Thanks Thomas for your comments and reflection that it is not us humans in terms of importance. As a working naturalist and biologist I greatly appreciate anyone who points out the truth about our ecology and mother nature. Who is really in control anyway? Who dictates when we will survive? And awesome tips and advice on macro photog to boot!! Cheers - Christo
When I was 8 I imagined heaven as a world that you could create and I was dead set on living in the Pokemon world. 20 years later I'm watching this and I realized Pokemon are real and you can catch them all with a camera. Thank you I'm crying tears of joy.
All of my photos are through my phone only, I regret not having a camera, yet totally, the beauty of nature is beyond the possibilities of your eyes. Great video, indeed inspiring.
Humble and awesome guy. His photographs are beautiful and his attitude is sound. So lovely to watch this after just watching 10 seconds (all I could stand) of a video where some prick kills the insects so he can photograph them. Lovely to see a photographer who really loves and values the animals. They are the stars, as Thomas rightfully points out. Excellent video, subscribed : )
Thomas, been taking a look at your work off and on over last few years. Am always amazed and say thanks for your recent video. inspirational. CheersBrian
Hi Thomas, i have just started to do macro photography. I use extension tubes with a 50 mm prime Pentacon lens. I can't stop, totally engrossing.You do wonderful work.Thank you for you uploads, they are helping me to achieve good results.
What an inspiring video! Thank you so much Thomas! I just bought a Canon 100mm Macro lens and now find myself sitting at the window and watch out for the postman to bring take it to my house! :)
Your video is absolutely beautiful, Thomas and your voice is gentle and kind. I just purchased an Olympus macro yesterday and am rather excited about the possibilities.
I "liked" this because I couldn't LOVE it! Thank you for introducing us to these adorable little creatures! I was doing research for a feature film many years ago when I fell in love with honey bees, and what you've demonstrated here is exactly what we were trying to convey--all these little "bugs" are as sweet as puppies if we open our eyes!
Absolutely love your videos Thomas. I show them in class during our Macro Photography unit and I love watching the students get squeamish as you show the extreme closeups of the insects (especially the spiders!). Keep on making great photos... thanks!
Hi Thomas, well done on this video, great work. I am new to photography but I am fascinated with macro pictures and you video will I am sure help me take much better shots. keep up the great work.
You are really and inspiring person, i jist reached your video just because of your thumbnail of Spider and wow you made my day, because at the end you said those words which i am following from past few years, thanks a lot for boasting me again, it's around 6 in the morning in Delhi, India and now i will jump on to the park with my mobile and Macro lens, i shoot in my style and i get pretty great and satisfying results. I am not able to upload all on RUclips in 4K or Full Hd, I don't know where i am doing the mistake in uploading or why RUclips is not allowing my 4K videos to upload. One again thanks, I have now started following you and your advised, because i have no money and your guidance is like motivation to do as cheap as possible at cost.
Will i be able to take high quality macro photography with a Nikon D3300? I'm a beginner to photography but am extremely interested in macro photography. But I'm concerned that I purchased a camera body which is too weak to handle such high close ups. Thanks for your responses :)
You are my idol, you have been my idol since I first saw your very early images around 2008 and since then I always forward people to your video and how they can use basic equipment from Ebay and human creativity to travel from earth into the alien world. - Although with years of macro photography, many reverse Zeiss lenses, lights, extension tubes and bellow, I have never got your magnification.- So this shows of how amazing you are. :) Keep it up.
I just wanted to say thank you for the video. I got a reverse mount ring and having been taking pictures of itty bitty flowers and the occasional critter that happens to cross my path.
love your photos sir. I am really inspired by you since I also love spider and also photograph them but getting the magnification that you get is really impressive.
Your shots are amazing and this video was really inspiring. I personally enjoy photographing bugs and the sort up close, but never quite in the "macro" realm. might just give it a go after seeing this video :D
WOW, your photos are AMAZING!!!! Most of the images you showed were NOT image stacked? I am new in macro and would love to be as good as you one day. Do you use extension tubes or raynor 250? I have a Canon 7dmarkII with 100mm macro 2.8 IS lens with 568 external flash and gary fong diffusor. I was told I should get the raynor 250 and a softbox instead of gary fong diffusor
Hi Thomas. Excellent Video and I am sure i am going to follow your work more. If you dont mind, can you give some details about the white diffuser around the lens?
Man, your voice! I've never heard anything as soothing. I often Listen to one of your Videos going to bed and i Fall asleep immediately. Thats fairytail telling for adults. Love it. But also your Videos and what you say about the insects and sharing your experience. Thank you so much for everything but mostly for replacing my sleeping pills 😉
My mom taught all of us kids to never kill spiders...they're so beneficial. She'd wrap them in a tea towel and shake them outside in our huge garden. Even in winter, she'd carefully wrap them and out they'd go....I still do that today.
Hi Jann - I used to do the same until I found out that this can kill house spiders (big ones in winter) now I just let them do their thing and we generally stay out of each others way )
Hi Thomas, really extraordinary images and love your philosophy regarding how important the subject is, in spite of how we get there. If we could only inspire our youth and others, to really appreciate what's underfoot and right at hand, we would be much improved. I'm also impressed by your knowledge... glad you're out there and sharing.
Yes, this video was one of my main inspirations for buying my first macro lens. It also inspired my new RUclips channel where I show a high magnification setup that you can build cheaply yourself.
This video is my holy bible, when I get boring in photography, I just watch it again and it gave me the inspiration to shoot! Thank you Thomas, you really changed my perception of macro and you're probably the most important person in m'y photographer's life!
I am a wildlife, macro photographer and have been for several years now, but your video is absolutely inspirational and one thing I have to say is that your voice is truly beautiful. It is calming it is magical. It is full of love and energy for what you do. I find your video very very, very wonderful.
I’ve no idea how many times I watched your videos, and I’m not sure which ones I’ve already commented on, but I never tire of them. Your philosophies are perfectly without compromise, your photography is amazing and your narration is informative, passionate and reassuring for those not as expert as yourself. Thank you.
RedPandaGamer Thanks! I really appreciate it. MurkyMists I know! Too bad you can't see the dozen other orchid bees buzzing around it as well! Jaeyun Lim YE
Thomas Shahan Sir, In my DSLR (Nikon D3200) even in Manual mode, if i unmount the lens, the Flash does't work. It says it Won't work without an attached lens ! what should I do ? I am a student, and don't have much money to buy a new Body !
I've had a secret yearning to learn how to do this and I'm finally pulling the trigger on it. Fantastic lesson and superb material! Thank you very much!
Great video! Thanks. I'm pretty sure the fear of spiders is not culture bred, though. At least not in it's origin. I think it is a very basic instinct probably much older than mankind itself. Personally I was never afraid of spiders, but if one comes into my peripheral view, in a split second my head turns and my eyes focus on the spider before I've even had time to think of it. I think our very distant ancestors, that were much smaller than modern man, had even better reasons to be aware of any such creatures around them, as some of them are quite venomous. But of course culture may well have enhanced the fear far beyond reason.
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Thanks Thomas for your comments and reflection that it is not us humans in terms of importance. As a working naturalist and biologist I greatly appreciate anyone who points out the truth about our ecology and mother nature. Who is really in control anyway? Who dictates when we will survive? And awesome tips and advice on macro photog to boot!! Cheers - Christo
So i clicked on this video just expecting a few pointers and was not ready for the beautiful photos of life, literally had me in tears!
Nice video Thomas, thoroughly enjoyed it and hopefully it will inspire a lot of people to go out and explore their environment with a new set of eyes
Outstanding shots, great lesson.
" Peacockspiderman"
Yaeee!
I seriously love these spider's.There like a little gem.
Hi Peacockspiderman
how are you? Hope all is well. I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of the spider what do you think?
Yaeeee!
When I was 8 I imagined heaven as a world that you could create and I was dead set on living in the Pokemon world. 20 years later I'm watching this and I realized Pokemon are real and you can catch them all with a camera. Thank you I'm crying tears of joy.
This guy is calming as fuck
It's like the Bob Ross of photography
"Life on earth is beautiful and it deserves a closer look" will become my slogan now. Well put!
All of my photos are through my phone only, I regret not having a camera, yet totally, the beauty of nature is beyond the possibilities of your eyes. Great video, indeed inspiring.
Humble and awesome guy. His photographs are beautiful and his attitude is sound. So lovely to watch this after just watching 10 seconds (all I could stand) of a video where some prick kills the insects so he can photograph them. Lovely to see a photographer who really loves and values the animals. They are the stars, as Thomas rightfully points out. Excellent video, subscribed : )
Well said, I agree!
I agree!
Thomas, been taking a look at your work off and on over last few years. Am always amazed and say thanks for your recent video. inspirational. CheersBrian
Hi Thomas, i have just started to do macro photography. I use extension tubes with a 50 mm prime Pentacon lens. I can't stop, totally engrossing.You do wonderful work.Thank you for you uploads, they are helping me to achieve good results.
Thomas- I’ve created a ‘new’ playlist on my RUclips app., titled “Macro Genius” …..Your work is outstanding!
What an inspiring video! Thank you so much Thomas! I just bought a Canon 100mm Macro lens and now find myself sitting at the window and watch out for the postman to bring take it to my house! :)
Your video is absolutely beautiful, Thomas and your voice is gentle and kind. I just purchased an Olympus macro yesterday and am rather excited about the possibilities.
I "liked" this because I couldn't LOVE it! Thank you for introducing us to these adorable little creatures! I was doing research for a feature film many years ago when I fell in love with honey bees, and what you've demonstrated here is exactly what we were trying to convey--all these little "bugs" are as sweet as puppies if we open our eyes!
I get sentimental watching this videos :') You are truly the Bob Ross of macro photography!
Some beautiful shots, and great advice.
What a beautiful video. So very calming and serene. Thank you. I really enjoyed it.
Great video thanks for sharing I do a bit of macro myself but now and then it’s nice to have a bit of a refresher you have inspired me to go back out
Absolutely love your videos Thomas. I show them in class during our Macro Photography unit and I love watching the students get squeamish as you show the extreme closeups of the insects (especially the spiders!). Keep on making great photos... thanks!
I love your work and technique. Your set up is not cheap but economical and affordable for any interested photographer.
Such beautiful shots! And you seem to be a very humble individual.
Hi Thomas, well done on this video, great work. I am new to photography but I am fascinated with macro pictures and you video will I am sure help me take much better shots. keep up the great work.
Thank you for sharing this. Your work is very important, all life in the planet is precisous.
Inspirational!
Really nice shots in the video. Love macro photography especially on things we don't know is there.
Amazing photography Thomas.
You are really and inspiring person, i jist reached your video just because of your thumbnail of Spider and wow you made my day, because at the end you said those words which i am following from past few years, thanks a lot for boasting me again, it's around 6 in the morning in Delhi, India and now i will jump on to the park with my mobile and Macro lens, i shoot in my style and i get pretty great and satisfying results.
I am not able to upload all on RUclips in 4K or Full Hd, I don't know where i am doing the mistake in uploading or why RUclips is not allowing my 4K videos to upload.
One again thanks,
I have now started following you and your advised, because i have no money and your guidance is like motivation to do as cheap as possible at cost.
Will i be able to take high quality macro photography with a Nikon D3300? I'm a beginner to photography but am extremely interested in macro photography. But I'm concerned that I purchased a camera body which is too weak to handle such high close ups. Thanks for your responses :)
You are my idol, you have been my idol since I first saw your very early images around 2008 and since then I always forward people to your video and how they can use basic equipment from Ebay and human creativity to travel from earth into the alien world. - Although with years of macro photography, many reverse Zeiss lenses, lights, extension tubes and bellow, I have never got your magnification.- So this shows of how amazing you are. :) Keep it up.
The lesser the focal length of your lens, the more magnification on a reversed lens.
I just wanted to say thank you for the video. I got a reverse mount ring and having been taking pictures of itty bitty flowers and the occasional critter that happens to cross my path.
love your photos sir. I am really inspired by you since I also love spider and also photograph them but getting the magnification that you get is really impressive.
Absolutely magical. Well done.
Absolutely beautiful work
Thank you, Thomas. Very inspirational.
Tiny spider looks so cute & adorable
Really great man. Good hints and tips, and also stunning wildlife.
Touching and instructive video.
Great shots Thomas
Fantastic macro work, and very good tips to, thanx for sharing
beautiful photographs and thanks for the information
Thanks for that Thomas.As a relatively new photographer, I'm drawn to macro.
Absolutely loved this
Love your calm way😊😊🙏❤
thank you ..this is spectacular ..what extension tube are you using on ...thanks GBU
Very Intelligent, great voice, the Bob Ross of macro !!!
You sir are great! Keep it up and thanks for motivation and inspiration!
Awesome photos!
Awesome macro work/video Thomas. Thanks for sharing ;-)
Great video!
The photos of these animals reminds us that nature is far more creative than man at creating alien lifeforms.
Thanks for sharing this, some helpful tips and your passion really comes through. Kepp up the good work!
Beautiful Pictures!
really like your photos!
Your shots are amazing and this video was really inspiring. I personally enjoy photographing bugs and the sort up close, but never quite in the "macro" realm. might just give it a go after seeing this video :D
Superb video and have found it very inspiring
This was a beautiful video :)
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the tips. Your work is amazing!
Amazing video!
Great work!
WOW, your photos are AMAZING!!!! Most of the images you showed were NOT image stacked? I am new in macro and would love to be as good as you one day. Do you use extension tubes or raynor 250? I have a Canon 7dmarkII with 100mm macro 2.8 IS lens with 568 external flash and gary fong diffusor. I was told I should get the raynor 250 and a softbox instead of gary fong diffusor
so much inspiration in a video
beautiful..... great idea!!
Hi Thomas. Excellent Video and I am sure i am going to follow your work more. If you dont mind, can you give some details about the white diffuser around the lens?
really great tutorial. thank you very much...
Great video thanks for sharing.
Very informative. Thank you. Do you use auto or manual focus?
amazing I subcribe to your channel hope to learn more new to photography and love macro
Thanks you!Awesome video,great advices!
P.S.Amazing shots🙌
Отличный обзор вашего профессионального увлечения ! Спасибо !
Bellísimo! Thomas para una Nikon 5500, que accesorios debo comprar para lograr esta definición?
this guy makes me feel like im hearing a speech from the dalai lama itsef...this video its soooooo relaxing....lol
Hi there Thomas!
Mind if I ask what camera body you were using in this video?
Thanks!
beautiful
........ BRAVO !!!! SUPER LIKE !!!
Hi ,Thomas I am using Sony a7m3 suggest good macro lens
Excellent
Gorgeous
Wenqs fotos me encantaron saludos desde chile
100 mm macro? What type of lens?
Thanks for the great advices :)
hello sir have you ever used raynox dcr-250 please let me know how to use it if you have idea about it☺☺
You are so cool!!
you have a great things also a eagle vision dude! :D nice!!
Hi thomas, could you explain what equipment in details do you use in macro photography? And step to put it up also? Thanks thomas 😊🙏👍
"Life on earth is really beautiful, and it really deserves a closer look." True!
Amazing words !!
Exactly what I was going to write. I'm inspired and going to act on it.
99.9% of people never see these creatures at the macro level, and therefore never appreciate what beauty they possess.
Excellent work.
Man, your voice! I've never heard anything as soothing. I often Listen to one of your Videos going to bed and i Fall asleep immediately. Thats fairytail telling for adults. Love it. But also your Videos and what you say about the insects and sharing your experience. Thank you so much for everything but mostly for replacing my sleeping pills 😉
I'm never gonna squish a spider again!!
My mom taught all of us kids to never kill spiders...they're so beneficial. She'd wrap them in a tea towel and shake them outside in our huge garden. Even in winter, she'd carefully wrap them and out they'd go....I still do that today.
Hi Jann - I used to do the same until I found out that this can kill house spiders (big ones in winter) now I just let them do their thing and we generally stay out of each others way )
Shame on you for ever doing so in the first place!
I'm never gonna squish a Dr. again!!
Jann Smith
Some spiders can only survive inside in the winter so if you let them out you’re also killing them
Hi Thomas, really extraordinary images and love your philosophy regarding how important the subject is, in spite of how we get there. If we could only inspire our youth and others, to really appreciate what's underfoot and right at hand, we would be much improved. I'm also impressed by your knowledge... glad you're out there and sharing.
Fantastic, you're my macro photo hero!
Yes, this video was one of my main inspirations for buying my first macro lens. It also inspired my new RUclips channel where I show a high magnification setup that you can build cheaply yourself.
@@MicaelWidell I like your videos. I'm gonna get a 28mm lens to use with an inverter ring for macro shots.
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This video is my holy bible, when I get boring in photography, I just watch it again and it gave me the inspiration to shoot! Thank you Thomas, you really changed my perception of macro and you're probably the most important person in m'y photographer's life!
I am a wildlife, macro photographer and have been for several years now, but your video is absolutely inspirational and one thing I have to say is that your voice is truly beautiful. It is calming it is magical. It is full of love and energy for what you do. I find your video very very, very wonderful.
I’ve no idea how many times I watched your videos, and I’m not sure which ones I’ve already commented on, but I never tire of them. Your philosophies are perfectly without compromise, your photography is amazing and your narration is informative, passionate and reassuring for those not as expert as yourself. Thank you.
How on earth do you get so close (55mm lens) without scaring the subject away? Jumping spiders have great vision, so they always see me coming.
A beard helps
probably spiders recognize him :)
I have heard that throwing them a fly first helps a lot.
He’s a spider whisperer.
Absolutely stunning macro work!
Never thought of spiders as beautiful, but you've shown me just how amazing they are. Now to deal with that arachnophobia problem that I have ; )
RedPandaGamer Thanks! I really appreciate it.
MurkyMists I know! Too bad you can't see the dozen other orchid bees buzzing around it as well!
Jaeyun Lim YE
Thomas Shahan Sir, In my DSLR (Nikon D3200) even in Manual mode, if i unmount the lens, the Flash does't work. It says it Won't work without an attached lens ! what should I do ? I am a student, and don't have much money to buy a new Body !
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Bibs Photography Not understood, why flash is needed to work, with no lens attached............
what's your IG..?
+BubblesPothowari bcoz in reverse lensing you will find that very less light will get in your camera. thats one of the reasons to use flash
Thomas!
Joy has been hard to find lately. But I managed to find it again in nature.
I've had a secret yearning to learn how to do this and I'm finally pulling the trigger on it. Fantastic lesson and superb material! Thank you very much!
Great video! Thanks.
I'm pretty sure the fear of spiders is not culture bred, though. At least not in it's origin. I think it is a very basic instinct probably much older than mankind itself. Personally I was never afraid of spiders, but if one comes into my peripheral view, in a split second my head turns and my eyes focus on the spider before I've even had time to think of it. I think our very distant ancestors, that were much smaller than modern man, had even better reasons to be aware of any such creatures around them, as some of them are quite venomous. But of course culture may well have enhanced the fear far beyond reason.