#macrophotography Timeline

154d

📍 Irvine, California 🗓️ October 24, 2025 📷 Sony a7iii, Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro with Extension Tube 25, 1/1000th, ISO 320 <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="/tags/flower/" rel="tag">#flower</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/pricklypearcactus/" rel="tag">#PricklyPearCactus</a> <a href="/tags/opuntia/" rel="tag">#Opuntia</a> <a href="/tags/ant/" rel="tag">#ant</a> <a href="/tags/ants/" rel="tag">#ants</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/vintagelens/" rel="tag">#vintagelens</a>

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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130d

Between seasons<a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#water</a> <a href="/tags/frost/" rel="tag">#frost</a> <a href="/tags/icetodon/" rel="tag">#icetodon</a> <a href="/tags/autumnvibes/" rel="tag">#autumnvibes</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

Macro photograph of a reddish-brown poplar leaf that has fallen into a stream and is partially covered in melting ice. The surface of the leaf is wet. The ice reflects the light.

Photographie macro d'une feuille de peuplier brun rouge tombée dans un ruisseau et partiellement recouverte de glace en train de fondre. La surface de la feuille est mouillée. La glace reflète la lumière.

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125d

<a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/abstract/" rel="tag">#abstract</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

Macro photograph of silvery air bubbles forming in brown water at the base of a small waterfall in a stream. The use of a macro lens and the rapid movement of the water create areas of blur and focus, resulting in an abstract impression.

Photographie macro de bulles d'air argentées se formant au pied d'une petite chute d'eau brune dans un ruisseau. L'utilisation de la lentille macro et le mouvement rapide de l'eau créént des zones floues et nettes, pour une impression abstracte.

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113d

This photo reportage is genuine, created in a real Homo sapiens brain, and produced without any AI rubbish: an <a href="/tags/expedition/" rel="tag">#expedition</a> to a distant <a href="/tags/planet/" rel="tag">#planet</a> where strong evidence of life had been found: the planet Elder 0815, part of the famous Mosslich-system. <a href="https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/d242349d-fa59-4af8-a834-c93d580a4039" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/d242349d-fa59-4af8-a834-c93d580a4039">https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/d242349d-fa59-4af8-a834-c93d580a4039</a><a href="/tags/naturematchcuts/" rel="tag">#NatureMatchCuts</a> <a href="/tags/mosstodon/" rel="tag">#mosstodon</a> <a href="/tags/lichensubscribe/" rel="tag">#lichensubscribe</a> <a href="/tags/moss/" rel="tag">#moss</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#MacroPhotography</a> <a href="/tags/naturephotography/" rel="tag">#NaturePhotography</a> <a href="/tags/naturewriting/" rel="tag">#natureWriting</a> <a href="/tags/scifi/" rel="tag">#sciFi</a> <a href="/tags/spaceflight/" rel="tag">#spaceFlight</a> <a href="/tags/reconnectwithnature/" rel="tag">#ReconnectWithNature</a> <a href="/tags/biodiversity/" rel="tag">#biodiversity</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#dinosaurs</a>

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227d

Stonecrops (Sedum sp.)<a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/sepia/" rel="tag">#sepia</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/sedum/" rel="tag">#sedum</a>

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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220d

Macro surprise<a href="/tags/fotovorschlag/" rel="tag">#FotoVorschlag</a> 'Verrückte Natur' <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#insects</a> <a href="/tags/grasshopper/" rel="tag">#grasshopper</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

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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225d

Hoverfly and chamomile<a href="/tags/silentsunday/" rel="tag">#silentsunday</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/hoverfly/" rel="tag">#hoverfly</a> <a href="/tags/insects/" rel="tag">#insects</a>

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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214d

The kale conundrum<a href="/tags/wavywednesday/" rel="tag">#wavywednesday</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/green/" rel="tag">#green</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

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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108d

<a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/snowflake/" rel="tag">#snowflake</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

Macro photograph in black and white of silver snowflakes on a black surface.

Photographie macro en noir et blanc de flocons de neige argent sur une surface noire.

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109d

<a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/snowflake/" rel="tag">#snowflake</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

Black and white macro photograph of silvery snowflakes on a black surface. The one in the foreground is only partially developed. Other, star-shaped or smaller snowflakes are visible blurred in the background and around.

Photographie macro en noir et blanc de flocons de neige argentés sur une surface noire. Celui en avant-plan n'a qu'une section de développée. D'autres flocons en étoiles ou plus petits sont visibles flous à l'arrière et autour.

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106d

<a href="/tags/fotovorschlag/" rel="tag">#FotoVorschlag</a>: Kleinigkeiten // Little things<a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/snowflake/" rel="tag">#snowflake</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

Macro photograph in black and white with a slight sepia tint of a very delicate snowflake with perfect symmetry standing upright on a pile of other white snowflakes at the bottom of the photo, and standing out against a dark grey background at the top of the photo.

Photographie macro en noir et blanc avec une légère teinte sépia d'un flocon de neige très délicat à la symmétrie parfaite se tenant droit sur une pile d'autres flocons blancs dans le bas de la photo, et se détachant sur un fond gris foncé dans le haut de la photo.

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185d

<a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

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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96d

As the year comes to an end, I want to share my four favorite photos I shot this year. Descriptions of the photos are in the comments.Find more of my work on <a href="https://thorstenzobel.com/" rel="nofollow">https://thorstenzobel.com/</a>.<a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/photo/" rel="tag">#photo</a> <a href="/tags/fotografie/" rel="tag">#fotografie</a> <a href="/tags/landscape/" rel="tag">#landscape</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/night/" rel="tag">#night</a> <a href="/tags/landscapephotography/" rel="tag">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="/tags/naturephotography/" rel="tag">#naturephotography</a> <a href="/tags/nightphotography/" rel="tag">#nightphotography</a> <a href="/tags/astro/" rel="tag">#astro</a> <a href="/tags/astrophotography/" rel="tag">#astrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/sunset/" rel="tag">#sunset</a> <a href="/tags/sunrise/" rel="tag">#sunrise</a> <a href="/tags/sun/" rel="tag">#sun</a> <a href="/tags/fall/" rel="tag">#fall</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/moon/" rel="tag">#moon</a> <a href="/tags/bloodmoon/" rel="tag">#bloodmoon</a> <a href="/tags/fireflies/" rel="tag">#fireflies</a> <a href="/tags/forest/" rel="tag">#forest</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/milkyway/" rel="tag">#milkyway</a> <a href="/tags/frankfurt/" rel="tag">#frankfurt</a> <a href="/tags/ffm/" rel="tag">#ffm</a> <a href="/tags/newyear/" rel="tag">#newyear</a> <a href="/tags/2025/" rel="tag">#2025</a> <a href="/tags/newyearseve2025/" rel="tag">#newyearseve2025</a> <a href="/tags/fujifilm/" rel="tag">#fujifilm</a>

A river flows through a flat and green valley. On the horizon stretches a mountain whose meadows and stones are bathed in an orange light by the setting sun.

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183d

<a href="/tags/bloomscrolling/" rel="tag">#bloomscrolling</a> <a href="/tags/flowers/" rel="tag">#flowers</a> <a href="/tags/wildflowers/" rel="tag">#wildflowers</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

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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87d

Small gems to be found in a frozen cedar I<a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/icetodon/" rel="tag">#icetodon</a> <a href="/tags/trees/" rel="tag">#trees</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a>

Black and white macro photograph of ice on the surface of cedar leaf scales. The leaf resembles an insect with two open wings, and the ice forms a kind of shiny and translucent cape spread on its back.

Photographie macro en noir et blanc de glace sur la surface des écailles d'une feuille de cèdre. La feuille ressemble à un insecte avec deux ailes ouvertes, et la glace forme une sorte de cape brillante et translucide sur son dos.

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13d

<a href="/tags/monochromemarch/" rel="tag">#MonochromeMarch</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/monochrome/" rel="tag">#monochrome</a> <a href="/tags/blackandwhite/" rel="tag">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> Zine permission granted

A black and white macro photograph of a dark maple leaf, bathed in sunlight and still partially buried under the surrounding white snow. Because of its darker color, the sun has melted the snow more quickly on the leaf, giving it an encrusted appearance with a glossy, icy outline. The palmate veins of the maple leaf stand out in the sunlight.

Photographie macro en noir et blanc d'une feuille d'érable foncée, au soleil et encore à demi ensevelie sous la neige blanche autour. En raison de sa couleur plus foncée, le soleil a fait fondre la neige plus rapidement sur la feuille et celle-ci semble incrustrée, avec un contour de glace brillant. Les nervures palmées de la feuille d'érable apparaissent en relief au soleil.

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80d

Tiny baubles. 📍 Irvine, California 🗓️ December 17, 2025 📷 Sony a7iii, Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/3.5 Macro with Extension Tube 25 <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/droplets/" rel="tag">#droplets</a> <a href="/tags/vintagelens/" rel="tag">#vintagelens</a> <a href="/tags/vintagelenses/" rel="tag">#vintagelenses</a>

Water droplets on grass stems with a blurred green background, reflecting light and creating small rainbows.

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A close-up of slender grass stems with numerous droplets of water clinging to them.

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Close-up of dew droplets on grass blades with a green blurred background.

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1d

<a href="/tags/silentsunday/" rel="tag">#SilentSunday</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#MacroPhotography</a> <a href="/tags/mushrooms/" rel="tag">#Mushrooms</a> <a href="/tags/fungi/" rel="tag">#Fungi</a>

A single mushroom with a wide cap grows out of a wall of moss, bending its stalk upward to keep its top flat

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11d

Surreal day <a href="/tags/photography/" rel="tag">#photography</a> <a href="/tags/abstractphotographyart/" rel="tag">#abstractphotographyart</a> <a href="/tags/abstractphotography/" rel="tag">#abstractphotography</a> <a href="/tags/naturephotgraphy/" rel="tag">#naturephotgraphy</a> <a href="/tags/photographyart/" rel="tag">#photographyart</a> <a href="/tags/landscapephotography/" rel="tag">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="/tags/abstract/" rel="tag">#abstract</a> <a href="/tags/texture/" rel="tag">#texture</a> <a href="/tags/wabisabi/" rel="tag">#wabisabi</a> <a href="/tags/fineartphotography/" rel="tag">#fineartphotography</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/fineartphotograpy/" rel="tag">#fineartphotograpy</a> <a href="/tags/abstractart/" rel="tag">#abstractart</a> <a href="/tags/earthart/" rel="tag">#earthart</a> <a href="/tags/naturalabstract/" rel="tag">#naturalabstract</a> <a href="/tags/abstractnaturephotography/" rel="tag">#abstractnaturephotography</a> <a href="/tags/macrophotography/" rel="tag">#macrophotography</a> <a href="/tags/artinnature/" rel="tag">#artinnature</a> <a href="/tags/macro/" rel="tag">#macro</a> <a href="/tags/macroart/" rel="tag">#macroart</a> <a href="/tags/nature_brilliance/" rel="tag">#nature_brilliance</a> <a href="/tags/photoart/" rel="tag">#photoart</a> <a href="/tags/foto/" rel="tag">#foto</a> <a href="/tags/photopainting/" rel="tag">#photopainting</a>

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