Macro Photography in ECUADOR - Episode 2: Spiders, Flies, Moths, Ants, VELVET WORMS...

[@ktomsen8528]

Thomas, you are helping the globe view the world of the most wee creatures so beautifully, in the eyes of an artist.

[@ghananatgeo]

Greetings from Ghana - Africa. I was drawn to macro photography from seeing a picture of yours years ago and I am proud to say this anywhere. Thank you for your good works

[@JudgmentalShoelace]

Unmatched quality, leaves me wishing for more

[@gregorehorror]

The best part of your videos is your kindness towards spiders, just absolutely refreshing and wonderful

[@molnaralexandru3485]

So I woke up, made some coffee and told myself: "Hmm, I would really like to see something nice". When I saw that you just uploaded a video from Ecuador I couldn't believe it and it instantly crossed my mind "oh boi, am I in for a ride". Turned out that was an understatement. It was insanely good, theraphosidae, herps and velvet worms?!?! Those are just sweet spots of mine, but everything you've seen blew my mind, it was dream-like good. The subjects and the environment, wow, I barely have words. Thank you for uploading this content. I just realized I wasn't subscribed, but have watched every video you uploaded, most of them for a few times already. So subbed and hit the bell for all notifications, I would love to see way more content from you, but I will patiently wait for each video.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Wonderful! Thank you, Thomas. I'll take this opportunity to invite you to visit the grey, grim, miserable north of England, where you'll be able to photograph rain, sleet, slugs, snails, fog, and possibly rhubarb... 🐌

[@Mark-ks9jj]

Thomas the care and respect you show the insects and other creatures you photograph speaks volumes to who you are as a person. Bravo for your humble inquiring manner well done.

[@klemenswolf7552]

Looks like wonderland to me!!! Very nice shots and video!!!!

[@kellyharrison5184]

Great videos! Well edited and very informative, yet entertaining! Thank you for sharing them. (I like the music, too)

[@highwayman1224]

Absolutely amazing footage! Thanks for sharing this!

[@MAKE_PHOTOGRAPHS_ANYWHERE]

Excellent Video ! Not my strong suite for sure . Excellent macro work on living creatures.

[@CapeKush]

Thomas, that wasp shot is simply stunning! Like the day you started off with that beautiful blue lepidopteran, you have started my day off much the same way! I always enjoy your videos!

[@leonardomera121]

So stunning job in macro.This photographs are "a gem".Ecuador is one of the best diversity places .

[@mike0rr]

That wasp and its nest shot is outright amazing!

[@ColbysUncutStrings]

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE MACRO PHOTOGRAPHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@VARIOUShorses]

Beautiful shots! I'm already pretty spoiled with Australian wildlife, but I'm a little jealous of the opportunity to see so many different animals in what looks like a stunning environment. I love that you don't use beating sheets and avoid talking animals too far from their homes as well, too many opt to prioritise their photos over the animal. The care you show to your subjects makes your work that much better :)

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

I pray we have this recognition admiration respect and love for this magnificence right here folks in our lives our spaces our clocks. ✌️♥️👍👍👍

[@fotolookconde]

Wonderful nature! Thanks for showing your marvellous work

[@naturemha]

Such an inspiring amazing episode Thomas. You are the ambassador of Macro Photography, seeing many comments below testifying their attraction towards Macro photography thru your photos and videos. Cheers, Hamza

[@michaelgerhold5659]

Dear Thomas! As always it is a huge inspiration for me, to watch your videos and photographs! I still remember the first video which has a huge impact on me as a photographer! Thx!

[@Sarappreciates]

Oh wow! Thank you so much for sharing your discoveries and your amazing photos for us all to enjoy!

[@WaterlandFilms]

There is beauty quite every corner inside and out. Amazing macroshots and story bro!

[@luiscoig8703]

Spectacular captures! I don't know how you can speak so calmly about such exciting creatures.

[@jmGargantiel]

As always, beautiful, soothing, amazing, wonderful... Love your way of showing those beauties and the endless creativity of nature. Thanks very much Thomas.

[@OliverWrightPhoto]

Brilliant video Thomas. Just makes me want to go back to El Septimo Paraiso! There were so many species in this video I didn't see on my trip. Would love to see a hammerhead fly (of course I did see many flies), the blue tiger moth looked amazing (again I saw many moths), but obviously, the velvet worm was fantastic. It looked so alien! All just reasons to go back at some point. I have a very similar clip of that tarantula down on the frog trail. I also found a baby tarantula whilst walking down from the top trail to the snake trail (I can't remember what that diagonal downhill trail was called, maybe, the anteater trail? It was quite overgrown and I had to get over and under a number of fallen trees which was when I found the young tarantula.

[@thebatzinator]

I love this soooo much!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@AndyBetterBugs]

Loved this video man! It's always a very humbling experience to see all of the beings that live out there. Even more mind blowing is when you drive an hour or two away from the first spot and change elevation. The biodiversity changes so much! You really get a sense of the immensity of biodiversity that exists in Ecuador. Evey ridge, slope, and river is full of all sorts of different life. It'd take every human on Earth to document all of the invertebrate species in Ecuador.

[@TheWildlifeHomestead]

This was incredible, Thomas! All the shots were wonderful. The pattern on the ants really surprised me, but the velvet worm is just remarkable! So neat!

[@CateChapelle]

I just love your videos. Your voice is super calming and your pictures are fantastic. I've been messing around with some extension tubes on my 60mm canon macro lens and I cannot comprehend how you manage to even hold the camera steady enough to consistently take such great shots up close. Clearly you know your stuff and you've put in a lot of effort to be as good at this as you are. Keep up the great work!

[@IanWilkinson]

I thought that the harvestmen here in the UK looked strange but those you saw in Ecuador are really weird. Great video and beautifully lit stills :)

[@GrymmsPlace]

The armoured exoskeletons of the harvestman spiders do appear to have that similarity to the collective, ancient ancestral sea relatives - very carapace-like in some of the,. Stunning visuals for a place most people will never have the opportunity to see. Thank you for posting it.

[@raulsalza]

I can't believe it took me so long to find a video like this. Subscribed

[@dr0zdo]

Fantastic job, I never thought I would watch bugs on youtube but I love it :)

[@narkonarko921]

Awesome video as always Thanks !

[@CodyLimber]

Was rewatching this in preparation for a trip to the amazon and noticed that you've got some Club-winged Manakins in the background audio, super cool!

[@ColinTimmins]

Beautiful stuff! I love how thoughtful about your subjects. Truly a kind soul.

[@drubber007]

Amazing work & outlook as always Thomas.

[@franciscopaz5952]

Wow! Nice video, as always, Thomas!!

[@Alan-Zorro]

Really appreciate the ethics involved in your macro photography.

[@argofun]

What a beautiful photos, and actually blue color is the hardest to create in nature. There is almost no pigment blue, and their color is created by microstructure that absorb certain wavelenght and reflect blue color.

[@AndyM...]

Beautifully put together and narrated video...very inspiring !!!

[@delpierro0815]

Very impressive footage - I love your macro work.

[@MrDennisk4]

Great Video Thomas 'thank you.

[@StewartWoodArt]

Fantastic video, love it :)

[@douglasstemke2444]

I looked so hard for velvet worms in Tasmania and New Zealand, no luck. Glad you saw one! Lovely video.

[@evbushkov]

Oh, such amazing rich-colored textures of these critters!

[@IiMmAaNnn]

Very nice technique and philosophy

[@Spiderific]

This was amazingly beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing this experience.

[@KerstenPhoto]

That are some very cool insects you've shot. Liked it a lot. Thank you for sharing this

[@carlosmontecino1741]

me encanto tu video de ecuador, lo vi junto a mi hija: antonella y le encanto !! saludos cordiales desde chile.

[@Torraske666]

wow beatiful pics man, thanks for sharing your work i love it

[@cptizumi]

Incredible photography. Thank you for sharing such beauty

[@radudumitrescu1]

Unsurprisingly awesome. Thank you.

[@GardenPhotoFun]

Wonderful. Pics n video. Thank you. :) Marcel amature learning photo taker. :) 😊

[@EwenBell]

Wonderful experience to join you via KZbin and listen to your narration. Your care for the wildlife is palpable. Beautiful photos too of course :) I have enjoyed following Alex on Mastodon as well, lovely to hear his name pop up here.

[@scottcleland9163]

Thank you for the video. Any time you take the time to create, its a treat for us

[@terser]

Appreciate it Scott!

[@Fluoride556]

wow, great work. I've recently found your videos and find them to be better made than modern documentaries.. keep it up!

[@georgek4990]

you made my day

[@paulorrmorais3697]

What a video!!! Fantastic! Amazing! Thanks a lot for your great ART! You got a subscriber!

[@lourias]

Beyond my wildest expectations! Your voice is mesmerizing, and the video is entrancing with all the wonderful colors! This is HOPE on many levels!

[@raptorbass4054]

What a wonderful experience!

[@Helen2514]

Incredible photography. What a treat

[@HyroDaily]

Wow, what a cool worm!!

[@solxochitl5533]

I Absolutely LOVE this, Your pictures and videos of these gorgeous species are so amazing

[@MissDanielleDawn]

So inspiring. Thank you for making this video!!

[@HoteaMarian]

I like how you choose to respect the life of little bugs, I do think that any creature have the right to live their life. Great video! 👍

[@HyroDaily]

Good ant, they drive me nuts! Them and beetles have the brightest highlights .. If your ever in the mood, I would love to watch a video on how you manage to rig up diffusers that work well. I have a pile in the corner over there, maybe I'm missing something obvious.

[@JPLamoureuxsTravels]

I’ve been waiting patiently since the last video for this one and as always I’m not disappointed! Fantastic stuff buddy 👌😉👍

[@ktomsen8528]

Delete the circle thumb symbol. Not good.

[@JPLamoureuxsTravels]

@@ktomsen8528 Why?? It's a perfect emoji then a wink, then a thumbs up?? Why not good??

[@rathcorn]

Thank you man, truly.

[@dendroleon]

this is just fantastic. thanks! i love your calm.

[@terser]

Thanks Marshall!

[@Marco-of3cu]

Just amazing work. Truly beautiful.

[@ErickOjed]

ohhh matee¡¡ your videos make me feel soo good in this quarantine thanks a lot¡ Greetings from Peru.

[@terser]

Thanks Erick!

[@Manuelordorica880]

I couldn't agree more with you, about upsetting the insects environment the least possible, and of course the insects. Many years ago, I started doing macro photography with inanimate objects. And just about a year and a half ago, I rediscovered it, with from salticidae images, which gave me something to do during these home lockdown days. I thought I'd buy one, but did not find if it is even legal to do so in Mexico. So, I turned to my fig tree: nothing. Then one day I spotted something moving on a wall, and Yes, there was one salticidae, I took it inside, and snapped a couple of shots, and released it. It didn't look like those in the pictures all over the internet, but it had it's own beauty. Then, back to the fig tree, and this time, I did find a tiny thing about two to three millimiters in lenght, beautiful. Since then, I've been taking pictures of them right on the tree. No need to disrupt their lives.

[@TK42138]

Superb video and stunning photos.

[@shikkhayoton-6340]

Nice Place & Insects !!!

[@bugsnstuff]

Beautiful!

[@maxrockbin]

Really wonderful. Thank You!

[@songomis8326]

Extraordinary pictures

[@poobertop]

What a stunning video, thank you for sharing Tommyboy. You've been a great inspiration.

[@paulus0109]

So so so beautiful Thomas. Thnks.

[@jkp123ism]

Fantastic many thanks 🙏.

[@stew8584]

Cheers, absolutely lovely, and like VARIOUS I too live in Australia, in the tropics and agree leaving things as they are is best, as I'm sure we wouldn't like it.

[@ranneabin]

Just wow! ♡♡♡

[@mothchip6360]

Fantastic work, as always!

[@gonzogorgonzola9153]

Marvellous footage! I wonder how you solved the problem of focussing in the dark?

[@BrettHondow]

Absolutely amazing! Loved the different kinds of moths especially.

[@7artisansOfficial]

That was amazing.

[@john.cbyron6702]

Thank you very much for your videos you make love them.

[@majjunior]

Espetacular !

[@Dustinrhoades]

You are to macro photography what Bob Ross is to oil painting. Great images and wonderful pacing... made it feel like I was there with you.

[@terser]

Thanks Dustin!

[@LieslHuddleston]

Wow! This is one of the most fascinating and beautiful videos with macro photography that I have ever seen! What a great opportunity for you to have been in such an incredible environment rich with these amazing species to photograph. Thank you so much for putting much thought into sharing what you learned about what you found, I have to watch this again and pause so many times, I couldn't even pick a favorite amongst any of them because each and every one is wonderful!

[@terser]

Thank you Liesl! I really appreciate it - just subscribed to your channel!

[@LieslHuddleston]

Thank you. I'm humbled by that, you are far more skilled as a photographer and storyteller than I am, but I've always believed in sharing what we know, even when we're still learning - you never know the impact you can have on planting a seed of curiosity or knowledge for someone else. I just showed my family this video, (we're all still working & studying from home) everyone was especially wowed by the ant that looks like it has fingerprints on its body, remarkable! :D

[@walkermack7139]

Great work! How do you get such vibrant colors?

[@juandelpozo5302]

M8, I loved this Ecuador series. If you ever come back, reach out, I live in Quito, maybe I can be of any help.

[@jyangers24]

My guess is that the caterpillar at 11:38 is some sort of Lasiocampidae

[@andresmoline751]

agree some sort of lappet moth cat, Lasiocampidae

[@terser]

Thanks Jonathan Y! Just checked the lasiocampids tagged from the area on inaturalist and noticed Holger Beck has been suggesting similar caterpillars as Euglyphis: www.inaturalist.org/observations/26324461

[@MrHL5]

9:22 so cute

[@jcphenix1]

So beautiful...

[@JIMU96YT]

Wow, your photos are awesome, I wish I was able to make at least half as good photos, Thank you for sharing and taking time to make this awesome videos! I don´t know if you aready done it but I would love to see how you edit your photos

[@Chickenandfriends-dj4vt]

The harvestman in particular are so alien when seen so close. Excellent channel, why has it taken so long to suggest KZbin?

[@Sawlon]

Love your videos! You also sound kind of like Edward Snowden.

[@kidsandmaternityphotograph206]

Great work bro as usual 👌 I am also a macro photographer. I used to take macro photographs using Nikon d750 and 50mm together with extension tubes, but now I am thinking to buy new dedicated macro lens, as I have not bought any macro lens yet, I can also get close to insects (as per my 10 years experience), most of them dnt get disturb, so according to that please guide me which one should I go.. your guidance will be a much appreciated and can give a positive turn in my life 😊 Thanks in advance 🙏