Unbelievably Cool Macro Photos

Macro Photos

Macro photography (sometimes photomacrography or macrophotography), is a kind of extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects.

Sometimes it can be difficult for us to guess what is presented on the photo.

Objects of macro photography may look strange, unreal, like not from this world.

This extreme closeness is fascinating!

Snow Crystals 

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Snow flakes highly magnified by a low-temperature scanning electron microscope (SEM). The colours are called "pseudo colours", they are computer generated and are a standard technique used with SEM images.

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Echinocactus grusonii

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Buds around the crown of a Golden Barrel Cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) in the Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany.

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Diadema setosum

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Periproctal cone of a Black Longspine Urchin (Diadema setosum) in the Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany.

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Ischnura elegans

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Agrion élégant (Ischnura elegans f. violacea) femelle photographiée près de l'ancien aérodrome de Francfort, en Allemagne.

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Tyria jacobaeae

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Caterpillar of a Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at a retention basin in Ahlen, Germany.

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Pink Whirls

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Osteospermum (Pink Whirls)

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Nasturtium Droplets Blue & Clear

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Droplets of coloured water on a Nasturtium leaf.

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Malachite Macro

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Macro of Malachite (copper ore). It is 4 inches (11 cm) long.

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Misumena vatia

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Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) on Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) near the old airstrip, Frankfurt, Germany.

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Natural Copper Ore Macro

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Macro of native copper about 1 ½ inches (4 cm) in size.

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