YELLOWSTONE | Wildlife Photography – Bison, Elk and Moose – ep.2
There they are. Far away. Over that ridge. There. I just found a group of elks. They're a little more, or a lot more, aware than the bison. These ones were looking at me,
when I was walking along and… But now where I'm sitting here photographing, they don't seem to bother at all. I don't think, I can get closer this way. But what I'm trying to do is,
to go down this little valley. Up on the other side to see,
if I can get them with the sun in my back.
I think, that'll be better. But I don't want to, if they're too shy. Yeah, let's go. They're definitely walking faster than me. I just want to see, if I can get in a position,
and get some good photos, with the mountains in the background. That'll be really, really nice. It's getting windy. Okay, let's go. They are on the top over there. I just got a few photos
and a video clip of them going down. And now I want to get down to this valley. Hopefully get that photo with the elks and the mountains
in the background. That'll be awesome. I don't know, if you can hear anything of,
what I'm saying, because it's so windy. But yeah. I managed to get down in the valley. But the elks were so shy,
and I didn't dare to vlog, because I was afraid of scaring them.
But I got in a good position
to photograph them. Oy! I think, I got it. I don't know. Because when I got here, on a little frozen lake, I think it is, they were already past the point,
where I would like them. But I had to drop the tripod and the vlogging gear
and everything here. And then just get out there and get the photo. And I think, I got it. But then they walked a little down the valley. And now they are over there looking at me. They are really nice. Ah. Ah, look at them.
Just relaxing. I'm not relaxing. It is hard. Phew. I think, I'll call it a photo. And get back up there. Back to the road and see,
if I can find Tim.
I don't hope, he has lost his patience. Because I've been in here for a while now. Beautiful. Yeah, let's go. This landscape is just
so incredible beautiful. And I realized,
that one thing is to see it with my eyes. Another thing is
to actually see it on the camera and through the lens. In one of Thomas Heaton videos, he said. "Where is Morten Hilmer, when you need him?" When he was photographing
some kind of goat or something. And I can say the same now. "Where is Thomas Heaton, when you need him?" Because there's so many things to think about.
Leading lines and rule of thirds
and all that thing. But it's so much easier with a fox. But I'm doing my best. And I'm going to show you, what I get here with my telephoto lens. – Oh yeah. – That's completely different to mine. – That's really challenging with the light. – Yeah, what are you trying to do here? – Because you have a much lower angle or what? – There's some nice wind blown snow here, that kind of acts as an anchor, and…
– Yeah. – Gives you a little bit of a line
at the bottom of the frame. – All these lines.
– Yeah. – Yeah, let's wait for the shadow. So I really, really hope,
I got something good from here. At least – I did my very best. But now the light is getting really nice and soft. And I think, that I will call this landscape photography
enough for today.
Because now we are heading to see, if we can find some wildlife. We've just seen a moose, but it's far away. I don't know, if we can get it from here. – I can see it.
– Yeah, you can? Yeah, see it? Just trying to get a little better position. Because the moose is standing
behind some bushes and hills. If I can get just 30 metres more,
it'll be much better. There we go. Look at this. This is nice. But it's getting dark. But… Uh. I love Yellowstone. This is really good. It's really a low light, but still we're in a good distance. And if that one,
the moose to the left, moves to the right, we just have enough light
to make it really, really good.
So now it's just to cross the fingers. And everything that can be crossed. Oh, yeah. Oh, it's moving in the bushes. Oh, yes. Just as we hoped for. The moose moved from the left to the right to the other bushes. And we both got it. And it was just the only photo this evening, where you can see the entire animal walking. And it's so beautiful. Now we have the moon. The sun is long gone. And it's time for us to head back. Because I think,
if we get any closer to these animals, we are going to scare them,
make them run away.
And that's not, what we are here for. We're here to make photos.
Not to scare the animals. What a day it was. The weather changed overnight. And the next morning it was very windy. And there was a lot of blowing snow in the air. We drove along the road to see, if we could spot any wildlife, but we were not that lucky. And fortunately the wind
calmed down in the afternoon. That also meant, that the visibility got a little bit better. And we were lucky. I just saw a big herd of bison. And I think there must be,
fifty or something, thirty or fifty. They're slowly moving from the right to the left. With these beautiful trees in the background, what I would like to is, if I'm really lucky, that they would continue moving so, I have these beautiful mountains in the background and the bison coming in a line. That will definitely make my day. Oh yeah, and I have my 600mm ready.
But I think, I'll keep the zoom on, because this is not for making close up. This is to get that beautiful background. Oh, they're coming, they're coming. There's one bison passing now. But the rest are randomly grassing. What I really hope is, that they would all come in a line
at the same time. I know, it's too much to ask, but maybe I'm lucky. I just want to change, real quick, to the 600mm. Just to get a few close ups and then hope,
I can be quick enough to change back. Yeah, it's good. Yeah, I think, I'm moving a little up. And then change the lens. So this is better. By moving just, I think, five meter up, I now get snow behind the bison. Before I was having
the vegetation mixing with the bison. And it was a little hard to see them. Now, I just hope they will create a line, going over that little valley there, with the beautiful mountains in the background.
This is so nice to watch. So many bison in wild nature. No fence, no nothing, no… Wow, it's awesome. They just formed, almost the perfect line, and with the mountains in the background. And I got my photo.
And I got the video. And I'm so happy now. They didn't walk after each other in one big line, as I'd hoped for. But they will do that, if they move from one location to another. That's what they're doing now.
Now they're grassing. Now they're eating and they… Just as I got the photo and the video, they started now to move the other direction. Actually towards me. So now, let's see what happens. But I'm happy. The situation changed a little bit, because they moved away from this line with a beautiful background. So I hope, I get just a little video, where I'm closer to them. And some photos, where they're in a group.
That was awesome. What an experience. Just being out here with so many bison. And I definitely think,
I got the good photo over there. Now they're kind of disappearing,
behind the little hill. And they're spreading out, they're grassing. Some are relaxing, lying down. That was a wonderful experience
with these bison. And now, I better pack my gear, get back. See if I can find Tim. And then we are go going out to see, if we can just find one or two more things to photograph on this beautiful day. And then I'll get ready to leave America. Go back to Denmark. Definitely with something really,
really beautiful in my mind. Some beautiful memories. And definitely also knowing, that this is a place, that I'll come back to. This is not the last time. I didn't quite get to see the wolf, as much as I've hoped. Only small, tiny, little wolfs kilometres away.
But it's just prove once again, that four days in Yellowstone, it's not enough. I need weeks here. So, it's time to pack and get back. And what an experience to bring in my mind back home to Denmark. Awesome. See you out there. Okay, now the rain comes. Everything is just really wet. They are too smart for me.
Really, really nice, because we decided to actually use the car as a photo blind..
