447Macro

Sunrise reflected in a spider web covered with tiny dew drops

Extreme closeup on the eyes of a Mantis.

It was very difficult to macro this fly, so I dazed it a bit and afterwards it flew away. No animals were hurt during this shoot;)
Btw is he sticking...More

A macro shot of a baby snail on top of a small toadstool surrounded by moss.

I saw this parasite lay eggs on à caterpill. Just 10 minutes before it was fine and eating from the Lears. Suddenly it looked frozen and à...More

A pigeon, of yet unidentied type, left feather on the grass to freely collect some dew. Golden morning light sheds it feeble light and spreads a golden...More

Today I saw a little worm
Wriggling on his belly.
Perhaps he’d like to come inside
And see whats on the telly

Each tiny flower a mere milimeter in size,
what wonder nature creates!
They've only just started ripening
and open their eyes...More

What is a section of a few centimetres in a dense tree in our garden, is a world in its own for this unknown bug.

This is a montage. It is one Cockshafer.

My first one again :)

...this would be the last thing you see if a piranha was near.

For the record, unlike Hollywood myths, piranhas are not dangerous to humans....More

A little gush of wind
carefully removing a speck.
A generip traveling towards rebirth.

(Inspired by Rick Lieder I took a few...More

My very first composite macro. Kind of sloppy when you zoom in, so please don't :) I wanted to use this composite to show how an Oak Processionary...More

Closeup of a Green Shield Bug on a leaf.

Every time I moved left, the damselfly moved right and vice versa, completely secure that he was perfectly hidden for me.....

A caravan of snails in the desert.

A colorful black and yellow wasp climbs a snail shell.

I know it's far away but even this photo is cropped already. I came across this bird I did not know and had no time to switch lenzes. Based on the...More

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By Thomas Shahan (http://thomasshahan.com)

Three colorful butterflies occopy a string of wheat.

Musca is a genus of flies. It includes Musca domestica (the common housefly), as well as Musca autumnalis (the face fly or autumn housefly). It is part...More

Swallow Tail, 2 frames of the same butterfly from both sides, combined to 1 frame