I have been photographing insects and arachnids since 2010, exclusively natural photos on the living object. I can halfway understand how time-consuming and nerve-wracking it can be to get the film sequences as desired. Thank you for the great shots!
I've been taking pictures of bugs with my phone for the last few years, and when I was trying to get super slow motion shots of bugs is very hard. I have some 960fps grasshoppers jumping, and ladybugs with their wings unfurling, and dragonflies mid-flight. My stills collection is ever growing though, and capturing a good picture is like filling out an entry to my pokedex because reverse image searches make it a lot easier to find out facts about the things I managed to photograph. I wish I could afford a setup like this one so I could do some more science, but I also enjoy the challenge of trying to do so much with so little.
@@CeeJMantis thats really cool, I just started doing the same thing and thats why i just love going outside. unfortunately my phone does not have the greatest camera quality. I wanted to ask what phone do you use?
@@neobiagini8623 I currently use a Sony Xperia 1 II. It's a phone primarily designed around its camera. It's a few years old, and they're more recent ones have further expounded on this philosophy. Ideally, I would like to save some money and see what next year's pro version has to offer. I also keep my Xperia XZ2 Premium around for when I can catch something I want to later film in slow motion as it can do 960 FPS for extremely brief time frames. They are good, but they are expensive. I also know that the oppo find 3 has a 10x macro camera that has me intrigued too.
Hey, I’m not sure if you work with arachnids at all but I recently found a jumping spider outside and the way their jumps look almost instant made me really curious to see it in slow motion.
i agree! every time i see a jumping spider i love to watch it. their movements are jerky and precise but wow are they masters at perfectly timing jumps
I used to be terrified of all bugs before I met my husband, who loves insects and spiders, and knows more about them than your average entymologist! I am still scared of larger bugs, but he has shown me that you shouldn't squash bugs just because they're there. I see the beauty in bugs because of him. So thanks for making up close bug videos, it helps people admire insects instead of being scared.
Your footage is amazing and so revealing. We get to see something in a way that we could never see it before. And with you doing your filming against a black background, it does really help those hidden colors to pop out. Which makes your footage of the insects all the more beautiful. And I'm so glad to hear that your channel is growing. I think you will get much bigger than this, just wait and see. Thank you for sharing all your hard work with us. 😊👍
I can't get enough of your videos, it's so interesting to see all the details and vibrant colors. You really put a lot of effort into this, it's not only science but art.
I love the Mantis feet. Swinging back and forth as she flies like a little kid on a swing. Having the time of her life. So cute! And you def fulfilled your goal of making the most awesome bug flight videos. They are so fun to watch and so breathtakingly beautiful! WTG Sir!
Your commentary really adds to the video, I really enjoyed the backgroud info about flightpatterns and springloaded knees and similarities between related groups.
I'm so happy you are over 100k subscribers! Well deserved recognition of the high quality of your videos. I always look forward to a new one, and rewatch some of your older ones because they are just so fascinating and well done. Oh, and educational as well!
It always amazes me just how fantastic nature's creatures are. I never knew just how intricate the flight function of these insects was until you filmed examples of said function with your techniques. Quite incredible.
I appreciate what you're doing, as an Entomology fan & student I'm happy to see more people are getting interested to capture this part of nature on video.
I've got say, I've been loving arthropods since I was a little girl (spent many summer days and weekends chasing them around), but every video you put out just makes me fall deeper in love with them. It's amazing how something so tiny can be so magical and miraculous.
Seeing a new video uploaded from you always makes me smile. c: Your vids are so simple and informative but at the same time such good quality. You can really feel all the effort that goes into these videos and the passion you have for our cute little bug friends. Keep it up.
Your work is phenomenal. My daughter is fascinated by all kinds of insects and your videos provide such a valuable and entertaining insight into insects' life for her. Thank you!
I am fascinated by how imperfect the movements and the flights are. These creatures are like little machines that are designed to just barely meet a minimum of performance, and no more!
Fascinating footage and technically impressive. We have an interesting planthopper here in the UK (Issus coleoptratus), which I often photograph in the back garden, with a nymph stage whose rearmost leg pair are uniquely, mechanically geared to enable a very rapid jump. I bet these would make a great subject for a slowmo take-off.
I love these videos because I love learning about insects they kinda fascinate me, they’re really cool and I’m thankful for your explaining on flight patterns and things like that
Your videos are the best thing ever. Much of my art work focuses on entomology. Being able to view your work helps me with color selection, wing and leg structure. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for your hard work and interest in these special critters. It really give me more of an appreciation to insects and more incentive to be careful around them. All Gods creatures deserve respect!
Stephen Dalton - what a pioneer and, inspiration to so many people. I bought his book ‘Caught in Motion’ in (I think) the early 80’s and have been trying to mimic his results ever since. He’s still working at 85 and published a new book in 2020 titled ‘Capturing Motion : My Life in High Speed Nature Photography’. Your video is beautiful, thanks for posting it.
I love your videos. It's a relaxing healing moment to watch the beautiful insects and appreciate them with the nice music. I appreciate all the work you do on these videos
Thanks for your work, Dr. Adrian! Having grown up in Raleigh and spending my youth in the Museum of Natural Sciences your videos remind me so much of home. I am so fascinated by insect morphology and your work has got me curious about the mechanisms by which insects have evolved to fly, crawl, skitter, and stride. I always look forward to your videos.
It's amazing to me that you don't have hundreds of thousands of more subscribers. Not only is your camera footage phenomenal, but you give digestible information as well. This means that more people without an entomology background can easily understand the subject. Please continue with the great work you're doing! I can't wait to see more.
Absolutely beautiful! The black background makes the insects look even more stunning. I will happily watch all the bug videos you provide. I would subscribe twice if I could! 👍
Thanks for sharing. I love seeing how you show all these different insects to us. And when you give us behind the scene details like where you got it from
Found one of those large black/yellow and white spiders had created a huge web sprawled across my brick outdoor grill. Grabbed a long coarse blade of grass and came up right underneath it and began to tickle it without damaging the web, stroking it gently sideways - not thru' the web itself; it immediately started jumping up/down but otherwise no movement. Its feet never left contact w/its web. The more I tickled it, the faster it went up and down and the web behaved like a gyrating trampoline; it was a hoot! Great fun! Several minutes of this was enjoyed by us both.
❤Thanks so much for the amazing shots and the interesting body mechanics, so helpful to my personal interest . Your videos are a unique education as well as sublimely beautiful.❤❤
I feel like you have opened a door to a formerly hidden realm of unexpected beauty with these humble bugs. It's so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing your work.
I'm so not surprised that you've reached the 100,000 sub milestone. You do extremely amazing work. I could watch all day. If I didn't have to work that is. 😊
You've got a unique gift man. Yup, it is amazing people watch this. It's the quality of your work. How many people can fascinate large groups of youtubers who might otherwise be viewing action movies? 😎
I would love to see a video like this but about isopods. Like the rubber ducky, lemon blue or ghost isopods.I know they don't fly or jump but they way they crawl is interesting. They're also pretty cute.
Once while watching my hummingbird feeder hanging very close to the window , I noticed a green grasshopper hanging out near by. A wasp came to visit the feeder. As it took off the grasshopper sprang, latched on to the wasp and, I'm assuming, devoured it. ( they disappeared into the flowers. ) I was and still am awestruck. Amazing. I love bugs.... most bugs.
I just found your channel and I absolutely love it! I've always liked moths and beetles but your videos make me wanna found out more about other insects as well.
Thank you. I share these with my wing surfing students so they understand how to pump (flap) their wing in the air coordinated with pumping the hydrofoil wing in the water for more power.
What's more extraordinary is the fact a Millennial had no idea others before him did extraordinary insect photography and history actually existed before the Millennial was in existence.
I liked your comment about the alien like appearance of the parasitic wasps. I took some amazing pictures of these outside my house at night, and I was struck by both how incredibly architecturally beautiful their structure is , and also the best candidates I've seen yet for an alien life movie:)
Dragonflies, for instance, are definitely in control (seriously they're crazy, look them up). I think it's just the early stages right after launch that are tricky, and mostly for the smaller insects.
I have been photographing insects and arachnids since 2010, exclusively natural photos on the living object.
I can halfway understand how time-consuming and nerve-wracking it can be to get the film sequences as desired. Thank you for the great shots!
I've been taking pictures of bugs with my phone for the last few years, and when I was trying to get super slow motion shots of bugs is very hard. I have some 960fps grasshoppers jumping, and ladybugs with their wings unfurling, and dragonflies mid-flight. My stills collection is ever growing though, and capturing a good picture is like filling out an entry to my pokedex because reverse image searches make it a lot easier to find out facts about the things I managed to photograph.
I wish I could afford a setup like this one so I could do some more science, but I also enjoy the challenge of trying to do so much with so little.
@@CeeJMantis thats really cool, I just started doing the same thing and thats why i just love going outside. unfortunately my phone does not have the greatest camera quality. I wanted to ask what phone do you use?
@@neobiagini8623 I currently use a Sony Xperia 1 II. It's a phone primarily designed around its camera. It's a few years old, and they're more recent ones have further expounded on this philosophy. Ideally, I would like to save some money and see what next year's pro version has to offer. I also keep my Xperia XZ2 Premium around for when I can catch something I want to later film in slow motion as it can do 960 FPS for extremely brief time frames.
They are good, but they are expensive.
I also know that the oppo find 3 has a 10x macro camera that has me intrigued too.
Agree... I did some DSLR macro in the past and had to stop because of neck problems. I still love it though.
Hey, I’m not sure if you work with arachnids at all but I recently found a jumping spider outside and the way their jumps look almost instant made me really curious to see it in slow motion.
i agree! every time i see a jumping spider i love to watch it. their movements are jerky and precise but wow are they masters at perfectly timing jumps
I second that! I love these little fellas, it'd be awesome to see them in slo-mo
I hope he see this. Jumping Spider are fascinating.
yess I would love to see a video like this with jumping spiders! Their fangs come in so many different iridescent colors too!
I used to be terrified of all bugs before I met my husband, who loves insects and spiders, and knows more about them than your average entymologist! I am still scared of larger bugs, but he has shown me that you shouldn't squash bugs just because they're there. I see the beauty in bugs because of him. So thanks for making up close bug videos, it helps people admire insects instead of being scared.
Insects are so cute and their flight is some kind of art performance
True
Your footage is amazing and so revealing. We get to see something in a way that we could never see it before. And with you doing your filming against a black background, it does really help those hidden colors to pop out. Which makes your footage of the insects all the more beautiful. And I'm so glad to hear that your channel is growing. I think you will get much bigger than this, just wait and see. Thank you for sharing all your hard work with us. 😊👍
The black background really lets you appreciate the stunning iridescence of their wings! Absolutely gorgeous!
So beautiful and serene. These videos remind me of the beauty of the natural world and how inconsequential my problems and worries are
I used to chase the grasshoppers when I was a kid. Never knew they have a spring-loaded donkey kick! So cool! Thank you for these beautiful films. 🥰
These are quite entrancing snippets of film. The critters have so much personality and style!
I can't get enough of your videos, it's so interesting to see all the details and vibrant colors. You really put a lot of effort into this, it's not only science but art.
I agree, love when science intersects with art (which happens often). They need each other to be complete.
I love the Mantis feet. Swinging back and forth as she flies like a little kid on a swing. Having the time of her life. So cute! And you def fulfilled your goal of making the most awesome bug flight videos. They are so fun to watch and so breathtakingly beautiful! WTG Sir!
more bugs!! i love these videos so much, they're really interesting for art references too ^^
They look like flying dragons when put in slow motion
part of the 1% of the internet that deserves to exist and furthers human knowledge. Love these
My favorite insects to see in slow-motion like this are those with elytra, it's fun to see the wings unfold
Your commentary really adds to the video, I really enjoyed the backgroud info about flightpatterns and springloaded knees and similarities between related groups.
Wonderful is the best word to discribe the incredible biodivesity of insects! How colourful, how complex!
Love those stinkbugs. Really putting in all the effort to get going.
I literally NEVER post a comment because I don't really care that much. THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZINGLY COOL video!
I'm so happy you are over 100k subscribers! Well deserved recognition of the high quality of your videos. I always look forward to a new one, and rewatch some of your older ones because they are just so fascinating and well done. Oh, and educational as well!
It always amazes me just how fantastic nature's creatures are. I never knew just how intricate the flight function of these insects was until you filmed examples of said function with your techniques. Quite incredible.
These insects are incredibly amazing! What a mystical sight you caught in every moment in this very video!
I appreciate what you're doing, as an Entomology fan & student I'm happy to see more people are getting interested to capture this part of nature on video.
I've got say, I've been loving arthropods since I was a little girl (spent many summer days and weekends chasing them around), but every video you put out just makes me fall deeper in love with them. It's amazing how something so tiny can be so magical and miraculous.
Your therapeutic videos are underrated. I hope you get the exposure you deserve.
I'm so happy someone is as fascinated as I am, and more willing to make these shots so beautiful. Don't stop, i love seeing more!
You deserve so many more subscribers than mere 100.000. Your videos are fantastic!!!
Seeing a new video uploaded from you always makes me smile. c:
Your vids are so simple and informative but at the same time such good quality.
You can really feel all the effort that goes into these videos and the passion you
have for our cute little bug friends.
Keep it up.
Your work is phenomenal. My daughter is fascinated by all kinds of insects and your videos provide such a valuable and entertaining insight into insects' life for her. Thank you!
I am fascinated by how imperfect the movements and the flights are. These creatures are like little machines that are designed to just barely meet a minimum of performance, and no more!
Fascinating footage and technically impressive. We have an interesting planthopper here in the UK (Issus coleoptratus), which I often photograph in the back garden, with a nymph stage whose rearmost leg pair are uniquely, mechanically geared to enable a very rapid jump. I bet these would make a great subject for a slowmo take-off.
I love these videos because I love learning about insects they kinda fascinate me, they’re really cool and I’m thankful for your explaining on flight patterns and things like that
Your videos are the best thing ever. Much of my art work focuses on entomology. Being able to view your work helps me with color selection, wing and leg structure. Thank you for sharing!
Professor you take the most amazing images of the insect. I just can’t tell you how much I appreciate all your work. Thank you
Thanks so much for your hard work and interest in these special critters. It really give me more of an appreciation to insects and more incentive to be careful around them. All Gods creatures deserve respect!
Stephen Dalton - what a pioneer and, inspiration to so many people. I bought his book ‘Caught in Motion’ in (I think) the early 80’s and have been trying to mimic his results ever since. He’s still working at 85 and published a new book in 2020 titled ‘Capturing Motion : My Life in High Speed Nature Photography’. Your video is beautiful, thanks for posting it.
I love your videos. It's a relaxing healing moment to watch the beautiful insects and appreciate them with the nice music. I appreciate all the work you do on these videos
Thanks for your work, Dr. Adrian! Having grown up in Raleigh and spending my youth in the Museum of Natural Sciences your videos remind me so much of home. I am so fascinated by insect morphology and your work has got me curious about the mechanisms by which insects have evolved to fly, crawl, skitter, and stride. I always look forward to your videos.
Fantastic work ! Comparing the different flights during take-off will be so interesting, can't wait to read your future publications.
the broad-headed sharpshooter was my favorite, it was so elegant and colorful, the bottom of their wings was beautiful as well.
You and your lab deserve every subscriber you get! You all work your asses off and make intriguing content
A lot of work, science, patience and arts all in your work together.
Thank you for presenting such interesting and nice work.
It's amazing to me that you don't have hundreds of thousands of more subscribers. Not only is your camera footage phenomenal, but you give digestible information as well. This means that more people without an entomology background can easily understand the subject. Please continue with the great work you're doing! I can't wait to see more.
congrads with 100k sub, you are the best, thank you for showing us a different vision flying and jumping of insect!
this footage is amazing, so breathtakingly beautiful, I adore this, and hope to see much more of this quality of content in the future!
Absolutely beautiful! The black background makes the insects look even more stunning. I will happily watch all the bug videos you provide. I would subscribe twice if I could! 👍
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
I've always been obsessed with the micro world - as in -insects.
Amazing footage. These insects are true living art in flight.
As an artist, I feel so inspired by these bug videos!! Truly some fantastic designs out in nature
Your all videos are magnifiscent, this one is no exception!
Thanks a lot for bringing such a marvel to us..
I absolutely adore your channel! Thank you so much for sharing all of that beauty with us!
Thank you so much for your work, its fabulous ! Its amazing, explanation, insects, music. Merci, its amazing. J’adore !
Thank you so much for taking us to the insect World. You can rarely see this kind of videos
You have very quickly moved into my favorite RUclips channel of all time
That's so sweet someone sent you that book!!! Bridging generations
I could watch an entire disk of these creatures. This is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing. I love seeing how you show all these different insects to us. And when you give us behind the scene details like where you got it from
Congrats on passing 100K Subs. Always enjoy seeing these videos pop up on my feed.
Best channel on youtube.
Borne in the wind ... What beautiful illustrations
Found one of those large black/yellow and white spiders had created a huge web sprawled across my brick outdoor grill. Grabbed a long coarse blade of grass and came up right underneath it and began to tickle it without damaging the web, stroking it gently sideways - not thru' the web itself; it immediately started jumping up/down but otherwise no movement. Its feet never left contact w/its web. The more I tickled it, the faster it went up and down and the web behaved like a gyrating trampoline; it was a hoot! Great fun! Several minutes of this was enjoyed by us both.
I'm so happy youtube recommended me this channel long ago. Congrats for the 100k
These videos have really upped my appreciation for bugs
I just found your channel, and have been binge watching your amazing insect flight videos. They are all fascinating.
❤Thanks so much for the amazing shots and the interesting body mechanics, so helpful to my personal interest . Your videos are a unique education as well as sublimely beautiful.❤❤
I feel like you have opened a door to a formerly hidden realm of unexpected beauty with these humble bugs. It's so enjoyable. Thanks for sharing your work.
I'm so not surprised that you've reached the 100,000 sub milestone. You do extremely amazing work. I could watch all day. If I didn't have to work that is. 😊
Not a fan of bugs, but they are so freaking fascinating
You've got a unique gift man.
Yup, it is amazing people watch this. It's the quality of your work. How many people can fascinate large groups of youtubers who might otherwise be viewing action movies? 😎
I would love to see a video like this but about isopods. Like the rubber ducky, lemon blue or ghost isopods.I know they don't fly or jump but they way they crawl is interesting.
They're also pretty cute.
I'm autistic with heavy focus on insects, thank you very much for this channel, this is just amazing to me😁
Grats on 100k subs! Thank you for all the bug videos :)
Once while watching my hummingbird feeder hanging very close to the window , I noticed a green grasshopper hanging out near by. A wasp came to visit the feeder. As it took off the grasshopper sprang, latched on to the wasp and, I'm assuming, devoured it. ( they disappeared into the flowers. )
I was and still am awestruck. Amazing.
I love bugs.... most bugs.
thanks for sharing these beautiful videos, i dont think theres many videos like this out there. please keep up the amazing work
Amazing, as always. Your videos are both mesmerizing and meditative.
it's 10 am and bugs are making me feel things, this is beautiful and life is great
i love how you explained how a parasitoid wasp ejects their eggs into caterpillars with such calm music playing xD
thanks for making these videos. they're much appreciated ❣️
Great vid to watch on a lazy day
I just found your channel and I absolutely love it! I've always liked moths and beetles but your videos make me wanna found out more about other insects as well.
Fantastic channel! So glad you are getting traction, love your work!
I love the way the wasp splays its legs out, just fun to look at
Congrats to 100k subsribers! Great videos, I love it!
4:35 Unbelievable? Your videos are amazing, informative and best of all..free. You are headed for a million subs for sure.
Just great to see. Thank you so much for sharing. Wish you the best. 😙
I am very proud of what you do in your videos, you are probably fulfilling the wish of the writer of the book.
Fascinating video as usual. Thank you for sharing!
fantastic. The world of this small animals looks perfect
the colors the wings It’s so beautiful
Thank you for making this video! It’s amazing to see how beautiful bugs are. Now I want to go on a walk looking for some insects 😃🦗🐝🦋
Thank you for your mesmerizing videos. Wonderful!
I love watching bug videos with you!
Thank you. I share these with my wing surfing students so they understand how to pump (flap) their wing in the air coordinated with pumping the hydrofoil wing in the water for more power.
Wow, this is awesome!!!🤗👍
I love what you do It has inspired me to go outside more and find these insane incests and more.
What's more extraordinary is the fact a Millennial had no idea others before him did extraordinary insect photography and history actually existed before the Millennial was in existence.
The wings are so beautiful! 🌈
Stunning work of art!
I liked your comment about the alien like appearance of the parasitic wasps. I took some amazing pictures of these outside my house at night, and I was struck by both how incredibly architecturally beautiful their structure is , and also the best candidates I've seen yet for an alien life movie:)
So are insects actually in control of where they fly, or are they like jelly fish and just move randomly?
im pretty sure most are in control. they fly in the direction their eyes are etc.
Dragonflies, for instance, are definitely in control (seriously they're crazy, look them up). I think it's just the early stages right after launch that are tricky, and mostly for the smaller insects.
I just realized that they are swimming. So beautiful