It’s a sea mouse Aphrodita aculeata. It’s an annelid a segmented worm like an earthworm and, it has those beautiful chaetae the long sharp filamenrs sticking out. they’re vivid iridescent blue and green shimmering wonders using eighty-eight nano sized hexagonal cylinders inside each hollow filament called complete spectrum photonic crystals. These refract reflect and scatter light passing into the chaetae into all the colours of the visible spectrum. It’s terribly beautiful. Sea mice are very special animals.
Just amazing how you get such fabulous-looking final results from rather unpromising subjects!! If I tried to photograph those flowers and fruits they would look very boring. Thanks for the creative tips, therefore.
I enjoy your videos the most when you walk around and show how there truly is beauty everywhere, you just have to take the time to find it. I enjoyed the wood/old branch/ log image and know where there are some fallen trees near me. I’m going to visit next week to see if I can get some more experience trying my hand at macro. Thanks for posting. I always look forward to your videos. Have a lovely day.
Thanks so much, Tamara, I really appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave such a nice comment! I highly recommend visiting those fallen trees and seeing what you can find. Good luck!!
Another great informative video! I feel like I'm watching a documentary on macro photography and its captivating. I think the shell from beach level is a beautiful image and not one I or others would see. Feel I've found a great channel here. 👍
Wonderful video. I'm amazed you still have blooming flowers in December! I'm struggling to take photos here in Wisconsin, USA now that everything is dead but videos like this inspire me to keep looking. Also, I had a fan-girl moment when I saw the mini TARDIS behind you. :)
The seed which is incased is called Nicandra Physalodes Gaertn. comman name is Apple of Peru. Love that overhead flash look great videos stay safe I am in Kent the garden of England.
Hi Andrew - Great video, very informative. I believe your favourite photo is that of the Chinese Lantern, they are a lovely orange colour before they decay but you nailed that photo. I think the starfish where the result of the last storm, I read that thousands of starfish had been washed up along the Scottish coast, as for the strange creature you uncovered I have no clue. Several years ago, I managed to photograph an Octopus walking/crawling along the waters edge at the entrance to Lough Foyle on the Northern Ireland coast and that is my weirdest capture.
Thanks Ken! I think you're right. I Googled the star fish when I got back and there were quite a few seen up and down the coast. I've never seen one that size just on the beach like that. Not sure if it was alive but I shimmied it back into the waves anyway!
No, it's Nicandra physalodes in fact. The seed heads do look similar to Chinese lantern, (which is Physalis, hence 'physalodes') but they are smaller and plumper, and the veins and ridges are more protruding than in Chinese lantern. The flowers of Nicandra are purple and the lanterns are green with parts that are dark purple, almost black, with a fairly large berry inside, while the flowers of Physalis are white, and the lanterns themselves are a bright orange with a small orange berry inside.
@@sofievanherle4570 Thank you Sofie for pointing out the differences, I was totally unaware of the Nicarandra physalodes, but thanks to your botanical knowledge, I am slightly the wiser. Everyday is a school day. Thank you.
The look you get outside with the flash is inspiring. As Ken said the wonderful shot of the encapsulated fruit/seed head are physalis also known as Chinese lanterns, the orange fruits are edible. Did you know you lost sound for 10 secs at 9:21, otherwise really enjoyed the vlog.
Thanks so much, Jeff! Good to know that's what they are. I've eaten physalis before but not seen them growing openly like this so I'm glad I got the shot!
Also no I absolutely did not notice that I lost sound and I have no idea what ghosts are living in my machine to cause this kind of nonsense! Thanks for the spot!
@@AndrewLanxonPhotography 2 times your lost the sound, it lasted between 5-10 sec each time. I really like your style as youtuber, I am now a member of your youtube channel!
I would like to have a go at it with my focus stacking setup to see how much detail I can pull out of my final image compared to my otherwise 16MP or 24MP cameras :D
Haha yep I'd be able to get the same with my canon too. It's not about the camera, as we all love to say! But I wasn't going to miss my opportunity to take this beast out for a shoot!
Nice video , I always well alot of times i shoot macro for any subject such as yourself here , water , leaves , barks , even rust paterns on metal steel 150 mp ?
@@AndrewLanxonPhotography Hello Andrew. Could you satisfy my curiosity please - did you remove my reply to franmol01's comment? I placed a link to a website that supported my suggestion (see separate comment) that those flowers weren't Chinese Lanterns (lovely photo btw :). Or did RU-vid flag it as spam or whatever and prevent it from being seen? Thanks.
PhaseOne cameras are great but rather miserable for true macros, especially beyond 1:1 - and most of your photos are closeups but far from being macros. That's not a critique of your photos! It's just that the title "worlds best macro camera" is entirely inappropriate when it comes to PhaseOne camera.
