Steve, all I can say is that your enthusiasm for nature is contagious, my friend. I am so looking fwd to your next shared adventure, where I will drool with envy over your backyard playground.
I missed your owl adventures. Those are my favorite. Besides almost tripping over a Snowy two winters ago I haven’t seen an owl in 30 years. Until my eyesight or my temporary or permanent geography changes I’ll have to live my owl adventures through you. Thanks for sharing them Steve.
Steve, My wife and I were in the Tetons and Yellowstone about 5 weeks ago and saw a similar Great Grey Owl about a mile from the Canyon Lands Lodge. Magnificent birds! Great photos...Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for bringing the great gray owl to me in Texas. The ones you have captured are the only ones I've ever seen. I didn't see one in 2018 when in GTNPor YNP. I didn't see one in the 1960s when I was there either. There were bears along the roads but no owls were seen.
Kinda likin' that silhouette shot. Nice light. No great grays here in MD, but plenty of Great Horned and Barred outside my window nightly the last few weeks.
Thanks for another great Owl video, I look forward to all your videos but the Owls are the best. Your images with the new 500 f5.6 are incredible and I am looking forward to your review. Thanks for sharing.
You probably dont care but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the latest movies on instaflixxer. Been watching with my gf lately xD
the second viewing was a good as the first ! Noticed in an earlier post you mention you don't have a crop body. No Nikon D500? Thought you used to use that from time to time.
Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply, I was set on manual 1/1000 f5.6 and Auto iso, I will try what you suggest, should I expose for the highlights ? Thanks again and keep up the good work I really look forward to your videos 👍
I've been trying to get myself in the position to do more wildlife photography with my Tamron 150-600, and I've been having a good time doing it and watching your videos is a great motivator for me to keep getting back out there. I especially want to photograph an owl and have only ever had one opportunity to do so. I'm in northern Michigan and we get the occasional Snowy Owl, of which I was able to get a few shots of as it was perched on some large ice formations on Lake Michigan. Since then, I have been woefully unsuccessful. Any tips for finding an owl? I want to put myself in a place where I might have the chance but I don't have a clue where to begin other then just to go walking in the woods crossing my fingers. Thanks for all the work you put into sharing these trips!
lol hope that owl learns to hunt well enough to make it healthy through the winter, cause it sounds like the valley needs it. I like that shot with the backlight around the rim. How could u tell it was a juvenile?
Hi Steve thanks again for another interesting video. How do you expose for such extreme changes in light ?, I was out photographing red kites in Scotland under a grey sky and found it extremely difficult getting a proper exposure, at times I was over exposing by over 2stops and when the kites dropped below the sky line the pic’s were obviously blown out. Think I need to buy a second body, one to expose for sky and one for when they drop below the skyline 😂
Manual mode (lock the exposure) so when the background changes, the exposure stays the same. Works perfectly as long as the light on the bird isn’t changing.
Hi Steve, when you carry around your D850 + 500mm pf with a blackrapis strap, do you attach the strap under the lens? im afraid it might cause some oil splatter on the sensor, because when the camera is haging in the air upside down, the gravitation force might cause the oil to travel out of where its supposed to be. what are your thoughts? also, did you notice a bit of a dark viewfinder with the d850+500pf compared to crop sensor cameras? (not including the D500). my D850's viewfinder is about 1.5 stops darker than when the lens is attached to my D7200.
Steve Mattheis , no unfortunately not. I can remember things of the past very well and the last time I heard one shouting its “hooohoooo” (I have no clue how to spell this in English, but I’m sure you got what I mean, please show me how it’s written correctly), was when I was 10 or 11 years at elementary school times, what is even 40 years ago. And you must know, I grew up something like in the middle of the forest. I have no idea why they disappeared. I am no biologist, but by knowing my country and what was going on the last 4 decades, logical conclusion is most probably due to theirs prey poisoned by pesticides and/or herbicides and dramatical reduction of habitat due to excessive construction activities 🙈
Steve, all I can say is that your enthusiasm for nature is contagious, my friend. I am so looking fwd to your next shared adventure, where I will drool with envy over your backyard playground.
Haha, no drooling. That’ll make a mess.
I missed your owl adventures. Those are my favorite. Besides almost tripping over a Snowy two winters ago I haven’t seen an owl in 30 years. Until my eyesight or my temporary or permanent geography changes I’ll have to live my owl adventures through you. Thanks for sharing them Steve.
Thanks, I missed them too 👍
Glad that you were able to net some captures after your perseverance.
Me too! 👍
nice vid. Love the owls.
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Steve, My wife and I were in the Tetons and Yellowstone about 5 weeks ago and saw a similar Great Grey Owl about a mile from the Canyon Lands Lodge. Magnificent birds! Great photos...Thanks for sharing.
That’s wonderful, they are so cool, right? Hope you made some nice photos!
The photo of the owl flying is PERFECT! Nice job as usual!
Thanks 🙏
Thank you for bringing the great gray owl to me in Texas. The ones you have captured are the only ones I've ever seen. I didn't see one in 2018 when in GTNPor YNP. I didn't see one in the 1960s when I was there either. There were bears along the roads but no owls were seen.
Great video. Liked the music at the end as well. Thanks. S
Thanks 🙏
Thanks I needed that...missed those owls👍🏻
Me too!
Glad to know you saw a new young owl, nice images!
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Good stuff. Love your work. Be well.
Thanks!🙏
Nice catch Steve. I got real lucky a few weeks ago and found a Great Grey in Yellowstone. First one in two years for me.
Sweet! I wasn’t able to go up and shoot those owls in Yellowstone but I’m glad lots of people got to see them!
Kinda likin' that silhouette shot. Nice light. No great grays here in MD, but plenty of Great Horned and Barred outside my window nightly the last few weeks.
Man i am currently in about a 4 month, no barred owl streak lol
Sweet! Making any photos?
Bummmmmer!
I look forward to all your posts, but owl posts are special !! Great work and workout!!
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Great video again. Beautiful pictures specially the sillouette👌 thanks steve
Thanks 👍
some beautiful wildlife photography!
thanks for sharing all this beautiful content with us!
really enjoyed watching this
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Great shots you get Steve....about the 500 f5.6, Steve Perry have a long nice field review here on youtube testing the 500 f5.6.
Thanks 👍
Awesome work!
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Thanks for another great Owl video, I look forward to all your videos but the Owls are the best. Your images with the new 500 f5.6 are incredible and I am looking forward to your review. Thanks for sharing.
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Steve, will you do a more in depth review of the 500/f5.6 PF lens once you tested it more?
Hmm, maybe but there’s not much to add. It’s great!
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You probably dont care but if you are bored like me during the covid times then you can stream all of the latest movies on instaflixxer. Been watching with my gf lately xD
@Jaden Jaxson definitely, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for months myself =)
@Jaden Jaxson Definitely, have been watching on InstaFlixxer for months myself :D
definitely some shots worth exerting oneself for.
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the second viewing was a good as the first ! Noticed in an earlier post you mention you don't have a crop body. No Nikon D500? Thought you used to use that from time to time.
Thanks! I sold the D500 and got a second D850...
@@SteveMattheis Can't argue with that! Your pics are crazy good!
Nice shot,not without an effort.
How do you rate the 500 after using it for a while,would love your input.
Thanks Steve.
It’s wonderful
Hi Steve,
Thanks for your reply, I was set on manual 1/1000 f5.6 and Auto iso, I will try what you suggest, should I expose for the highlights ?
Thanks again and keep up the good work I really look forward to your videos 👍
I've been trying to get myself in the position to do more wildlife photography with my Tamron 150-600, and I've been having a good time doing it and watching your videos is a great motivator for me to keep getting back out there. I especially want to photograph an owl and have only ever had one opportunity to do so. I'm in northern Michigan and we get the occasional Snowy Owl, of which I was able to get a few shots of as it was perched on some large ice formations on Lake Michigan. Since then, I have been woefully unsuccessful. Any tips for finding an owl? I want to put myself in a place where I might have the chance but I don't have a clue where to begin other then just to go walking in the woods crossing my fingers. Thanks for all the work you put into sharing these trips!
Cool, thanks for watching, I appreciate the kind words!🙏
lol hope that owl learns to hunt well enough to make it healthy through the winter, cause it sounds like the valley needs it. I like that shot with the backlight around the rim. How could u tell it was a juvenile?
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The juveniles have rough white tips on their tail feathers
Hi Steve thanks again for another interesting video. How do you expose for such extreme changes in light ?, I was out photographing red kites in Scotland under a grey sky and found it extremely difficult getting a proper exposure, at times I was over exposing by over 2stops and when the kites dropped below the sky line the pic’s were obviously blown out. Think I need to buy a second body, one to expose for sky and one for when they drop below the skyline 😂
Manual mode (lock the exposure) so when the background changes, the exposure stays the same. Works perfectly as long as the light on the bird isn’t changing.
Just got back from a trip got 40+ spices then your video popped up. Love from India
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Great vlog, a real cat and mouse chase.- great images..............Z6/Z7 for video?
Thanks!
Hi Steve, when you carry around your D850 + 500mm pf with a blackrapis strap, do you attach the strap under the lens? im afraid it might cause some oil splatter on the sensor, because when the camera is haging in the air upside down, the gravitation force might cause the oil to travel out of where its supposed to be. what are your thoughts?
also, did you notice a bit of a dark viewfinder with the d850+500pf compared to crop sensor cameras? (not including the D500). my D850's viewfinder is about 1.5 stops darker than when the lens is attached to my D7200.
No oil splatter.
I don’t have a crop camera to compare viewfinders.
@@SteveMattheis Ok, and do you notice a noticeable difference of viewfinder brightness between F4 glass and F5.6 glass on the D850?
Steve, what conditions have made it so hard on the birds the last couple of years? Why have there been so few young?
Two winters ago there was record snowfall and they had a really hard time, many of them starved. Not sure why this Spring was so unproductive...
Cardi-owl workout !
Ha! True
This birds are amazing. The last one I saw and heard where I am living, is 30 years or so ago... 🙄
I hope that’s an exaggeration... 😬
Steve Mattheis , no unfortunately not. I can remember things of the past very well and the last time I heard one shouting its “hooohoooo” (I have no clue how to spell this in English, but I’m sure you got what I mean, please show me how it’s written correctly), was when I was 10 or 11 years at elementary school times, what is even 40 years ago. And you must know, I grew up something like in the middle of the forest. I have no idea why they disappeared. I am no biologist, but by knowing my country and what was going on the last 4 decades, logical conclusion is most probably due to theirs prey poisoned by pesticides and/or herbicides and dramatical reduction of habitat due to excessive construction activities 🙈