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Medium format meets mushrooms in Thomas Heaton's macro experiment

His only new upload tests close-up photography, with viewers trading practical tips and requesting a Courtney Victoria collaboration.

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Thomas Heaton Story of October 14, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

They Said You Can't Do Macro Photography With Medium Format

Can a landscape photographer find a fresh challenge by looking smaller? Thomas Heaton's latest upload, "They Said You Can't Do Macro Photography With Medium Format," takes that question into close-up territory. It has reached about 114,000 views, giving his only new video of the week a substantial audience.

The comments offer a useful glimpse of what caught people's attention: a dragonfly image, a panoramic mushroom photograph and a shot of herb Robert. Several viewers suggest a collaboration with macro photographer Courtney Victoria. Others get straight to the practicalities, proposing a small beanbag to steady the camera near the ground or a wind shield to keep plants from moving. One reader recalls discovering their own reflection in a spider's eye after getting home and checking a photograph, a rather wonderful reward for looking closely.

The macro experiment also has a companion in "Why Would Anybody Do Macro Photography!?", posted the previous week and continuing to draw views. Neither is the channel's busiest video right now: that distinction belongs to the older "I Knew The Photography Would Be Good, But This... wow.", which has passed half a million views and is attracting a slightly larger daily audience than the new upload.

At 645,000 subscribers, Heaton sits between Kelly Barlow Creations and The Crafsman Steady Craftin in audience size among nearby art and craft channels. His newest work, though, is about changing scale rather than expanding the landscape: a mushroom can have its own panorama.

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What viewers say

one of my best moments was getting home, checking the image...and seeing myself reflected in the eye of a Spider
@tedstriker2000See it on YouTube
A small bean bag is very handy, and saves resting your camera on the ground, and holds it steady while being able to reposition the camera easier.
@scottathomsonSee it on YouTube
The image of the dragonfly was my favorite!
@JMaxwell1000See it on YouTube

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The best camera for macro photography is the one in your bag :) Looks great to me!
@TheArtofGrainSee it on YouTube
Macro photography is a form of meditation. It's wonderful.
@GarenMeguerianSee it on YouTube
Great to see you trying new photography types. If you want to use your tripod right up to the ground you can invert the center column and photograph upside down.
@ChrismzellerSee it on YouTube
maybe you could do a collab video with courtney victoria? I love her macro shots and i feel like that would be a very interesting, relaxing video!
@nearlyalmostdeadSee it on YouTube
The herb Robert shot was just lovely.....
@stevej4847See it on YouTube
Great video - love the shot of the dragonfly
@barnett882See it on YouTube
Big fan of this macro road you're going down. Brings me joy to see you having a nice time learning new things.
@davehelmhaeccfSee it on YouTube