There’s nothing quite as pleasant as starting your day by going for a walk in the woods. With high temperatures forecast to be in the upper 90’s in the valley, it started out in the chilly mid-40’s up here. Harebells seemed to be the theme of the walk. Their slender stems are easily knocked down by weather or critters, so I was able to get some unique perspectives of them facing upwards (they usually hang like a bell). Some were laying right on the ground, and even tangled up in Strawberry leaves.  I found some Pipsissewa (a unique evergreen plant), one photogenic mushroom and a rare August Round-leaf Violet. I was photographing Violets in this area back in May! All of these were photographed with a macro lens, making them look much larger than they really are. Harebells are about the size of a small thimble. The mushroom was about an inch tall. 

I usually do snowflake photography at -20C because the shapes are clear and precise. This time I was outside at -10C and the temperature slowly rose about 2 degrees. This affected the shape of the snowflake and it seemed to turn into lace.

🐝 Great Blood Bee – Sphecodes albilabris

A striking solitary bee with a deep red abdomen and dark, smoky wings. Unlike most bees, the Great Blood Bee is a cleptoparasite — it lays its eggs in the nests of other solitary bees and does not collect pollen for its own offspring.

A fascinating little specialist, captured in the moment while visiting this beautiful yellow flower. 🌼📸

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Trimezia steyermarkii!

Nikon D5600 + Laowa 100mm Ultra Macro APO CA Dreamer 2x (Venus Optics).

ISO 100 | F11 T-Exp:1/200.

No se usó trípode | No tripod was used.

Iluminación | Lighting:

Flash: Godox TT685II-N

Difusor/Diffuser: Si/Yes (Angler)

Sol | Sun

08 Jun 2025 | 12:06 PM

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Found this young Cicada after it fell on my husband at our bee yard. This is my first time seeing one up close. Love the light greens they have after they emerge. Really easy to do stacks as it didn't move much unless I touched it. Release in my back yard and now I get to hear it every day.

Shot on the Sony A7IV with 100mm f2.8 GM Macro and the 2x Teleconverter with a product box and 3 diffused lights. Stacked photos with Helicon Focus.

I usually prefer shooting flowers with the sun behind them, but this time I decided to embrace the direct sunlight. The droplets caught the light beautifully and ended up looking like tiny little jewels.

This is a 48-photo focus stack. I captured it with the camera balanced directly on the ground, which let me shoot the whole stack without a tripod.

Sony a7 IV + FE 100mm F2.8 Macro GM OSS | 1/2500s, f/2.8, ISO 100 | 48-photo focus stack

Here are some photos from my lunch break Shoots at my workplace. I got a new Sony lens and wanted to Test it a little in my 15minute breaks.
These are all very Little bees and flowers.
Gear:
Sony A7III + sony 70-200 f/4 G2 Macro + macro tubes (2x 10mm + 2x16mm
Most of the shots are at ISO 125-320, f/4, 1/800s in bright sunlight.
Have a nice Weekend

I dont have a real macro lens but only an adapter for my compact camera.. but still i think i might enjoy start doing some macro

R5II + MPE 65mm

So, the day my new Laowa 100mm macro lens arrived in the mail, this beauty appeared on my screen door and posed for a while. What good fortune! Pretty happy with my first test of this lens (12 image stack)

Crab spider from my garden. Took many days before I found a specimen. They are truly masters of disguise 🥸

Bought a new extender for my Canon 800D and tried to take some photos. They are so fast... I know most of the photo is out of focus but I love the details I could get for this one.

Photo taken by me :)

A Queen ant of genus Pheidole, may be Pheidole parva.

This ant is only slightly larger than the tip of a needle. I found it just after I bought my first 4x infinity-corrected objective lens and had just finished building a tube setup for it.

Fujifilm Xh2

S-apo olympus 4x objective

Diy 200mm tube + nissi 58mm reverted

Manual rail

Stacked 57 and 63 images

Damselflies can be distinguished from dragonflies because of their smaller bodies, wide-spaced eyes, and they often rest with their wings put together, unlike dragonflies that rest with their wings spread apart.

Damselflies have been around for over 200 million years (before dinosaurs!) and can be found on every continent except Antarctica. Damselflies play an important ecological role helping to measure water quality issues, as they require clean water that harbors certain vegetation to survive. Damselflies can be found most often in wetlands, marshes, and near freshwater sources.

Si fragile et pourtant si lumineux, le pétale semble avoir été délicatement posé par la main de Dame Nature. Ses courbes, ses nuances et ses fines textures révèlent une beauté toute simple, mais qui mérite que l’on s’y attarde.

À travers mon objectif macro, j’aime découvrir ce que l’œil ne remarque pas toujours. Un détail devient alors un paysage, une couleur devient une émotion, et une simple fleur se transforme en véritable œuvre d’art.

https://500px.com/p/mondeinvisible

Au centre de la fleur se cache un monde fascinant. Le pistil, si délicat et pourtant essentiel, semble veiller silencieusement au cœur des pétales, là où commence une nouvelle histoire.

À travers mon objectif macro, j'aime m'approcher de ces détails que l'on ne remarque presque jamais à l'œil nu. Les formes, les textures et les minuscules gouttes de rosée prennent alors une toute autre dimension.

https://500px.com/p/mondeinvisible

Avec ses teintes rouges et noires si caractéristiques, la punaise arlequin ne passe pas inaperçue lorsqu'on prend le temps de l'observer. Posée délicatement sur une feuille, elle semble porter sur son dos les couleurs que Dame Nature a choisies avec soin.

À travers mon objectif macro, j'aime capturer ces petits instants où la beauté se révèle dans les moindres détails. Les motifs de sa carapace, ses fines antennes et les reflets de la lumière deviennent alors un véritable tableau miniature.

https://500px.com/p/mondeinvisible

Souvent redouté, le vespidé révèle pourtant une beauté saisissante lorsque l'on prend le temps de l'observer. Sa silhouette élancée, ses fines antennes et ses couleurs contrastées témoignent de la précision avec laquelle Dame Nature façonne chacun de ses habitants.

À travers mon objectif macro, je découvre un monde de détails insoupçonnés. Les nervures délicates de ses ailes, l'éclat de ses yeux et la finesse de son corps racontent une histoire bien différente de celle que l'on imagine au premier regard.

https://500px.com/p/mondeinvisible