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

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.

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.

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

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... 🐌

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

That wasp and its nest shot is outright amazing!

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 :)

Absolutely amazing footage! Thanks for sharing this!

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!

Wonderful nature! Thanks for showing your marvellous work

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

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

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.

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!

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.

Really appreciate the ethics involved in your macro photography.

Great Video Thomas 'thank you.

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!

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

Very nice technique and philosophy

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

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 :)

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

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

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

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

Awesome video as always Thanks !

Fantastic work, as always!

Absolutely amazing! Loved the different kinds of moths especially.

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

Amazing work & outlook as always Thomas.

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE MACRO PHOTOGRAPHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

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

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

Wow! Nice video, as always, Thomas!!

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

Unsurprisingly awesome. Thank you.

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.

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

Espetacular !

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

Incredible photography. Thank you for sharing such beauty

Incredible photography. What a treat

Very impressive footage - I love your macro work.

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

What a wonderful experience!

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

Just wow! ♡♡♡

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

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

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

@terser

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Erick!

you made my day

Fantastic video, love it :)

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

@terser

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marshall!

So inspiring. Thank you for making this video!!

Really wonderful. Thank You!

Just amazing work. Truly beautiful.

Wonderful experience to join you via KZread 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.

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

Thank you man, truly.

Beautiful!

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

Superb video and stunning photos.

So beautiful...

Fantastic many thanks 🙏.

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

@terser

4 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it Scott!

That was amazing.

So so so beautiful Thomas. Thnks.

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

Extraordinary pictures

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

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

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

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! 👍

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

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dustin!

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

@ktomsen8528

2 жыл бұрын

Delete the circle thumb symbol. Not good.

@JPLamoureuxsTravels

2 жыл бұрын

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

Wow, what a cool worm!!

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.

Nice Place & Insects !!!

Great video, I never use to mind spiders but after seeing macro shots of them they are gross, I know one place I’ll never go to.

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@LieslHuddleston

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

9:22 so cute

the black tarantula was cute

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

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

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

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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 🙏

Great work! How do you get such vibrant colors?

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

@andresmoline751

4 жыл бұрын

agree some sort of lappet moth cat, Lasiocampidae

@terser

4 жыл бұрын

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