Oh How I Love Photographing The Elk Rut - Wildlife Photography in the Tetons

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[@PhotographybyTimWMoore]

I love the “Captain Morgan” leg position for elk Images!

[@DavidC-rt3or]

Quite the experience to witness/photograph this a couple of times in RMNP.. Amazing watching the bull guide/shepherd them around! One of my fav's to try and shoot.

[@old4004]

In my humble South Texas opinion, Steve, this is some of your finest work. I had the opportunity to photo some Grand Teton bulls in a snowstorm this October first. That made me appreciate the complexity of your pictures even more.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you sir🙏

[@kurtkemnitzer]

Excellent video Steve! What a fantastic snowstorm. All the images are superb. Thanks for an amazing workshop.

[@SteveMattheis]

Yessir, we nailed it... 🙏

[@westr70]

Fantastic footage. I have a better appreciation of changing your position relative to the light rather than just the subject.

[@wild5144]

Awesome, thank you for the video. Enjoy

[@PhotographybyTimWMoore]

Magnificent Animals!

[@timloucks4325]

My book arrived today. It looks great. Thanks so much.

[@SteveMattheis]

Yesssss👍👍

[@thomaskolceski4282]

Steve, mad respect for you! The intro was very beautiful and you made it look easy. I dream about visiting your neck of the woods and have the opportunity to be afforded the scenery and subjects that you can shoot every day. Great work and thanks for sharing.

[@SteveMattheis]

Cool thanks for watching🙏

[@crittaker]

Nice elk shots...thanks for sharing!

[@michalstoch]

Enjoyed it very much Steve! Great, powerful images with the snow and buglefog 👍 cheers ✌

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏 thanks!

[@paulbivins6483]

Great stuff.

[@PT-re2gi]

Beautiful photos Steve. Love these photos this time of year. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@SteveMattheis]

👍👍

[@natpark182]

hi Steve. of course we love the video and the dramatic images and we do realize how difficult it is to put it all together. i think that's where we met in early October at willow flats meadow in a snow squall. i was lucky enough too, to capture a snowy elk scene. best of luck in Africa. danny

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks you sir🙏

[@tedshillitto6062]

Nice work Steve.

[@JornVangoidtsenhoven]

Very nice Steve!

[@safeharbor7]

Great work, big thumbs up...

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!

[@scottwestbrook7030]

FANTASTIC intro! Perfect choice of music!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!

[@clivejepsen4078]

wow, that`s a great Video. Thank you.

[@dapastra]

Good video and usefull explication, greet photos! Good job

[@markpalmer1112]

I love your videos, I got the book and my family loves it very well done, I couldn’t ask for more!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!👍👍

[@minerdave]

Favorite vlog yet. Love the panos, specially the second. Beautiful bulls and setting second to none. Standing in a blizzard seems extreme but the result are worth it.

[@SteveMattheis]

Cool thanks for the feedback🙏

[@MHarenArt]

Wooo, so happy to see another of your videos! Sometimes you think you're looking at a photo and then suddenly it moves!!!!!! It's fantastic, as usual. Thanks so much for sharing your visually stunning experiences!!! I do love that you talk about the technical side of the photos too. After all, that is the point for some of your fans.

[@wendym1111]

I Love the 3rd Elk Photo! 💕 He is Beautiful.. Clear and Balanced! The first photo only makes sense if you could or did Hear him. They are All Beautiful! Great Work! 💕

[@boscomac2434]

Great shots! I love the #buglefog!

[@carstenpusch4480]

Love it 👍

[@yalemiller719]

Great & informative video! Reminded me of this past late September photographing elk in the rut in the North Carolina mountains.

[@montanaphoto]

I did enjoy the video and images. :)

[@wendym1111]

Oh... I forgot to mention... How much I Love Your Still Shot Collection at the End of Your Videos! It's Always Awesome! 💕

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@laurielavallee411]

Wow! To have that much power. All he did was call out to his cows and they came a runnin’. Lol As usual, excellent photography. Thank you 🙏

[@denniscooper8258]

Great shots and I like your approach to this video. Normally I enjoy being "out in the field" but this highlighted your thought process with settings, etc. in order to capture the image in adverse lighting conditions as well as paying attention to the often overlooked position of the animal itself. Also, nice use of the panos to capture the entire harem.

[@SteveMattheis]

Cool, glad you enjoyed the change of pace...

[@davidblack2632]

Great video!

[@xcop524]

Just what I needed after a grueling day at work. Thank you for sharing your experiences behind the lens.

[@PhotographybyTimWMoore]

My wife wants one of those coffee cups!

[@paulinefollett3099]

I just loved those images, especially the panos. Thanks Steve for sharing.

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏

[@dongeorge3283]

Steve what a great introduction. I’ve been shooting the rut in RMNP and I know how time consuming it is to edit and put together what you created for our viewing. Thanks for another great and informative video.

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏

[@josephstanski5180]

Wow! This so beautiful Steve. Thank you for bringing us along.

[@WonderlustAdventures]

Love the insight into the thought process! I've largely stopped wildlife photography in favor of videography, but I can appreciate all that goes into those amazing images when they come out. Thanks!

[@SteveMattheis]

Thank you!🙏

[@michaelvail2446]

Rut roh! Great job, very entertaining and informative.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!

[@slowlyrusting4044]

I absolutely love the sights and sounds of the Elk Rut. A few years ago, late in the evening, I was on the stairs of the Post Office in Mammoth Hot Springs enjoying the dark starry sky, when out of nowhere, two large bull elk appeared and began furiously sparring less than 30 yards from where I was sitting. They were fighting so fiercely that it made me realize that I was in a slight pickle. Completely exposed and vulnerable. All of a sudden there was a pause in the action and the larger, and angrier, bull looked over at me and began walking toward me as if I was another bull challenging his authority. Fortunately for me, in what seemed like hours but was closer to a few seconds, the other bull decided he wasn't done, and once again, challenged the slightly larger bull. They proceeded to lock antlers and moved further and further from my position. Needless to say, I got the #%@& out of there immediately !!! Amazing how quickly a situation can go from quiet and peaceful to the extreme opposite. BTW, nice images, Steve.

[@WonderlustAdventures]

Man, trapped between a rock and a hard place! But imagine an incredible experience once you're out safely.

[@slowlyrusting4044]

@@WonderlustAdventures Absolutely !!! It became a great experience and memory once I was safely away from that spot 😬

[@barnaclewatcher4060]

So beautiful!

[@ianbrown704]

Great images, Lots of research and patience to acquire these gorgeous images and that takes time and dedication. Oh and skill of course - hats off to you Steve.

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks!🙏

[@mamanda15]

I've recently subscribed to your channel and have been going through all of your videos. I am already learning so much from you and I have been trying to put some of that into practice. I don't have the wonderful landscape and wildlife opportunities in my part of California that you have in Wyoming, but if I ever make it back to Jackson Hole I hope to sign up for one of your workshops. Keep inspiring me Steve!

[@SteveMattheis]

👍👍

[@keithdickson8364]

Amazing intro and amazing shots. Thanks for the tips and info. 👍👍👍

[@cruzbeckham2504]

I'm a new subscriber I just found your channel & wow amazing work you do...

[@brucewayne2984]

Well done Steve!

[@RichardBirchett]

Great Work Steve, as a Wildlife and Nature Photographer in the UK I'm really impressed by your work. Quite an inspiration. Thanks:-)

[@MichalOlender]

Beautiful stuff Steve!

[@mikecrowley6485]

Brilliant Video and Photos Steve, I enjoyed every second of it. 👍🏻

[@SteveMattheis]

👍👍

[@davidmurphy7847]

Love your photos and the commentary.

[@ianw73iw]

Very enjoyable in some interesting weather.

[@JeffandLeslie]

beautiful work Steve! My wife and I have been out every day for the past couple weeks shooting the whitetail deer rut. Not as spectacular as the Elk rut but still fun to capture. I'll miss it when it's over but it will be nice to sleep past 4am for a few days.

[@scljr1987]

This format was cool. It was nice to hear how you got them and the emotion came out more in the images thatw ay. Nice! Loved the images

[@SteveMattheis]

Cool thanks for the feedback👍

[@terrywbreedlove]

Beautiful introduction your Elk have such large Antlers. Here on the Olympic peninsula, Wa state we have the Olympic Roosevelt and they have giant bodies but smaller Antlers

[@techguyml]

Would love to see a video with some editing techniques on elk or large mammals

[@buc71x24]

Enjoyed, I would have been happy with any of those images, but the four legs visible was the best.

[@markattardo]

Awesome intro! Interesting hearing your thought process behind the images.

[@sharonlee782]

Great photos Steve love the panos 😁

[@adventuresinnature7746]

Steve amazing shots man! The pano shots came out fantastic... but i especially love the video with the audio... its great to hear that! I do find it hard difficult to photograph during heavy snow, I usually just go manual on the focus lol. Thanks for the great video man!

[@SteveMattheis]

🙏

[@mattanous]

so good man! making me miss it out there!

[@Toglander]

Awesome video! I really enjoyed being able to see your process. Would you mind telling how many total images you take on an average day shooting? I’d love to know if I’m being too conservative, or if I need to slow it down. Thanks, and keep up the excellent content!

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Wow! Wasn't it a challenge stitching a pano with (potentially) moving subjects like those elk cows? Were they that stationary? If not, how did you avoid weird artifacts? Thanks. Great images!

[@SteveMattheis]

It took a few minutes but no real issues, I do it quite a bit.

[@photografiaaustralis2131]

Stunning images Steve. Have you had a play with Topaz AI yet...People claim its the best noise reduction program ever. Greg

[@SteveMattheis]

Thanks! I have not...

[@roberthopper4269]

while the video and photos were wonderful the narration was most beneficial and instructive. Like in real estate, but in photography Light, Light, Light.

[@SteveMattheis]

Cool thanks for the feedback👍

[@PhotographybyTimWMoore]

Is a tripod necessary for the pano image, or is hand held sufficient?

[@drivehike4336]

Steve, have you tried the "long" lenses on the Z7 with the adapter and how they perform? Thank you! And thank you for your videos!

[@SteveMattheis]

Yes they work well👍

[@trolfek]

#bugelfog