Beauty Through the Microscope: Bugs Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before | Short Film Showcase
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- Levon Biss takes sports portraits for a living. He's worked with world-class athletes and published front-page photographs. Wanting a project to work on at home that would combine his passion for photography and nature, he started taking macrophotographs ... of bugs. The result? "Microsculpture-a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification." In this short film, Biss explains what is required to portray one insect and delight the audience with an unforgettable viewing experience.
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The closer you look, the grander the universe appears to be.
P Prehn The craft of God 😊
Eric Bryant God doesn't exist
As above so below. As in heaven so on earth. The universe is a hologram
the idea of God is a fabrication by the human mind
gsx-r7502018 and who are you to say god exist ? 😂 Either way, whether you believe in God or not, we can all achieve a common ground; the universe is stunning and mind boggling, we are lucky we can perceive it, learn of it and exist in it. :)
When you really think about it, it’s incredible how different insects are when compared to vertebrates. They’re almost like alien creatures.
This is still their planet. We just borrow it
@@bennyblunto973 this is nobody’s planet. Organisms are just parasites
@@bennyblunto973 no it's also ours
@@fahadashrafofficial true. It’s our planet.
because of the light editing they look alien
I'd love a follow up video of this subject
Add me on skype. I have an update for you. ^_^
***** maybe. 🙄
Thanks! For another great Ted Talk check out photographer Fabian Oefner
He's on the doul brok and marid to a mosquito
i love u
I love how in nature, no matter which direction you go, you will find immense detail and complexity. In the universe it's the same, as far out as you go, you'll find immense detail, as far zoomed in you go you'll find immense detail. It's mind boggling really.
there's much more detail 'smaller' than us than there is 'bigger' than us. apparently we are somewhere near the middle, but somewhat toward the larger side
Yah
mind bottling* like your mind is trapped in a bottle
@@josiahamaze Oh... ok, is it because...your religion says something else?
Proof?
Our universe and nature are about all fractals and cellular automata. Iterated processes creating complexity over billions of years.
The fact he had to put it together digitally and seamlessly is incredible considering the finished product
The incredible fact here is that he didn’t hire a software developer to write a makro or program to analyse the blurry areas, mask them and probably get a picture done in seconds.
@@hanfbrot yeah he just uses the clone / stamp tool in PS to blend them together, nothing wrong with that but your suggested method would have been more accurate.
@@visualdosage234 maybe clone stamp to repair mistakes, but when you have 2 pictures, one is blurry in the right side, the other is blurry on the left, it only makes sense to mask out the blurry parts as good as possible and “stitch” them in the middle if needed.. in the best case you can blend them in that part.
But my suggestion was moreover directed to the time he had to invest, not so much the quality!
@@hanfbrot
4:51 why was the insect in different parts? do you know?
@@Dwight_ It’s just a wild guess but I personally would part it into head, wings etc. to have defined section on which I’m working on.
In one photo it might be that only part of the head, part of the “torso”, some parts of the wings are in focus or “sharp”.
If you have to look out for the sharp parts it might be that you end up with thousands of pictures with only single sharp slices of the body.
I think it’s just easier to go through all the pictures and only concentrate on the head, then on the legs and so on.
This is ridiculously addicting. I wish there was more photographers like you out there. I might adopt this as a hobby of mine in the future.
I know your comment was two years ago but you should visit the website Photomacrography. com
So howd it turn out? It's 2 years later
Sooo how it turn out ?
He's probably dead.
Kirin Yardberry I agree.... R.I.P
Amazing ! How often do we think of insects as just simple life forms. These pictures really demonstrate the beauty and complexity of their miniature world.
Such a great collaboration between these two gentleman! It's science but also fine art. Absolutely wonderful.
Hmmm ... have these people met zeFrank? Of "Puffin Muffin" song fame?
I don't even like bugs, but this is amazing! I would love to go.
Up close they dont look like bugs they look like entire worlds, I wish I could visit too
i don’t care noob
@@rodriguezian_mcmuhammed3185 lol please shut up
I agree, but i have a feeling they purposefully chose the pretty bugs with stunning colors so it's not repulsive to the viewers. If i saw a centipede or worms, i would click dislike, close youtube, shut down my PC, disconnected the internet router and take a long shower.
@@twentytwo138 centipedes and worms are not bugs...
This puts a lot of photographers to shame
buzz magister Is it "I am death"?
only in china do people feel shame. great culture
I'm still a newbie when it comes to photography. One of the things I'm learning is that often a picture that looks "so-so" is given loads of recognition and praise, and it's hard for me to see why. Breaking down Biss's technique here, and giving us the behind-the-scenes into what he has to do to grab these pictures makes me appreciate it a thousand times more.
I'm studying to be an entomologist and omg I'm excited to get a look at these one day 😃
@Will Pack Not the same
i eat ents for fun
And imagine complementing the exhibition of this insects with a 3D printed model in high detail next to the photo. I would pay to go to something like this!
@Joseph Beckmann not that big. Like an action figure big.
@Joseph Beckmann No problems. Glad you understood
The design of each insect is truly awe inspiring.
Wow. Levon Biss just took photography to a whole new level. He could easily be the Michelangelo of our time.
So true
John was just using his understanding or knowledge of a great painter, photographer , ect. to describe and compare Levons level and detail of imagery in a way that even an elementary student could grasp right away.
You are all correct tho, he has definitely stepped up the game in detailed photography.
That vampire is definitely good with microphotography
Michelangelo was a photographer, is just that in that time they did pictures by hand.
I hate hyperbole more than anything in the entire world.
Every inspiration you could ever need is literally in nature.
I am both an entomologist and a photographer. This is amazing! I am a junior in college and I am learning about all of the structures on the insect body. The amount of detail God put into these creatures is quite amazing. Through evolution, many things get derived and changed to things you would never think an insect would engineer to have on its body! This video is very inspiring.
They were so fascinating. I wanted to see if someone gave credit to God for these amazing creatures, without them, life wouldn't exist. I saw you mentioned God, then evolution.
There is so much evidence in a Creator, how could these intricate little critters come about by chance, or slowly?
When I look around a the wonders of Creation, that's how I know there is a God. And one with a sense of humor. 👍
@@michellemicallef3250 Sorry, but once you see enough of the **other** tiny, hidden parts of nature (like parasitic wasps, sea star gestation, bat-eating centipedes, etc) you must honestly conclude that Nature can also be like an unbelievably sadistic horror-show.
We should just feel lucky that such natural grotesqueries don't occur as much on our own, macro level (except for some human actions).
Just sayin'.
every video has to have a mouth breather sticking his imaginary god
@@lads.7715 How can there exist pleasure and happiness, without the existence of suffering and horror? Couldn't an alternate version of our reality include tortures that are orders of magnitude worse than we can even fathom? I think we'd probably imagine a reality like ours and think it must be heaven. In a reality far more comfortable and uneventful than this one, what's to stop us from treating a simple breaking of a leg as an absolute tragedy?
IMO it's worth considering that our notions of these extremes are purely calibrated to our existence and experience, and our universe is not inherently good or evil. Maybe this nuanced reality can't be pointed to as evidence of god, but I don't think it can be used as disproof either.
@@lads.7715
Thanks Lad S
But how many of those critters do you see in your day to day life? They all have there place in the Bush or sea. There all there for a purpose, food for other creatures. We wouldn't be able to exist without those creatures that just go about doing there jobs without our notice.
There fascinating to see so close up. If I told you nobody built your house, it just evolved, would you believe me? Of course not. Someone had to draw the plans, someone then had to build it in a specific way, floor first, then walls, roof, windows, ....
That bug looks like a noble flying creature straight out of a mythical movie when it's scaled that large. Just incredible
The universe offers awesome details even in tiny things. :D
You mean God, right? There's no way a single universe could create such detailed creatures by itself...
chill it's jok
Wow! Evolution is smart!
@Radrook. Evolution is proven
69 Solo why not credit the creator even though he doesn’t need our credit, God is almighty & all wise his creation is so amazing no word can explain.
God is a great designer. All praise belongs to Him.
It's an infinite picture and endless detail in the nano/micro nature stuff.
Great beauty...
Needs to be revealed...
Depth is complex yet mind bogglingly beautiful.
Man, nature is really wonderful art
Amazing photos!! I wish we could download the files and explore each bug. I hope this is just the beginning
you can't download the photos, but you can see them, just go to the link in the descripion
@@ivanbuldrini8143 ooo..
Hats off to Levon Biss. When a subject is this small the in-focus point is less than razor thin. To achieve this level of quality, on such a scale is extremely challenging.
God is amazing.
As someone who paints models on a professional level, these photos are so amazing! Just looking at these can help artists like me get even more detail on the tiny models we paint.
Credit to the master painter: The Creator who not only gave these lifeforms life, but colors and details on a Godly level.
I know! The detail has me salivating lord mercy!
The more interesting and flawless the design the more u know how skilled the designer is ☝️
In a world divided by tribes, negativity and frustration this short film is refreshing. Passion above all, entomologist, photographer, we are all one. Scientists are artists, and artists are scientists. Great
God never ceases to amaze me ! The details....the texture and the art in all things perishable !
@Umbreon Moon Let's all respect the power that created us humans and these tiny insects
@Umbreon Moon How do you know that the real source of every single creation is fake? Calling God fake is like calling creation fake because creation can be seen with eyes, which means that there must be a source from which all things proceed. If you think there is no such power, you are the most unscientific and illogical person
Let there be no doubt, the closer you look at nature the more exquisite, sophisticated, and beautiful it becomes.
Truly a new art form. It's spectacular in beauty as well as ingenuity.
Who on earth could possibly give this a thumbs down. This is spectacularly amazing, and really cool too.
Perhaps because they forgot to give G-d the glory, when we can so evidently see it is anything but randomly assembled, by chance?
The creator of the heaven and earth and everything in it is truly amazing!
Creator or not, this is absolutely stunning. If you place God into the equation or place the science and evolution its both 2 very beautiful stories
@@vintinoo1924 “Which, then, of your Lord’s blessings do you both deny?”
Qur'an 55:13
this is not about insects, this is about how cool photographers are
With the amount of complexity and beauty, it is amazing to think that some insects only live a few short weeks. GOD IS AMAZING
Evolution is absolutely beautiful isn't it?
@@vintinoo1924 if you think that this was made by evolution then you are very delusional , this is 100% designed and made by peak intelligence that is Allah , impossible for this to evolve like this , just think bro think
Amazing how everything under our noses has amazing details we can't see.
Now this guy is a real PRO...!
Now make it in 3D... xD
So amazing and beautiful, only a fool would deny that there is a Master Creator and designer of such extraordinary and detailed creatures!
Well done. What an Amazing God he is. So many people give credit to the creation and not to our Creator. ✔
Simply amazing..
Wow! Art and science mixed together. That's what I love.
Just beautiful I will never look at insects the same again. Nature At It's finest. Bravo
Amazing, incredible attention to detail!
Yeah no kidding
Incredible. The closer you look, the more alien they appear 👽
I'd love to go to that exhibition.
These photos probably look 100 times better in person
Whats more impressive than the insects are the humans that come up with the technology to make this happen.
Uber-Privileged Imo adaptations from millions of years of evolution through creatures that only live days or weeks at a time is more impressive than just focusing light through a prism but that's just me.
All Things Great and Small. How magical. Thank you both, gentlemen, for your collaboration and Levon Biss for your amazing patience an artistry.
didn’t ask + ratio + hugeblackballs
Gods very creative. Beautiful complexity, and detail in miniature.Working parts ,and as you say, beauty.
God is also very destructive and cruel to make parasites and to give aids to babies...a very sick god indeed!
@@flotinaway7 lol yup
God is One... and he does exists, He is The Ever Living
Mark Cook indeed ! 💜
Mark are you just trolling, or you are being serious?
Now that would have been an exhibition I'd really love to see. This huge images of tiny insects are truly magnificent.
Incredible creations seen in a better light , Great job!
"O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures. Here is the ocean, vast and wide, teeming with life of every kind, both large and small."
Beauty is in the eye of the bee-holder
It's a fantastic idea to show insects in such size and detail as millions have wondered what they truely look like micro photography opened a billion year old mystery its brilliant
I myself wouldn't mind having the opportunity to attend a conference where we see all the pictures this guy makes coz I never knew insects had such wonderful colors.. Some would legit say they are from a magical story... It would be interesting to know if what we see in this video can also be done with small aquatic animals coz to be honest aquatic animals also have wonderful design patterns including the fact that we could learn something new all food for thought
Would u please be kind as to let me know if u are able to do aquatic animals this is my first time watching one of ur videos and haven't seen ur other content but no doubt about it imma go check it out right away u are have great talent 👌
I had no idea how much went in to photographing with a microscope. The pictures looked magnificent! They must have been something to see. Beetle shapes are magical sculptures.
The video feels like some kind of superhero movie,I dont know why,probably because it reminds me a bit of Ant Man
The scoring!:)
Really? That’s funny because all it did for me is make me itch.
I agree with him. It was very trusting for the museum to let him place the specimens in a lunch sack and transport them on a motorcycle to his photo lab.
The power of photographer
Insects may be deemed as vulnerable to humans but seeing them this close --- we might want to think about that again. The complexity of their outside mind-blowing aaa
That's beautiful! I would love to learn this process 😍
Love when he talks about trust and rides off on a motorcycle with specimens - awesome!
Amazing.. Wish it was in North America
why?
Because I don't have to money to go to Britain...
I have the money, don't have the time 😑
yeah sure mate... don't act like you'd have the time to make it if it was in the neighboring state to you ya nob
Arman M how could it be? NA people are too busy eating burgers
There's folks in history that change the game for the greater good of mankind, and Mr. Biss just hit a grand slam!
Wow! Amazing work!
WOW I would buy a book with all his insect photos. God is an Awesome Creator.
Excellent!
The sense of wonder is overwhelming
Fuckin hell this terrifies me. But it's so interesting.
yep
This is so incredible if you think what length photographers go to get a great shot. Sometimes the best idea is to look down right where you are.
amazing art!
Amazing how just shrinking the scale of life completely changes the shapes and proportions that evolution would favour, almost alien.
**It would have been nice to see images of insects and spiders...INSTEAD OF TWO GUYS/A MOTORCYCLE/AND EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT BUGS!**
I wouldn't mind having beautiful pictures like this hanging on my wall.
so there are 100 million bug species in the world..... this guy is gonna have his hands full... not to mention sea life like jelly fish n such..
There are only 8.4 million species of living being in total in our earth.. 100 million species of insects only is crazy 😅
I go stupid crazy when someone brings out a new idea and makes it possible nowadays , this is amazing
Hey, thanks really cool!
Amazing... the more you learn about the universe and the microverse the more it points away from chance and toward a designer.
How? Lol
3:25 Can somebody identify what animal that skull belongs to?
Bull i think XD
um mm a ram?
Dinosaur
Bison skull
The devil
Genius! The Nobel prize is waiting for you!
Images of objects under electron microscopes blow these away.
Just couldn't think of one positive thing to say, could ya?
***** Learn to accept criticism.
Are you not aware that he's using an objective lens from an electron microscope? The objective lens is mounted on the camera lens for the higher magnification that you see in the images. He's probably using the 5X objective lens and he can go all the way to the over 40X objective lenses.
K Kim , he's using objectives from an optical microscope, a scanning electron microscope doesn't have any optical components at all. Awesome work!
Blue Planet Photo Studio Right...
This is ,,,,breathtaking. God bless
Talk less show more closeups
A famous photographer (forgot who) said “if it’s not interesting enough, get closer”. This is taking that advice to a whole new level
I wonder how many of the museums insects he ruined on the bike ride home smh
Devin Cruz Yeah...unfortunately...I ALWAYS worry that these kind of guys are squished by me...😓
They were stored in protective boxes designed to hold preserved insects.
And then he kicks the box to his door
he seems like a pretty capable fellow, I’m sure they were fine
probably 0
I love technology because teaching us ... How beautiful God make the insect and detail
God? No this is pure nature!
Can you do this with different strains of marijuana? 😁
Animals look so perfect .
Mehhh Boys with expensive toys
This is so so cool. Imagine having a image with such a high resolution that you could see all induvidual cells. The image would take way too long to put together and would be the size of a sky scraper so we’ll just have to imagine.
All praise be to the Creator for such a beautiful and mesmerising creation!☝️
The patience!! Amazing!
with the right lighting and camera angles even hillary can be beautiful.
Micro photography is amazing.
The smaller the creature or any creation the greater the detail and beauty from bugs/insects and snow and much more😍
I think someone in this world has the talent to paint an accurate picture in less time than that.
Taking photography to science level is really impressive!
OMG OMG OMG!!! He is the OG of Macro Photography!!! Pure Genius!!
Out God is amazing - this is no "accident" that these creatures came into being with such amazing detail. Nor is your life an "accident". You are purposefully made by a grand designer.
It’s sad stuff like this gets hardly any attention compared to the most watched videos these days, the next generations are not equipped or focused on carrying on enough of what has helped so many people today.
Imagine having a wall size bug poster on the wall by your bed. Sick!
I absolutely adore the finished picture.