love all videos
Great video. Your work is always so watchable and interesting. Thanks.
Aaah, Ruffed Grouse, our Pennsylvania State bird. You can feel the subsonic start to the drumming in your chest before you even begin to hear it. Another wonderful video, Mark. Thank you!
Well done Mark, thanks again for sharing another incredible video. Hopefully, we can all get back out and do what we love.
Wonderful video Mark. You captured so much incredible beauty. Could watch over and over.
Hi mark ,wow what a total difference in weather .love the footage of all the wildlife especially the grouse with that crazy noise .keep up the outstanding quality of vlogging 👏
I remember watching Wild America with Marty Stouffer. He, like you worked with his family and created some phenomenal Wildlife Documentaries. Since the advent of all this digital technology and especially now, I wonder what could that guy have done with all this modern equipment? It would have been epic for sure. I said this before to you and you replied your were thinking about it. If you dived into your work, you could be easily be the next Marty Stouffer! The world wide television market could be your playground.
You "just happened to be in the right place at the right time". Seems you do that a lot. Fantastic photos and great storytelling as always. It's a good break for all of us locked in the house.
What a great collection of images and video. Super work.
I love you man! The story teller photographer with amazing skills!
Spectacular video, Mark! You have a real gift for photography and video production.
Wow Mark! You were on a roll with this one. Great story telling, (even the) jokes, and better than fabulous video and stills. The swallows! Forget about it. I would have thought, not humanly possible. Keep it up.
Your storytelling, photography and editing is top notch, and, together, they do a great job of conveying the enthusiasm and sense of wonder that you so obviously have for the natural world. Mark, thanks for bringing us on yet another amazing journey!
I loved the pics of the Teton skyline - my favorite mountain views on the planet! Your views brought back memories of my cross country bicycle trip in '78. I well remember battling the switchbacks, crossing over into Jackson Hole and being rewarded with the sight of those gorgeous peaks. I took a 'day off' and pedaled 125 miles through the area. (Well, it certainly FELT like a day off, not having to carry panniers loaded with camping and biking gear!) I wish I had been into photography back then!
I look forward to more views of your road trip!
You are my favorite bird photographer, love your videos and the storytelling.
Wow, thanks for the footage of the Ruffed Grouse. I knew what was making that sound the first time it appeared in this video. Many years ago, about 60 as a matter of fact, I was camping in rural New York State and we kept on hearing this mysterious noise that we thought was someone trying to start a farm tractor. I later learned that it was mating season for Ruffed Grouse and that the males made this noise by "drumming" on a hollow log but I've never seen one doing it until today. I had mistakenly thought they were beating on the log with their wings.
As for the photos of the rocketing swallows, I'm left speechless. Super cool stuff. Thanks again!!
Amazing pictures.
Especially the swallows, they are very quick.
Great video, Mark. Those shots of the Tree Swallows are incredible. Very difficult to do with any keepers. Well done!
Amazing Swallow shots! What a stunning array of a great nature photography. The time spent with your son is priceless. You are a great father. Your son will grow strong , and very knowledgeable.Thank you for sharing another great nature adventure with us. Stay safe and healthy.
My all time favorite visual storyteller.. Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos and videos. :)
:) Hope you guys are good in this pandemic. Stay safe, stay healthy.
Beautiful!! I appreciate how you put the camera and F stop on the photos.
I hope you keep on doing these shows I like them a good shot of fresh air
Great blog Mark 👍 Superb skills photographing those swallows feeding over the river - shots like those are NOT easy
Wow 😳
Another great video Mark, and so happy to see you back after a very trying and sad time for you. Your extraordinary photo skills are demonstrated with your incredible images of the Swallows. I have only seen one other photographer that can expertly capture those little flying rockets the way you have. Thanks for sharing.
Another great video Mark, you inspire me. Seeing you are back creating these videos after your recent tragedy makes all of us feel better knowing you and your family are doing OK under the circumstances. Thanks again for all you do, and as usual, fantastic pictures......thanks for sharing
Beautiful clip with amazing narration as always, love watching your uploads.. Thanks a ton for sharing.. Stay safe n happy shooting....
There's nothing like a Mark Smith video to put our minds in a better place with all the sad news. That Grouse sounded just like a motor starting up! Amazing video as always, thank you Mark.
As always, more enjoyable, images and stories. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome photography and commentary as always! Grand Teton is an awesome park.
Great to see this film Mark, stay safe my friend. So many amazing photographs ! Thanks for sharing them.
Unreal swallow shots Mark. Great video.
How you ever got those awesome shots of the swallows is beyond me! Well done Mark.
Those birds do that as a mating ritual. Once again such a great video. Thank you Mark!
amazing. love the blue swallow shots.
Another great video, Mark! Stunning photos with an engaging and informative narrative. Happy to see you back after your tragic loss. Keep up the great work. I'm looking forward to the next one!
Another amazing video.
Great stuff as always Mark! Love all the little critters. The Ruffed Grouse was very cool but also all the others. Keep on keepin’ on.
Great vids, great pics, great stories - thanks for sharing, Mark. Much appreciated!
GREAT video Mark as always! Not only do I envy your ability to capture these birds like no other but I really enjoy watching their behavior as you tell the story as it happens...that's what makes your videos so entertaining!
Wow once again. I can't tell you how much joy I get everytime you post another outstanding video. The photography and storytelling are amazing. Glad to see you in Steve Mattheis backyard, I really enjoy his channel as well. Looking forward to seeing your bear video. In closing I just wanted to offer sincere condolences to you and your children on Julie's passing.
Amazing... 🥰🥰🥰
Amazing video Mark, well done
Mark, those shots of the Swallow are insane. We get a lot of them up here in Vermont in the summer, and they are unbelievably fast when they fly by and can turn on a dime... very tricky to photograph in my experience. I have some good shots but not like that. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.
Looks like a great trip
Absolutely wonderful shots of gorgeous birds. Thank you for sharing 😍💗❤
Mark!!!! Great great shots of those tree swallows to low to the water picking up their big meals ...do they also drink water on the wing as well ...!? Look forward to the next video great job team Smith! Keep on trucking 🤟🏻👍🏻👌🏻😁😃🤗🤗
Stunning as ever - just had a quick scan so far. Thanks.
As always Mark superb vlog and images, thanks for sharing 👏👏👏👍
Those swallow shots aren’t child’s play! Well done, Mark !
Beautiful
Thank you
Beautiful work, Mark. The perfect antidote for the news of late. With your combination of spectacular photography and engrossing narration, I feel like I took a short trip to the Tetons in summer. Thanks for that. Here in Virginia, we hear the rufffed grouse drumming in the spring. I’ve seen them stand on a hollow log to amplify the effect. Pretty cool.
You are welcome. That was my goal. Standing on the hollow log is brilliant!
Great Video mark. Lovely to see you back on the Horse Bud.
Great pictures, I really liked the swallow and the fly in the water.
Absolutely extraordinary. Beautiful...once again! Nice work.
I love your videos! Excellent quality photos! Thank you!!
Thank you Mark, 9 minutes of fun,I never tire of discovering your work. Magnificent +++ Friendships from France Didier
Good thing you have all that practice with ospreys, because those swallows had to be even more challenging in flight. One of my goals is to get a barn swallow in flight with the sun shining thru the tail.
Nice grab on the Grouse. I also just caught a Chickadee in a crazy upside down pose today. I had no idea they did that, I thought it was a nuthatch at first.
Great video as usual Mark. Your photos are outstanding, especially the swallows catching the bugs.
Great work Mark. Always such a pleasure to follow your work. Great job :-)
Awesome stuff Mark love it👍
I have tried to photograph Tree Swallows in flight many times and can hardly even track them let alone get great photos like you did. I wish people watching knew how hard they are to photograph. As always, truly amazing pictures Mark
that footage of the Ruffed Grouse was amazing. I've heard them before but never seen it. That was a treat.
What a fun video! I love the yellow warbler amongst the colorful foliage :)
Awesome footage Mark 👍
Great video and stills.
the swallow shots are just insane!! Congrats!!
Marvellous Duck !!!!
Oh man another awesome video..sweet!!
i never miss an episode, Mark's stories are Gold! 🙌👑🔥👏
Great video Mark, seems you had a wonderful day with alot of beautiful photos in the bag! 😊
I wish Golden Eyes flew to my part of the world every winter. Majestic mountains.
Wo! Those captures starting at 3:31 are just awesome! Fast lens!
Fantastic shots and video! Speaking as someone who has gotten some decent Tree Swallow shots yours are fantastic. I don't see them going after insects on the water much around here but they do go after feathers for nesting. So a little trick is to collect some feathers to drop on the water and then focusing on the them and timing a swallow hit.
Great Video as always...I love them, you are a great photo and videographer.
You are an amazing wildlife photographer. I would love to go on a shoot with you, I would learn so much.
Thanks
Another great video! The grouse sequence was fascinating - never saw this before! Thanks so much, Mark!
top notch mark as always. stunning images swallows were amazing
3 day drive WOW!!! It take me 4 days from Ft Myers to Sioux Falls SD. Another day and a half to Tetons. They must have been looooog days
Maybe it was 4! 🤪
Awesome video. 😍 You should see the Sage grouse in Eastern Wyoming. Same sorta sound but much louder.
Great photos and great story telling - as usual.
I tried to photograph swallow in flight with my D3500 and 70-300 kit lens.....😂
And after 11 out of focus image, I got 1 that I was quite happy with!
Fantastic video Mark
As always awesome photos and video....