Wet azalea petals with green leaves surrounding in a close up (macro) photo

Azalea flower petals after the rain. #bloomscrolling #azaleas #flower #raindrops #photos #photography #macro #macrophotos #leaves

A close-up view inside a fiery red tulip. The black center is edged with a thin yellow ring that softens into blur. Shallow depth of field turns the red petals and dark center into abstract shapes, while the pink stamen is sharply in focus, creating a natural kaleidoscope effect

A shallow-focus look inside a red tulip: the black-and-yellow center softens into abstract color while the pink stamen holds crisp detail, creating a natural kaleidoscope effect. #fresh #macro #macrophotos #bloomscrolling #tulip #freshphoto #photography #photos #plant #flowers #stamen

Macro of a cluster of pink with golden-yellow pea family flowers. This is Hosackia gracilis. It is rare and has a threatened conservation status.

Macro of fuzzy reddish-orange paintbrush plant with blurred green foliage in background. (I think this is Wight's Paintbrush, but haven't gotten confirmation on it yet.)

A few flowering violet plants with purple buds and blooms in a grassy area near the coast. This is Viola adunca, also known as Dog Violet. *There are two endangered Sonoma County butterflies, Myrtle's and Behren's silverspot, who rely on this plant as their larval host.

Close-up of Sun Cup plant with two four-petaled sunlit yellow blooms, and a couple flower buds in a grassy area. There is a tiny beetle in each flower.

#Wildflowers yesterday at Sonoma Coast SP.💚
Witch's Teeth (Hosackia gracilis)
Wight's Paintbrush (Castillega wightii)
Hookedspur Violet (Viola adunca)
Sun Cup (Taraxia ovata)

Violet info. ...
calscape.org/Viola-adunca...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos #iNat 📷🌱

A black and white photo of a Narcissus flower.

Be the things you
loved most about the
people who are gone.
-Unknown

#BNWmacro #macrophotos
#ImageAndVerse #ECK
#ClassicMono #flowers
#BloomScrolling #bnwphotos
#Narcissus

Macro shot of orange tulip petals with tiny wasp on it

Spring time is wonderful- this macro shot of a tiny wasp on a tulip petal was taken yesterday. #fresh #photos #photography #macrophotos #macro #tinywasp #wasp #insect #orange #tulip #bloomscrolling #spring #stunday #flowers #petals

Macro of tiny, pleated brownish mushroom in grassy area.

Tiny parasol mushroom last weekend on Sonoma Mtn. for #MushroomMonday & #MacroMonday. 💚
#Fungi #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos 📷

Macro of two tiny lavender sage flowers blooming from a round cluster of fuzzy maroon buds. There are blurred light green sage leaves in the background.

Sonoma Sage (Salvia sonomensis) beginning to bloom earlier this month in Mayacamas Mtns.💚

Calscape plant info. here...
calscape.org/Salvia-sonom...

#Twosday #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Botany #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

Macro of a tiny cluster of slime mold fruiting bodies that are white to pink, on the tips of dark stalks. They are fruiting from a slimy area on a decomposing tree trunk.

Chocolate Tube Slime (Stemonitis sp.) last week in Glen Ellen, Ca. for #TextureTuesday. These fruiting bodies (sporangia) don't look chocolatey yet, but will turn brown as they mature.💚

More #SlimeMolds info. here...
ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/sli...

#Slimes #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

#macronaturephotography #macronature #macrophotos #nature #photography #beautyineverything

A color, macrophoto of a yellow Hibiscus Flower in bloom.l during winter. The composition focuses on mainly the center while gentle petals protect it. The capture accompanies a quote by Poet, Amanda Gorman. 📷 Verlena Johnson of Chicago, Jan. 2026

#ColorADay
#YellowThu

Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true; as we grieve, we grow, as we hurt, we hope, as we tire, we try.

~ #AmandaGorman

#Poetry #Hibiscus
#Writing #Nature
#Quotes #Flowers
#Photography
#Bloomscroll
#Macrophotos
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDForDramatic
#ImageAndVerse

Close-up, looking down on clusters of purple-budding, blue-flowering, and green-fruiting plant, with large oval green leaves at the base.

Macro of a small five-petaled blue flower with tiny heart-shaped white structures at base. There are purple buds and blue flowers in the blurry background.

Pacific Hound's Tongue (Adelinia grandis) in bloom this week on Sonoma Mtn. for #WildflowerWednesday. 💚

Calscape plant information here...
calscape.org/Adelinia-gra...

#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #Wildflowers #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos #iNat #Breathe📷

Macro of tiny black spikes of fungi growing from redwood duff, with light green blurred fruticose lichen in background.

Macro of little Hairy Earth Tongue (Genus Trichoglossum) #fungus we saw yesterday, for #WeekCforCloseup, #AlphabetChallenge. 💚
#Fungi #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #FungiFriends #iNat 📷

Macro of a gold, yellow and black longhorn bee feeding on pink hedgenettle flowers.

Longhorn Bee on Hedgenettle for #WeekCForCloseup, #AlphabetChallenge. 💚
#NativePlants #NativeBees #CaliforniaNativePlants #NaturePhotos #MacroMonday #MacroPhotos 📷

Macro of tiny golden, pollen-filled cones at the tips of lower Redwood branches.

I often share photos of Coast Redwoods standing tall, but this macro reveals their tiny male cones I spotted this week. They are little, but they release big clouds of pollen when the wind blows. 💚
#Trees #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos #iNat 📷

Macro of tiny clusters of white coral-like slime mold with moss around it, on downed wood.

Uncommon to me, for sure. Here's the only other time I've seen it, when I was in Wisconsin.🤓 #SlimeMolds #MacroPhotos

Macro of tiny white coral-like fruiting bodies of a slime mold on decomposing wood.

For #MacroMonday, Common Coral Slime (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa) sporangia we saw last week.💚
#SlimeMolds #FungiFriends #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Macro photo of a tiny Leafcutter Bee of the genus Megachile.

the magnificent Beehawk Moth, Cephonodes spp. It's a distinctive green, yellow and black striped hawk moths, with a wingspan of about 4 cm

Macro photo of a Speckled Katydid

Macro photo of a Lantana Treehopper - Aconophora compressa

Just had a swim to wind down. I'm on the home stretch with the furniture move. Now I have to really think about what I want back in the room & what can go.
Now reminiscing my old photos again (apologies for the watermarks. I'd gotten sick of people stealing photos). #MacroPhotos #InsectsOfAustralia

Macro of light green foliose lichen with tiny brown discs/fruiting bodies on the surface.

Fruiting bodies/apothecia on Rock Shield Lichen (Genus Xanthoparmelia) last month, for #MacroMonday. 💚

#Lichens #FungiFriends #NaturePhotos #MacroPhotos #iNat 📷

A blue banded bee (Amegilla cingulata), busy collecting nectar from a tiny cluster of purple flowers.

A freshly eclosed monarch butterfly, the wings still folded and small on her back, holding on to the chrysalis she came from. The orange of her wings is striking against the black background.

Macro photo of a tiny, long legged, neon green and black striped fly, the Dolichopodids. She's on a green leaf, holding an exsanguinated aphid.

The tiny jumping spider (Salticidae) with the fuzzy front 'legs' crossed in front of it's face. All eyes on me as I took the photo

Morning 🦋
I have 10 years worth of #MacroPhotos, the bulk of which have never been published.
Yes, I'm VERY aware what's happening around the world. The constant news streams from EVERYWHERE are unavoidable.
I'm fighting for a pond of calm! I'm going to make myself post drops of beauty to keep sane💜

Macro photo of a blue and black damselfly sitting on a small yellow/green flower.

Macro photo of a european bee, collecting nectar, the huge orange pollen bag visible on her back leg.

macro photo of a neon cuckoo bee, holding on to a stick with it's mandibles. The bee is blue and black striped.

Some of my past #MacroPhotos

Macro of tiny, white, four-petaled flower with more blooms and buds beyond.

Native Milkmaids (Cardamine californica) were beginning to bloom last month on Taylor Mtn. 💚

Plant information here...
calscape.org/Cardamine-ca...

#CaliforniaNativePlants #NativePlants #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷🌱

This new book on the #bees of #Australia just arrived and it is loaded with fabulous #macrophotos and great information. I can’t wait to go through it thoroughly!

Merry Christmas everyone !
#macrophotos #photography

The summary includes a gallery of 21 photos from the last 7 years - please take a look! Here’s a preview of 4 of these #macrophotos that are very special to me.
#Earth is amazing. She deserves our reverence, balance, & gratitude.
🌎❤️🌿
#earthlove #lifeonearth #macrophotography
#macrophoto #gratitude

Blue Lake Macro Photos 9.8.25

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#blog #BlueLake #flowers #journal #nature #naturephotography #OR #Oregon #photoblog #photography #PNW #Portland #parks #macros #macrophotography #macrophotos #macrophotography #canoncameras

Blue Lake Macro Photos 9.8.25

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Macro of lichen with tiny cup-shaped, light green fruiting bodies which are very grainy on their surface.

For #TextureTuesday, here is a macro of a Pixie Cup lichen (Complex Cladonia chlorophaea) last week near the coast. 💚
#FungiFriends #Lichens #MacroPhotos #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷

Blue Lake Macro Photos 9.8.25
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Blue Lake Macro Photos 9.8.25

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#dragonfly #bandw #blackandwhite

Blue Lake Macro Photos 9.8.25

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