The white petals carried their droplets like whispered secrets,
while the purple heart glowed with quiet intensity.
Softness on the surface, passion hidden at the center
a beautiful contradiction impossible to ignore.
Sometimes the most delicate things hold the deepest desires.

#MacroPhotography #WhiteFlower #PurpleCenter #RainDrops #FlowerPhotography #MoodyGrams #FineArtPhotography #CloseUpPhotography #NatureDetails #BotanicalBeauty #SensualMood #VisualPoetry #SoftLight #HiddenBeauty

Core.

Now to the next mini-series, also done using Yongnuo's macro flash, attached to 20mm lens with 48mm of extension tubes. If my math is correct, this is supposedly 2,4X magnification. Funny thing is, this same lens (Voigtländer 20mm) is the one I usually use in reverse to easily get into 3,2X magnification with a reverse-ring. However, for my bad luck, the electronic reverse-ring is not designed to accommodate a macro flash at front (I did improvise a way but it's shaky and unreliable). When I shot this mini-series as well, it was cumbersome to get up close handheld instead of a rail; it wasn't steady and often I'd push the subject itself away before I can capture it.
Anyway, in this shot here, the same mint plant that I've shot before (but no ants!), and I've cropped a chunk to focus on this portion of the image only. The colors here are a result of my own touch with tone-splitting technique.
Worth noting that I've been using a somewhat new method for sharpening, in this image and some of those before 😎

#macro #macrophotography #extrememacro #nature #natural #flower #core #goodmorning

Zygaena viciae (fam. Zygaenidae)

[ES] Subo la foto porque es la primera Zygaena que logro fotografiar este año y tenía muchas ganas, pero la verdad es que es malísima. No me dejó hacerle más que cuatro fotografías y a cada cual peor. Pero ahí está.
La división de los lepidópteros en "mariposas" y "polillas" es artificial y carece de base científica, prueba de ello es esta familia de polillas de hábitos diurnos, coloración vistosa y antenas engrosadas hacia el final. Su coloración tan llamativa ("aposemática") indica que son tóxicas, pues son capaces de sintetizar cianuro.
Aquí hay información muy interesante sobre las zygaenas: https://juan-e-isa.blogspot.com/2017/05/zygaena-la-mariposa-que-envenena-con.html

[EN] I know the photo is really bad, but this is the first Zygaena I get to photograph this year and I feel excited about that. This is a moth that flies during the day, shows bright colours and whose antennae swell at the end. So... is this a moth or a butterfly?
Its bright colours are a warning about its toxicity (this is called aposematism) because they are able to synthetize cyanide.
Here you are interesting information (in Spanish) about the genus Zygaena: https://juan-e-isa.blogspot.com/2017/05/zygaena-la-mariposa-que-envenena-con.html

2026/05/31, distrito de/district of Castelo Branco (Portugal)

Equipo/Equipment: Canon EOS 400D + Tamron SP 90 mm f/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1
ISO 1600, s 1/250, f/8,0. A pulso/Handheld.

#lepidoptera #zygaenidae #zygaena #ZygaenaViciae
#polilla #mariposa #moth #butterfly #moths #butterflies #arthropods #insects #bugs #bichos
#macro #macrophotography #macrofotografía

#FotoVorschlag “Nahaufnahme Natur // Close-up Nature”

#Ants collecting honeydew from #aphids beneath a bramble flower. #Derbyshire, July 2021.

#insects #macrophotography

#FotoVorschlag “Nahaufnahme Natur // #Closeup #Nature ”

This spiders web tried to catch all the raindrops!

#photography #photo #water #wasser #web #fotografie #foto #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #fujifilm

#FotoVorschlag “Nahaufnahme Natur // Closeup Nature”

My phone says this is a Rogusa Rose. They keep pulling my camera towards them.

#photography #fotografie #nature #macro #macrophotography #naturephotography #flowers #bloomscrolling #blumen #fujifilm