Methods in Macro Photography with Thomas Shahan
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
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Here's another short clip documenting how I shoot arthropod macros in the field. Special thanks to Kathleen Neeley (www.kinkprints.com) for filming the outdoor scenes. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
99.9% of people never see these creatures at the macro level, and therefore never appreciate what beauty they possess.
Excellent work.
"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.
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 😉
This guy is calming as fuck
It's like the Bob Ross of photography
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.
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!
Wow. Such an inspiration. I usually never comment on any of the utube videos. I could be so selfish. But, this video changed me. As a beginner trying to explore macro photography this video taught me it's not about the "GEAR" I was hunting for but, It's the Micro environment that it's all about. Thank you again. Keep inspiring
These pics make for a great Desktop background. First I turned off 'Annotations' and at full screen @3:36 I took a screen shot of the caterpillar using the "print screen key" on the keyboard and then I opened Windows Paint program and selected paste then I saved the picture in PNG format and now I use the picture as my Desktop background. : )
Absolutely stunning macro work!
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!
Thomas, I just love your feeling on all of the videos!
Thanks for sharing it!!!
Thomas, your sweet and simple words are always an inspiration. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Have a great day!
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.
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
I'm glad you're back making videos. You've got a nice calm demeanor about you. Thanks for helping me unwind after work. Cheers!
I really like the way you explain the whole content. The relatively slow pace of your narration also implicitly tells us to be patient while exploring these beautiful subjects. This speaks volumes about how you go about doing your work and create such stunning work
I loved this video! Your love of nature comes across in the way you speak about these little insects :) this brightened my day. Thank you
One of the best macro photography I have seen.
Their beauty is truly overwhelming! Thanks Thomas.
Wow Thomas. Just wow. These shots are spectacular, and the fact that you are respecting the beauty of the creatures and are leaving them to their own environments is wonderful. I'm inspired to attempt macro using my on camera flash with a homemade diffuser now. Thank you for your thoughtful and insightful videos.
I'm more than impressed. That was amazing!
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 TH-cam 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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Thomas, your work is masterful. I am amazed by the shots you can get.
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!
I really loved the way you put it up!! Pictures are beautiful Thomas.
nice
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!
Thomas, your calm narration, deep insights and wonderful images have made me a fan!
This is the calmest video I think I've ever watched, while still managing to be completely riveting. Beautiful shots and great explanation.
Thomas!
Joy has been hard to find lately. But I managed to find it again in nature.
Just run into your great instructive video, thanks for the tips. What a relief to finally see and hear a normal person talking and explaining without yelling or screaming or wearing stupid or silly hats/caps! 😊
Truly the most amazing and beautiful Macro photographs I've ever been lucky enough to see. I'm in awe of your fantastic photos. Pure brilliance!!
I came back again to say again how amazing your work is. That equipment is cheaper than used iphone, but you are getting results out of it that are stunning. True inspiration.
This video is so chill.
I know right, every tutorial video is like no 1 boom no 2 boom, no 8 done
Lovely video and spectacular pictures! Thanks for sharing.
The narration, the music and the pictures themselves make this video more than a 'methods in Macro Photography' list. In one word, in plain submersible. Great advice. Thanks! :)
I do love your outlook. When I tell people it's not about praising (or not) my photography skills, but about showing how fascinating the world of tiny creatures is, I can get odd looks. It is about doing what we can and learning along the way... Thank you for your video 🤗
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.
Wow, this was beautiful. What a uniquely passionate form of photography. So glad I watched all of it well done! +1 sub.
Such a beautiful message! Thanks for sharing your experiences and showing us that it's not about the perfect equipment or experience but the fact of explore and photograph.
This video is way more better than any other tutorial video i've ever seen. Your video is very relax and your explanation and your point of view regarding macro is great. Love it
you are so impressive! i have never imagined that we can use 50mm as so
by the way,which one do you use m50 1.4 or k50 1.4?
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 ; )
Stunning work. Thank you for taking the time to show your process.
Beautiful photos of amazing creatures and a beautiful message about them! Much appreciated!
this is the most relaxing thing Ive watched in ages :)
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
Big fan of your work Thomas. Thanks for sharing!
Inspirational!
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.
You know magic! Love your works - much thanks Thomas for sharing your experience with us. :)
WOW!! Absolutely jaw-dropping! It just goes to show that you don't need all the latest gadgets and gizmo's to produce absolutely incredible shots! I've just started (at 46) photography and in particular, close-up photography with a simple bridge camera, and this video is an inspiration!
Hi Thomas. I too was hooked by your jumping spiders video. This one is excellent yet again. I know you say equipment isn't the critical factor, but can you tell us what lens/tube set up you used for the very high magnification shots, such as the beautiful closeups on the arthropod eyes please - even with reflections - wow ! ? I already use Kenko tubes and an old 50mm prime reversed, but I don't get the magnification that you do. Far from it. I'm an environmental biologist, so this really does fascinate me. Thanks Thomas.
Hi Thomas. Really appreciate if you could satisfy my curiosity re- the above question. Love your work. Thanks. Gelert :)
To the extent of my knowledge, I don't think the brand of extension tubes are the determining factor. I'm not exactly sure how he gets so incredibly close haha but the type of extension tubes shouldn't matter. I use a very cheap set with a reversed 50mm and I get about 1.5:1 magnification but he seems to get at least 2:1.
cole udall That's what interests me too. Great if he would reply.
By cropping the image you can milk some additional magnification. That's where a high pixel sensor comes in handy. I think too that Thomas is using a small aperture, say f16, to get the depth of field (DoF) increased and get more of the bug in reasonable focus. The flash gives him the ability to stop down and also helps to freeze the action and get a clean image. This also allows the use of a cheaper lens that has no image stabilization built-in. So, the flash is fairly important unless your object is in bright sunshine. The Oshiro 60mm f2.8 macro lens can do 2:1 magnification. It is low cost but pretty sharp. It is a purely manual lens. BTW, it can focus at infinity too.
I , too, was inspired by Thomas to photograph spiders and insects. It certainly won't be the cheapest option, but I was able to add up to about 36 mm of extension tube behind my excellent birding lens, Canon's 100-400 Mark II. This is a relatively new lens that can focus down to about 1 meter. Adding 12 to 36mm of extension tube brings it in real close. My prior birding lens, the Canon 100-400 Mark I could only focus to about 6 feet, but the difference between 6 feet and 3 feet is huge, as extension tubes are usefully effective on the new lens, but not the old.
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
Thomas thanks so much for doing another video. Just great to watch as always.
the most beautiful images of arthropods I have ever seen! I just bought a 100mm macro and was browsing to see what I could find on macro photography techniques...You have opened my eyes.Thanks so much for sharing your methods.
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.
Great Video
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Hi - i just wanted to say that i enjoy your videos sooo much. The calmness in your voice combined with interesting content and information - well structured speech. I like watching them.
You are my favorite photographer no matter what just because of your style! Not only photo style but also personality!
very very very nice work
+dPico totally agree, very nice video
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
You are such an inspiration. So glad I found your works while looking for macro lenses. The first time I saw one of your videos, you were reviewing the Laowa 15mm wide angle macro. Truly amazing what you can pull off with the setups you have created.
This macro world is so beautiful. I’m touched my heart seeing this little bugs. Thank you
Another amazing video about your work...I appreciate your openness and feeling for the details.
Beautiful creatures, such a fantastic world we have and as you said a closer look is inevitable. Great shots and thanks for the video.
Hi Thomas, once again a simple en clear explanation for the beginners. Your first one gave me the ideas i needed to get going. These days i am working ina museum photographing insects for the archive. I love your work like many others. Best regards, André from the Netherlands.
I've been researching macro gear because like you, I am very interested in the world of these tiny creatures we never take much notice of and that most people just thoughtlessly kill when they do take notice of. After reading so many lens reviews, pros and cons of extenders, just finished watching a video where someone said the one method no one should use is reversing your lens, and now I click on this video and you have the most simple and home crafted setup for taking such extraordinary shots. It's really inspiring to see someone make the absolutely most of such unconventional methods.
Love this video. Its so refreshing to see someone who cares for the subject matter as much as you do.
I started shooting macro last year and have found it to be my favourite subject so far, as I am quite new to photography I only have modest equipment ie t3i and a efs 60mm but I have obtained some decent photos.
I look forward to developing my skills further and just wanted to thankyou for this video.
Kris.
Thank you, I love your perspective, both photographic and how you explain things! „Find your own way“. ❤
Superb tutorial, fascinating to see the fantastic insects so colorful. Never imagined these insects were so beautifully created.
There is no more left for us to do - you have done it and all we can do is to imitate - amazing job of yours, wow !!
Excellent and thought-full instruction; even better with photographic examples. Well done Thomas!
what a nice video ! What I like most is that you use just a simple eqipment and you get a stunning result ! Congratulations !
The message in the last two minutes of the video is just priceless. I totally relate to this. As a nature and landscape photographer I think this applies to my subjects as well. this should be heard by every photographer, with instagram craze nowadays even more important than 5 years ago...
Absolutely stunning, both the photos and advice.
Thank you Thomas
what a beautiful video. this is a thank you, from almost a decade in the future.
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.
So relaxing... and many nice tips and truths. From the closer look to give up on the rush to worry about the fanciest setup and so on. 💯
this is pure poetry. Love your approach to macro
Excellent and brilliant work Thomas, I really appreciate what you do... keep it coming 👌🦋
You truly are a beautiful soul. I share your love for insects, especially spiders. I want to become a macro photographer, and your work inspires me so much.
Thomas, your work inspires us all to greatness
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.
Wonderful video sir! THANK YOU for all the time and effort you put into it!!!
That was the most amazingly inspiring video on macro I've seen, thank you for taking the time to do that for us.
I am a beginner and I appreciate your attitude towards the little ones. After watching this video I am really really excited and I hope to be able to produce beautiful images like you
It was really a delight to watch your videos. They are inspirational to many of amateur macro photographers like me! Thanks for sharing.
Omg I love your work I thank God for putting people like you on this earth your photos show multiple universes love your work
Your photography and videos bring so much you to me. Thank you!
I am impressed! These photos and the tips you share are amazing. Thank you so much. Jan.
Thomas, you are a GOD! :D It was you almost 3 years ago, when I found your channel, that made me love macro photography as much as I do til today. Youve got that special kind of calmness everyone wants to achieve by doing yoga and all this stuff, but it really is just enjoying what you're doing everyday and staying calm and focused at the objects you want to take photos of. I as a German am always struggeling a little when I see, how beauti- and colorful your subjects are - in Germany there are only very few really colorful insects and we also got only the boring jumping spider-kinds :D But I had the chance to do macro photography for a living for a year and I took it. That was the greatest decision I ever made and you may feel responsible for that!
The shots are gorgeous, the tiny little things are amazing, never seen so much detail in macro 👏
Awesome, I'm very new to photography, and you clearly show that you have to be creative to get awesome pictures, not a matter of expensive gear. LOVE IT!
Such beautiful shots! And you seem to be a very humble individual.
That is the most sense I have heard on the subject of macro photography and macro kit, thank you
macro photography is close to my heart, truly inspired by your work, thank you!
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.
When Technique disappears, vanishes, behind a perfect result, it's just Art.
Un grand respect et une grande admiration pour votre approche de la Vie.
One of the perfect, sincere advise by a macro specialist wow ! Thanks a lot !!