Big Lens, Deep Snow, and A Tiny Owl - Wildlife Photography in the Tetons

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[@lynnecliffe3056]

"Tiny, little, beautiful, vicious"... that's a pigmy for you. Oh oh, I'm 5 ft. and shrinking and would likely disappear in that deep snow till Spring. By that time any viciousness would be frozen. Your persistence and presentation, Steve, were terrific. Thank you and safe travels.

[@melorchardiii5899]

And there it is….for the fans and friends who know and love you …your true beautiful self comes through with the size of a beer can analogy….more please.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks buddy🙏

[@robertlawrence7958]

That is a superb set of images. I like too many of them to comment on individual images. Best wishes for 2023.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks, you too!

[@macimages4215]

The best way to remember your snowshoes, is to forget your snowshoes one time. Nothing like postholing every step to help you remember why they invented snowshoes. Great images as usual

[@SteveMattheis]

So true

[@randyschwager2515]

WOW! You get the coolest images! Your hard work REALLY paid off! Thanks for taking me along!

[@chrishinckley8507]

That was an awesome opportunity for a very cool owl. Fantastic Steve!

[@bluefinch6504]

OMG! OMG! Your eye for how to capture light is otherworldly!! Not to mention your ability to capture the milli second of time! These photos are beyond beautiful. It’s like they are messages from God. The light, Steve, the light!

[@SteveMattheis]

Wow, thank you🙏

[@sujiphoto]

It's incomprehensible to me how such a tiny owl can manage to catch a vole in that much snow, let alone carry it to a perch as I'm sure it weighs about the same! I was so blessed to find one here in NorCal last spring that I could find and photograph for over a month. I'm waiting for our storms to pass and then I'm off to see if it's returned to the same area. Great vlog Steve - I've been checking every day for too loooong!

[@SteveMattheis]

👍

[@JRodPhotoArt]

I am glad I watched every second of this video. Well done!!!! Get some hot coffee !

[@BrotherMichaeloftheCross]

Love your presentation - superb ! I've never had the good fortune to photograph an owl or see one anywhere in the wild.

[@kapilgautam7244]

Absolutely beautiful images and lovely music, serene, peace and calm...❤️🙏

[@isotechimages.9130]

Great images Steve and admire your patience out in the field.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks 👍

[@moravcik53]

.... 10/10 as per usual Steve Mattheis .... best wishes for 2023

[@wildlifebybrianhoule]

When you trudge through the woods and find something special like this, all the previous hardship is forgotten. Great set of images and well worth the hiking! PS. Don't forget those snowshoes!

[@SteveMattheis]

Absolutely

[@Tipton_Wildlife]

One of my favorite things about JH in the winter is the sparkly air. This is a great example of your dedication Steve. Great video!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks 👍

[@lisatalley296]

Nice way to end my day. Great photography and I always enjoy learning. Have a great 2023👍🏻

[@patkeen8668]

One of your best, Steve. Thanks for bringing us along.

[@Schaferhund1]

OK sir, you got him with a vole. You are a master. I hope one day to capture images such as these. Thank you for sharing the effort!

[@SteveMattheis]

Many thanks!

[@gardendilemma3275]

Beautiful, beautiful pictures. Thank you for the info on the owl too. It was a bit hard to read, though, with the bright background and white letters. Happy New Year! I look forward to more wonderful photos.

[@SteveMattheis]

Sorry about that

[@benvivian8040]

Beautiful images. Stunning work, sir.

[@ScottBaker1]

beautiful! Amazing, mouse is as big as the owl! Amazing birds

[@Quickscribbles]

This video is STUNNING by ANY measure! Well done!

[@davidhuth5659]

What a beautiful species and you have captured it with some incredible images! Congrats and thanks for sharing!

[@SteveMattheis]

Many thanks!

[@gerardpastorelli4389]

Beautiful and magnetic Pigmy owl, Thanks for sharing these magics moments.

[@SteveMattheis]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@thomaskolceski4282]

Steve thanks for sharing. Simply put the video and photos were beautiful. I was very happy to see another video posted!!😊

[@SteveMattheis]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AlistairOwensgooglePlus]

Simply gorgeous. Beautiful work and a delight to watch. Thanks so much for the sweat and hard slog that went into making this video!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you very much

[@AndyGustavsson]

Just stunning photos of the tiny owl, quite jealous! well done Steve have a good trip in Kenya!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks 👍

[@lindahenderson2113]

Absolutely beautiful pictures, Steve! Thanks for the info on the owl.

[@SteveMattheis]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@scottmetsker1580]

Loved the information about the Pygmy Owls at the end of the video.😊

[@kmaxphotography]

How how how. I’ve spent hours with multiple different pygmies here in utah and have never seen them catch prey. Also haven’t ever seen a photo being taken of one flying before. Amazing, well done! Great work of my favorite animal.

[@SteveMattheis]

😂😂I just get lucky once in a while! And thank you very much🙏

[@dongeesler7814]

Very nice that you found this little owl.

[@SteveMattheis]

True!

[@christophercarlimages9003]

Some stellar images! Amazing how it can get airborne with such large prey relative to its own size!

[@SteveMattheis]

It really is

[@twiztedzero1685]

Ohhhh nifty nifty! Never seen pygmy owls around here yet, though I understand they may be in the area from time to time. I'd love to capture a northern hawk owl too!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

A flock of nervous robins tipped me off to a Great Horned Owl in a local park not long ago. The owl was partly obscured from view, but at least I got a record shot of it. You must have followed that pygmy for hours. I wished you'd gotten a video of it wolfing down that gopher!

[@robbieallcock]

Stunning owl and photos! Almost looks like a kestrel owl 🦉

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@georgesampson4714]

This is the most purely artistic work I have seen from you. Good job.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you very much

[@TxBronco]

Amazing photos. Just amazing

[@tjnicol]

Wow Steve that is awesome! I love your photography and vlogs! I feel your pain walking through that deep snow. I have done it many times as well and it is exhausting! :) I live up in the mountains of Eastern Washington state and we have these Northern Pygmy Owls around. I hear them down in the woods every now and then because they have a very distinctive high pitch chirp as I am sure that you know. I have never been able to find one in the woods but a few years ago one morning I looked out my window and saw this tiny little round ball with tail feathers sticking down in a Russian Olive tree in my front yard. I thought what in the heck is that and I went outside with my camera and to my delight it was a Northern Pygmy Owl right at eye level on a branch. I spent the whole morning watching and taking photos and he/she could not have cared less that I was there. It was one of the best photoshoots of my life and the only time that I have ever seen one in person. Hopefully one day I will find one again. Happy New Year to you and your family :)

[@Greg-rx4pt]

Those are some fantastic photos, I love owls but never can seem to get good photos here in Florida of them. Thank you for sharing.

[@SteveMattheis]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidroberts5535]

I would have loved to know more of your pursuit of when you actually found it. Great pics, the last 2 or 3 are my faves.

[@rogerpugh9712]

I guess i need more friends... I am amazed at how many photographers will not talk about 'where' birds are found, yet most I see posting on the web say things like, "my friend told me about..." I'd like to be your friend Steve!!!

[@FlyFishFairwx]

great video and teaching moment, VENTILATE VENTILATE VENTILATE before you get sweaty !! Army training !!

[@georgefrench1907]

We used to call that kind of snow slogging “post-holing,” for the obvious reason. I suspect you have those conditions far more often than we do here in New England. Great result, by the way.👍

[@SteveMattheis]

👍

[@joecronin5017]

Steve,as usual great. glad your back ,thanks from Canada..

[@narinthip3058]

Great footage and what a way to start 2023!!! Cheers...

[@DeeDeeDIY]

The video, photos, and the information are all appreciated. Your determination is admirable. The exhaustion is palpable as is the effort. Well done, Steve. Happy New Year and I hope to enjoy many more vlogs of yours this year.

[@SteveMattheis]

Many thanks 🙏

[@arthenry498]

THAT is fabulous!! Unbelievable images!! Excellent presentation also. I really enjoyed this show. Thank you so much for this and all the work you put into taking these shots and making this show. I really appreciate your work.

[@SteveMattheis]

Glad you enjoyed it👍

[@timwmoore2133]

Beautifully done! Have a great time in Africa!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!

[@benvivian8040]

Stunning work.

[@josaarnoldfotografie]

Such an beautiful owl, well done Steve!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ianwarren7815]

Brilliant Steve. Dedication resulting in some fantastic images. Ian U.K

[@LorenBetts]

Wow. Just Wow. 🙏

[@richproctor7023]

Absolutely amazing! Happy 2023!!!

[@michaelsurratt9593]

Excellent photos!

[@eo5seabee941]

WOW....amazing and dynamic images! You have to feel great. You're a lucky man to have such a tremendous experience. I see many owls here in Western New York but, have yet to capture any with my gear.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you very much!

[@rcgrant9310]

Such a great way to off 2023! Thanks for sharing and I'm looking forward to another year of your amazing photography and commentary. Happy New Year from warm and sunny FL.

[@rickcaffee9690]

Happy New Year Steve. I live in Kentucky and my girlfriend and I went to Grand Teton, Yellowstone and Badlands National Parks in May 2021 and again in May 2022. I love watching your videos and they bring back those beautiful memories we have from our trips. I hope to go there again someday.

[@SteveMattheis]

Happy new year!

[@paddyroodzant4760]

Absolutely beautiful!!! Nature at its purest!

[@MylifeofTao]

Awesome video Steve! A Pygmy owl would be a lifer for me.

[@bluejays5660]

Wow those are some of the most incredible photos ive ever seen! Thanks for sharing.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏

[@garykantner9332]

Beautiful little owl.

[@LouisaLee63]

Oh my goodness! Wonderful images!!

[@acraftman2823]

Well done 👍🏻

[@sharonsuddaby3473]

Beautiful ❤️😍 I love Owls 🦉❄️🪵❄️ Great to learn about the Northern Pygmy Owl 🦉🪵❄️ 🐁❄️ Thank you Steve 🙏🏼🌲❄️

[@tracyreaume6451]

Beautiful video and pictures.

[@RandyPollock]

Wonderful images of one of my favorite owls

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏

[@prolificnorthwest]

So cool! I had a really cool encounter with one this time last year in the Coast Range here in Oregon. Amazing birds.

[@SteveMattheis]

Very cool

[@naturallyadriftphotoadvent123]

Awesome images! Glad your determination payed off!

[@johnd746]

Cute owl, great photos, thank you.

[@grega9220]

You aksed (on previous video) what we'd like to see.. I answered pygmy owls. Well, you just delivered!

[@VictorWeizer]

Amazing.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!

[@rickhanger8225]

Wow!!! Thank you.

[@SteveMattheis]

👍

[@BeyondGabi]

i just took a picture of this Northern Owl in my area ... it is tiny ... but a very feroce hunter. I live in Logan Lake, BC.

[@davidburchettephotography6513]

What a beauty!

[@SteveMattheis]

👍

[@davidbirminghamjr.2600]

Wow...... Awesome!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!

[@kmulhall8233]

phenomenal

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏

[@teamdata]

Every photo is a winner

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏

[@jimtipton8888]

Always a pleasure! Happy New Year Steve!

[@SteveMattheis]

Happy new year!

[@Canuck21530]

Beautiful

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you

[@JornVangoidtsenhoven]

Happy and healthy 2023 Steve!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks Jorn!

[@katherinelinkletter4880]

Beautiful, beautiful images!

[@SteveMattheis]

Many thanks!

[@maryh3878]

Beautiful work, As always.. Thank you

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@davearchbell9921]

That was amazing. Persistence pays off. Congrats

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏

[@montanaphoto]

Incredible photos, totally worth the effort. Congratulations on finding the owl, and Happy New Year!

[@lindafuller6798]

Amazing photos!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you!

[@KarenKaiser]

Amazing photos.... great job!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you very much

[@ArtoMikkola]

Great stuff as usual, thanks Steve! I appreciate your dedication in that deep snow 😅👍🏼

[@44matricks]

Fabulous images - what a way to start the year.

[@SteveMattheis]

👍

[@cryptographerchris4856]

Fantastic find. Congrats!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!

[@overlander123]

A beautiful little raptor. All the best for the New Year.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks

[@patriciablyler6484]

Fantastic photos and video!

[@SteveMattheis]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@VABrowneMDPhD]

Steve, these are amazing images!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks my friend 👍

[@keithdickson8364]

Now that was amazing. Great shots Steve.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏

[@rerolley]

The vole is almost as big as the owl. That should keep it fed for a while. Great shots.

[@brucegraner5901]

Beautiful images and equally impressive dedication.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏

[@bayleigh.winzenburg]

Wow! ❤

[@ianporter1600]

Amazing work Steve, wishing you a great start to 2023 👍🙏

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks, you too🙏

[@themountainwanderer]

Not only did you manage to locate it, you also had this beautiful light to work with. Amazing. Happy New Year!

[@markattardo]

Happy New Year! Awesome little owl. Appreciate the species info

[@SteveMattheis]

Happy new year!

[@mikecrowley6485]

Stunning Photos Steve, absolutely stunning. Happy New year 👍🏻

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks🙏 you too

[@JenRitchiePhotography]

So so good. Beautiful images! Your hard work paid off!

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏