I always enjoy watching people experience Africa for the first time. I can relate to having grown up in a beautiful environment with no first time experience to appreciate...but for me, it's Africa, having been born and raised in Kenya and living now in Tanzania. But I never get tired of it. This video pictured my life, well, except for the luxury lodges.😊 The people, the places, the wildlife...Africa is more home to me than my passport country of America. I did experience your part of the world briefly some years ago and I will never forget that. It is truly beautiful and majestic and you are blessed to live in such a stunning place.
I am not sure why TH-cam hid this amazing video from me! I love it!!!! I would like to see a video of you going over some of the amazing photos you took during your safari trip. Love it sooooooooo much! Steve, you inspire me every day to get up and start taking photos of wildlife. Thank you so much!
Wow! It is such a huge responsibility to bear the weight of being someone’s photography hero... sorry to add weight to your shoulders, but... wow! Your video editing skills have improved exponentially... your timing... your sound choices. Very impressed and inspired!
Steve this was fantastic to watch and is right up there with your best work, the video production was first class, excellent narration and story telling through video and stills, thanks so much for sharing 👏👏👏👏👏👍
Beautiful intro and very interesting slow-shutter-(?)-zoom effect in some of the photos. As always, outstanding images. Your use of music helps the pace and pulls it altogether nicely. 👍👍
Some very nice shots, I was in SA in January at Lion Sands - just like you it was a magnificent trip, took over 20,0000 shots and found I have 3 wall hangers lol
Oh man I love Africa its so epic! Never been to Serengeti though, which I guess this might have been. Got the big five though on my first trip in South Africa, the big cats are a special experience I have to say. When you lock eyes with a big cat at close range everything else seize to exist for a moment, its powerful! Great video Steve 👍
Great video Steve. I was invited by Fujifilm to film the Kenyan wildlife on a pre production X-T4 for the U.K. promotional launch video - my first trip - we were there 2 & a half days in March & I shot 500gb of footage - our guide Boston was amazing & I filmed the big five in that short period of time, however, the experience is far more than just 5 species, it’s the people, the megafauna & the privilege of being in the company of all the animals! Stay safe 😊
Steve what an amazing adventure. I don't know if I will ever make to Africa to photograph it. OK I know that I'm not in Yellowstone or the Teton's at much as you are (about 8 times a year). However each time that in there I go out of my way to photograph/experience something new. When I was a Park Ranger in Yellowstone. I always had people ask me "we are here for one week. What should we do"? Part of my response to experience your own time in the parks. The national world that we live in is truly an amazing place.
Not sure if its cheating but I was able to call in an Owl with an Owl call . Did get photo only 1 that was useable to me . Then got him/ Her to sing back at me . + bonus got 2 owls singing back and forth . Missed my shot at getting one in flight . I think that's the hardest part . Your a great inspiration to get those best photos / shots ... thanks Ttyl
Hey Steve nice presentation of your epic first trip! Your opening narration was spot on too. It might bring you a little joy to know that while I’m watching this video, I am sitting around my campfire down the road from Jackson at a Bridger-Teton national forest campground waiting for Monday to come so I can begin my 4 month wildlife photography adventure to begin! Not even a global pandemic can keep us away from this magical place! Thank you for taking the time to upload all these videos so some of us upcoming wildlife photographers can grow into accomplishment! Gunner
If I could I would have like it 10 times. It was place for my honeymoon 23 years ago and your video brought me back good souvenirs. On top your images are just awesome. Quite sure you will put them in a book and if so, I’m interested in. Be safe. Bye.
Thanks so much for posting this. My "first" African experience was scheduled for July, but that has obviously been cancelled. As a result, I will have to live vicariously through your images and video for the time being.
The last image is the best:)!! I love the way you described your feelings and emotions at the beginning of this video. It was capturing the listener attention . I never been to Africa, mostly because it is way too expensive, but who knows , maybe one day :)? Thank you for sharing with us your incredible journey to Africa. Beautifully presented.
Steve. Thanks so much for sharing your videos and images with us. You never know who watches, who they are or where they are physically or mentally. I am going through a rough stretch right now with deaths of some family members ( siblings ) and other things but seeing your video pulled me from a dark place. Thanks so much. I also think you do a wonderful job with your music selections. Keep'm coming!
Amazing South-Africa was my first big trip ever. And I fell in love with it. I wish I had more safari time but I going back for sure. Keep up the good work steve love your videos and photos. Please check my instagram.com/wesleyklijnstraphotograpy for some of my safari photos, hope you like them
I usually just sit back and watch and enjoy your video's without commenting . This one compelled me to say something 😃 . These images just blew me away . I am a amateur Photographer that does it for fun and relaxation. Seeing your photos in this video made me excited. Made me want to get outside and start shooting. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. Looks like you had a blast 😃👍
Hehe, your driver wasnt talking about you. Think he was argueing which way to use... think i know all those places covered in your video. Sooo nice to see them. Have you been to Safari lodge in tarangire np as well? Nice work!!!
Stunning pictures, Steve. Great video as well. A safari in Africa like the one you experienced is my absolute dream trip. Sorry if I missed this, but can you share which country you went to and what lodge you stayed with?
Looks like you had the time of your life. I like it a lot. No money in my pockets for that but a very interesting video. Keep up the good work. Stay safe. From Canada.👌👌
So many beautiful photos. Must have been a wonderful experience to meet all those nice people and at the same time be able to shoot so many spectacular animals 😊👌 Thanks for letting us in on your adventure 👍
I have been on some fantastic trips in my life, but my African Safari a couple years ago is at the top. I highly encourage anyone I see, or meet to go on an African Safari, if they ever have a chance. I feel very fortunate to have the time, and the money to have been able to do that. I took some fantastic pictures, well at least fantastic for me, that I will treasure for the rest of my life. After taking all the usual photos of lions, elephants, zebras etc, I started to get into all the colorful birds, and when I got home, and downloaded the pictures on my computer, I identified 40 different species of birds. I hope that we as a human race preserve these wonderful places, and animals so that many generations of the future have the opportunity to see those amazing animals.
Haha I can't even fathom how long it would take me to edit an hour long version of this... So. Much. Work. Or maybe I'm just not that good of a video editor...😬
Ahhh yes, you were instructing, for got about that... I teach tracking myself, and always leave my camera at home when doing so. It's one or the other with us males. Haha.
Wow! I think some of the photos in this are the best I've seen from you, (and thats a very high bar indeed). I wonder if you might consider doing a video where you discuss how this trip inspired you and how it might change how you work when closer to home?
That was awesome, Steve! I loved how you did the voice-over intro and showed your adventures and then the photos, nicely done. I love all of the photos, but when I saw the one at 9:27 I audibly said, WOW! Such a great story right there. I was born and raised in Africa so for me, this video was extra special, thanks for sharing! I think you would enjoy the TH-cam channel *Will Goodlet* he lives in South Arica and vlogs his photography adventures in the wild, I quite enjoy it myself.
Absolutely marvelous photography and video. So many memories of my first time in Africa. Still brings up such emotions! Africa feels like “home” to me despite living on the other side of the world, truly cannot wait to go back. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us.
Hi Steve, awesome video, an amazing country! really enjoy all your work! Also, any chance you can supply, the name of the lens foot, you are using? I have that lens (600mmFL), looking to change out the foot on my lens, thanks!
Steve, thanks for the video. Beautiful photos of those animals, fantastic. I am glad you were able to go your so terrific at photography. And we get to experience it through your eyes and perspective. I look so forward to the time when the whole earth will a paradise and all these beautiful animals will roam everywhere Luke 23:43.
Powerful intro script! Well written. Great images as always. Let me know if you’re heading to Botswana - Okavango Delta, in the post-corona future... my sister works at Safari Destinations and she could assist with travel advice, bookings etc. Once again great work and keep them coming!
One of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had was a long-deferred African safari, and you did a great job in this video of taking me back to the people, animals, scenes and emotions of that journey. I loved the way you began by saying that rarely do we remember that first great experience, like the first time you saw a bear in the wild, and how highly anticipated experiences sometimes disappoint, but I agree that everything about Africa and it’s many “firsts” seem indelibly and gratefully imprinted. I loved how you included so many different aspects of such a journey, from street scenes to photographic scenes, and especially how you conveyed the warmth and friendliness of the African people. Thank you, Steve!
Wowzer's Steve! Very well done .While watching this I was thinking of sharing with one of my clubs members who just returned from a safari and shared his photo's with the group TBH I think it would make him feel depressed.
Very enjoyable to watch Steve. Looks like the wildlife is amazing (as expected perhaps) but great to learn that there's much more to an Africa trip than just the safari portion. Makes me want to go even more!
Outstanding video Steve, I have been waiting for this one and it didn't disappoint. One day I would like to have the same experience myself. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful trip and fantastic images.
So good man! I know that “for the first time” feeling you speak of, it’s a feeling we all chase. Experiences are what makes life special. Some amazing shots, I’d watch if you had a show on natgeo 😀
Amazing video dude. 8:52 Giraffe...what a shot!
I always enjoy watching people experience Africa for the first time. I can relate to having grown up in a beautiful environment with no first time experience to appreciate...but for me, it's Africa, having been born and raised in Kenya and living now in Tanzania. But I never get tired of it. This video pictured my life, well, except for the luxury lodges.😊 The people, the places, the wildlife...Africa is more home to me than my passport country of America.
I did experience your part of the world briefly some years ago and I will never forget that. It is truly beautiful and majestic and you are blessed to live in such a stunning place.
I am not sure why TH-cam hid this amazing video from me! I love it!!!! I would like to see a video of you going over some of the amazing photos you took during your safari trip. Love it sooooooooo much! Steve, you inspire me every day to get up and start taking photos of wildlife. Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching!
Top drawer. I need you to pen my starting dialogue from now on. Excellent and very encapsulating xx
Thanks Gary! It only took two months to write that 90 seconds... 😬
Wow! It is such a huge responsibility to bear the weight of being someone’s photography hero... sorry to add weight to your shoulders, but... wow! Your video editing skills have improved exponentially... your timing... your sound choices. Very impressed and inspired!
Haha, thanks for the kind words🙏
Steve next time you come to Africa ..Come down to South Africa ..we have AWESOME wild Life
Yes I would love to👍
Might be your best video yet
Well thank you! 🙏
Fantastic Steve and thank you for sharing.
Yes, visiting Africa is something to remember. I recommend it to everyone.
no doubt👍
Some really special shots and sounds like a great experience. Some day .....
Yes, someday!
Ok Steve, you are incredible! Thanks for making my eyes smile...again!
darn, I was hoping to make you cry with joy😬
Looks like an awesome trip Steve. Great photos and video.
Yes it was. Thanks!
Wow, I'm left more or less speechless. What a fantastic journey!!! The Cheetahs. Oh I just love them!
Great photos!
Thanks!🙏
Wonderful video Steve !!!
Thanks!🙏
Best film of D year
Haha thanks 🙏
Fantastic Steve! I found myself saying “that’s it?!” at the end. VERY enjoyable! Thank you!!
Yep, always leave them wanting more... 😬
Steve this was fantastic to watch and is right up there with your best work, the video production was first class, excellent narration and story telling through video and stills, thanks so much for sharing 👏👏👏👏👏👍
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it👍
What an amazing experience and such amazing photos and videos! The very last photo was my favorite!
Beautiful intro and very interesting slow-shutter-(?)-zoom effect in some of the photos. As always, outstanding images. Your use of music helps the pace and pulls it altogether nicely. 👍👍
Thanks!
And yes, slow shutter...l
Outstanding doesn’t start to say how great this video is! I loved that intro too! Looks like a helluva good time!
Glad you liked it👍
That was a first for both of us, truly memorable! Fantastic video Steve, thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for watching🙏
That was Brilliant Steve, Everything about it was just great. 👍🏻
Thanks!🙏
Sen.........sational. The Cheetahs on their little mound photos. Very three dimensional. Well done
Some very nice shots, I was in SA in January at Lion Sands - just like you it was a magnificent trip, took over 20,0000 shots and found I have 3 wall hangers lol
Oh man I love Africa its so epic! Never been to Serengeti though, which I guess this might have been. Got the big five though on my first trip in South Africa, the big cats are a special experience I have to say. When you lock eyes with a big cat at close range everything else seize to exist for a moment, its powerful! Great video Steve 👍
Thanks! Yes it is truly epic.👍
Great video Steve. I was invited by Fujifilm to film the Kenyan wildlife on a pre production X-T4 for the U.K. promotional launch video - my first trip - we were there 2 & a half days in March & I shot 500gb of footage - our guide Boston was amazing & I filmed the big five in that short period of time, however, the experience is far more than just 5 species, it’s the people, the megafauna & the privilege of being in the company of all the animals! Stay safe 😊
Oooh, that sounds fun! I do love my Fuji gear...
Steve what an amazing adventure. I don't know if I will ever make to Africa to photograph it. OK I know that I'm not in Yellowstone or the Teton's at much as you are (about 8 times a year). However each time that in there I go out of my way to photograph/experience something new. When I was a Park Ranger in Yellowstone. I always had people ask me "we are here for one week. What should we do"? Part of my response to experience your own time in the parks. The national world that we live in is truly an amazing place.
Fabulous narrative, Steve. Movie making is your style.
Wonderful presentation Steve. Should have your own TV channel. Well done hope to see more.✔😎
Not sure if its cheating but I was able to call in an Owl with an Owl call . Did get photo only 1 that was useable to me . Then got him/ Her to sing back at me . + bonus got 2 owls singing back and forth .
Missed my shot at getting one in flight . I think that's the hardest part .
Your a great inspiration to get those best photos / shots ... thanks Ttyl
Where did you stay? Which part of Africa was this? An African Safari is on my bucket list.
Kenya and Tanzania👍
👏👏👏✌️
What a masterful summary and indescribable experience.....but you did. Was waiting for you to get back and share this. Fantastic.....
Thanks Ed, it was such a great trip!
Hey Steve nice presentation of your epic first trip! Your opening narration was spot on too. It might bring you a little joy to know that while I’m watching this video, I am sitting around my campfire down the road from Jackson at a Bridger-Teton national forest campground waiting for Monday to come so I can begin my 4 month wildlife photography adventure to begin! Not even a global pandemic can keep us away from this magical place! Thank you for taking the time to upload all these videos so some of us upcoming wildlife photographers can grow into accomplishment! Gunner
Good luck out there👍
If I could I would have like it 10 times. It was place for my honeymoon 23 years ago and your video brought me back good souvenirs. On top your images are just awesome. Quite sure you will put them in a book and if so, I’m interested in. Be safe. Bye.
Glad you enjoyed it!👍
Some stunning photos bro well done 👍🏽
Wow, have you come a long way! Congrats! Video was fantastic. Was this a workshop or just a personal Safari? Oh, the black and whites were amazing...
Thanks! This was a workshop I co-lead with Sue Cedarholm👍
Thanks so much for posting this. My "first" African experience was scheduled for July, but that has obviously been cancelled. As a result, I will have to live vicariously through your images and video for the time being.
Argh, bummer! It will be worth it once things reopen👍
The last image is the best:)!! I love the way you described your feelings and emotions at the beginning of this video. It was capturing the listener attention . I never been to Africa, mostly because it is way too expensive, but who knows , maybe one day :)? Thank you for sharing with us your incredible journey to Africa. Beautifully presented.
Thanks!🙏
Steve. Thanks so much for sharing your videos and images with us. You never know who watches, who they are or where they are physically or mentally. I am going through a rough stretch right now with deaths of some family members ( siblings ) and other things but seeing your video pulled me from a dark place. Thanks so much. I also think you do a wonderful job with your music selections. Keep'm coming!
This made my day to hear. Sorry you're having a tough time right now, hang in there...
What a wonderfully joyous video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!🙏
Amazing South-Africa was my first big trip ever. And I fell in love with it. I wish I had more safari time but I going back for sure. Keep up the good work steve love your videos and photos. Please check my instagram.com/wesleyklijnstraphotograpy for some of my safari photos, hope you like them
Thanks!🙏. And I need to visit South Africa too...
I usually just sit back and watch and enjoy your video's without commenting . This one compelled me to say something 😃 . These images just blew me away . I am a amateur Photographer that does it for fun and relaxation. Seeing your photos in this video made me excited. Made me want to get outside and start shooting. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. Looks like you had a blast 😃👍
Nice! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, much appreciated🙏
Hehe, your driver wasnt talking about you. Think he was argueing which way to use... think i know all those places covered in your video. Sooo nice to see them. Have you been to Safari lodge in tarangire np as well? Nice work!!!
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Stunning pictures, Steve. Great video as well. A safari in Africa like the one you experienced is my absolute dream trip. Sorry if I missed this, but can you share which country you went to and what lodge you stayed with?
We stayed at a bunch of different Lodges in Kenya and Tanzania👍
Looks like you had the time of your life. I like it a lot. No money in my pockets for that but a very interesting video. Keep up the good work. Stay safe. From Canada.👌👌
Yep it was fantastic. Thanks for watching🙏
Great stuff, Steve. We did the Masai Mara last August and saw eight river crossings. Absolutely magical!
Sweeeeet!👍
Loved the Africa shots!!!1
That was great, Steve.
Thanks!🙏
Fantastic Steve, what a great video.
So many beautiful photos. Must have been a wonderful experience to meet all those nice people and at the same time be able to shoot so many spectacular animals 😊👌 Thanks for letting us in on your adventure 👍
Yep, it was so fantastic👍
Damn Steve, you have outdone yourself. Not only is the video and photography great but you intro and narrative are equally terrific.
Thanks!🙏
I have been on some fantastic trips in my life, but my African Safari a couple years ago is at the top. I highly encourage anyone I see, or meet to go on an African Safari, if they ever have a chance. I feel very fortunate to have the time, and the money to have been able to do that. I took some fantastic pictures, well at least fantastic for me, that I will treasure for the rest of my life. After taking all the usual photos of lions, elephants, zebras etc, I started to get into all the colorful birds, and when I got home, and downloaded the pictures on my computer, I identified 40 different species of birds. I hope that we as a human race preserve these wonderful places, and animals so that many generations of the future have the opportunity to see those amazing animals.
well said👍
This should have been an hour long video! Thanks for sharing. Beautiful place indeed.
Haha I can't even fathom how long it would take me to edit an hour long version of this... So. Much. Work.
Or maybe I'm just not that good of a video editor...😬
Thanks for sharing your journey! Incredible.
Thanks for watching👍
OOohhhhhh!!!! I was suppose to go to Africa in March... Well, no need to say more... Waiting for next year!
Will you make vlogs from your trip Steve?
Ouch, bummer! It will be worth the wait... Sorry, no vlogs from Africa, too difficult to do while instructing and making photos...
Ahhh yes, you were instructing, for got about that... I teach tracking myself, and always leave my camera at home when doing so. It's one or the other with us males. Haha.
Wow! I think some of the photos in this are the best I've seen from you, (and thats a very high bar indeed). I wonder if you might consider doing a video where you discuss how this trip inspired you and how it might change how you work when closer to home?
Thanks! Yes I'm still trying to absorb and process the trip...
Looked amazing. African safari is on the bucket list!
Yep, it should be on the bucket list for sure👍
I enjoyed the wide shots and the IR images. A great time in Africa it looks like...
Thanks!🙏
World class work Steve. Excellent!
Jim
Thanks!🙏
The intro and commentary are so true, best part of the video! Pictures were amazing too!
Thank you very much🙏
Blown away - As always. Simply Outstanding.
Thanks!🙏
I thought that car was going to tip over in the puddle
Me too😬
Fun journey ... i love it
In case you are interested, here is the link to the very short video I did of our Mara visit: th-cam.com/video/ooVP6CR_ckA/w-d-xo.html
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That was awesome, Steve! I loved how you did the voice-over intro and showed your adventures and then the photos, nicely done. I love all of the photos, but when I saw the one at 9:27 I audibly said, WOW! Such a great story right there. I was born and raised in Africa so for me, this video was extra special, thanks for sharing! I think you would enjoy the TH-cam channel *Will Goodlet* he lives in South Arica and vlogs his photography adventures in the wild, I quite enjoy it myself.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video👍
Wow! Stunning 🇨🇦🤍
looks like a great time. Thanks for sharing it with those of us who may never get to see it in person.
Glad you enjoyed it👍
Hey Steve ... this is a very nice Video on Africa....
Thanks!🙏
Wonderful, love the IR picture of giraffe
Thanks, me too!👍
Yes, absolutely awesome! Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it👍
Absolutely marvelous photography and video. So many memories of my first time in Africa. Still brings up such emotions! Africa feels like “home” to me despite living on the other side of the world, truly cannot wait to go back. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us.
Hi Steve, awesome video, an amazing country! really enjoy all your work! Also, any chance you can supply, the name of the lens foot, you are using? I have that lens (600mmFL), looking to change out the foot on my lens, thanks!
I bought the Jobu foot.
Thank you!@@SteveMattheis
Steve, thanks for the video. Beautiful photos of those animals, fantastic. I am glad you were able to go your so terrific at photography. And we get to experience it through your eyes and perspective. I look so forward to the time when the whole earth will a paradise and all these beautiful animals will roam everywhere Luke 23:43.
Very nice intro and images. Looks like a great trip!
Thanks!🙏
Am speechless my friend Steve.we miss you already.the pictures are awesome and amazing good job Steve .love the music
Thanks Yusuph, I hope you are doing well and that tourism resumes soon so you can get back out there and guide👍
We hopes to be back again my friend.and also we wish to see you again in the next trip
Great video.
Good video. Intro was goose bumps.
Thanks!🙏
Great shots.
what focal length did you use the most?
All of them 😬
What amazing shots-- Great Job
Thanks!🙏
Did you took some pictures in IR?
Lots and lots!
👏👏👏🤘😘
I see you enjoying a tusker haha our beer. I find them at bevmo once in a while. Awesome video Steve
OUTSTANDING video!!
Thanks!🙏
Truly amazing. Thank you.
Thanks!🙏
masterful as usual. Dream trip for sure
Glad you enjoyed it!
Whaaaaat…. only ten minutes???
Yep it took a loooong time to edit...
More than greate. BRAVO
Thanks!🙏
Most excellent!!! 👍✨👍✨👍
Thanks!🙏
Powerful intro script! Well written. Great images as always. Let me know if you’re heading to Botswana - Okavango Delta, in the post-corona future... my sister works at Safari Destinations and she could assist with travel advice, bookings etc. Once again great work and keep them coming!
Thanks! Yes I'd love to visit more countries...
One of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had was a long-deferred African safari, and you did a great job in this video of taking me back to the people, animals, scenes and emotions of that journey. I loved the way you began by saying that rarely do we remember that first great experience, like the first time you saw a bear in the wild, and how highly anticipated experiences sometimes disappoint, but I agree that everything about Africa and it’s many “firsts” seem indelibly and gratefully imprinted. I loved how you included so many different aspects of such a journey, from street scenes to photographic scenes, and especially how you conveyed the warmth and friendliness of the African people. Thank you, Steve!
Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it👍
Wowzer's Steve! Very well done .While watching this I was thinking of sharing with one of my clubs members who just returned from a safari and shared his photo's with the group TBH I think it would make him feel depressed.
Haha he should come with me next time 😬
Very enjoyable to watch Steve. Looks like the wildlife is amazing (as expected perhaps) but great to learn that there's much more to an Africa trip than just the safari portion. Makes me want to go even more!
Yep, you need to go. It is indescribable...
Go Pokes! With that experience as your first I'm betting second and third will be pretty special too! Wonderful!
It was so very strange seeing those stickers on a Tanzanian SUV in the middle of the Serengeti!
Outstanding video Steve, I have been waiting for this one and it didn't disappoint. One day I would like to have the same experience myself. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful trip and fantastic images.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it🙏
Beautiful pictures, great intro and great music as well Steve! Thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks for taking the time and sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it🙏
So good man! I know that “for the first time” feeling you speak of, it’s a feeling we all chase. Experiences are what makes life special. Some amazing shots, I’d watch if you had a show on natgeo 😀
Haha thanks🙏
Amazing Steve. What an incredible journey. Fantastic images. Really enjoyed your intro on this one. Dramatic ending. Wanting it to keep going.
Glad you enjoyed it👍