macrophotography

21d

📍 Irvine, California
🗓️ October 24, 2025
📷 Sony a7iii, Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro with Extension Tube 25, 1/1000th, ISO 320

#photography #bloomscrolling #flower #flowers #PricklyPearCactus #Opuntia #ant #ants #nature #macro #macrophotography #vintagelens

The image shows a close-up view of a vibrant yellow flower with a focus on its central components. In the center, a small green pistil is surrounded by numerous yellow stamens coated with pollen. Two small ants are visible navigating the flower's interior—one on the green pistil and one on the stamens. The background is a soft blur of yellow petals, creating a smooth, warm texture that contrasts with the detailed reproductive structures of the flower.

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94d

Stonecrops (Sedum sp.)

#monochrome #sepia #macro #macrophotography #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #sedum

Macro sepia photograph of very small and open flowers of stonecrops, looking like five pointed stars, with anthers on long stamens like black dots all around the centre. Other flowers are blurred in the sepia background.

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87d

Macro surprise

#FotoVorschlag 'Verrückte Natur' #monochrome #blackandwhite #macro #macrophotography #insects #grasshopper #photography

Macro photograph in black and white of the face of a grasshopper, looking a little surprise to have its picture taken. The insect seems to have crooked eyes with long antennas between them, and an open "mouth" with mandibles on each side. What looks like a mouth is in fact the junction between two of its face parts, the real mouth being below the mandibles. The rest of its body and six legs are blurred behind.

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91d

Hoverfly and chamomile

#silentsunday #macro #macrophotography #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #hoverfly #insects

Macro photograph of a hoverfly on the yellow centre of a white chamomile flower. The was has a striped orange and black body, a yellow and black thorax, two bid red "eyes" on each side of its head with a blue metallic dot between them, and two open iridescent wings.

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81d

The kale conundrum

#wavywednesday #gardening #macro #macrophotography #green #photography

A macro photograph of the convolutions of a green kale with blue highlights, looking more like algae or lichen than a vegetable.
Not everybody loves kale, I know.

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52d

#bloomscrolling #flowers #monochrome #blackandwhite #macro #macrophotography #photography

Black and white macro photograph of a dead flower on a stem, with a similar one blurred just behind in the background. The centre of the flower appears silky and soft.

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50d

#bloomscrolling #flowers #wildflowers #monochrome #blackandwhite #macro #macrophotography #photography

Black and white macro photograph of a delicate dead wild carrot flower, with some flower structure still visible but containing in its centre a ball of all its seeds, as if held in a small cage formed by the outer peduncles which have curved inward.

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