Botanical Garden flower series. Fresh leaves? Washington, District of Columbia, United States 2026

#PlantBud #GreenLeaves #CloseUpPhotography #NatureCloseUp #BotanicalBud

A tiny insect explores a dew-covered yellow bloom, framed by early morning light. Close-up moments like this reveal how much detail hides in plain sight.
#MacroPhotography #NatureDetails #WildlifePhotography #InsectPhotography #NatureCloseUp

Botanical Garden flower series. (Bud 2) Washington, District of Columbia, United States 2026

#PlantBud #SucculentFlower #NatureCloseUp #BotanicalBeauty #Gardening

Check out this moss reclaiming an old stump, roots weaving through what’s left behind. It's a quiet reminder that nature never truly finishes its work—it just transforms. Follow and share if you adore the tiny treasures nature gifts us. 🌿🌳 #NaturePhotography #WoodlandTextures #NatureCloseUp

'Tis the Season # 17. The Holly and the Ivy (again). #holly #naturelover #macroshot #greenery #forestvibes #winterflora #botanicalbeauty #depthoffield #leafy #texture #naturecloseup #smartphonephotography #photography

A tiny wanderer with a portable home.
Hermit crabs are a perfect reminder that you can carry your home anywhere – and the world opens up to those who dare to explore.

#hermitcrab #sealife #oceancreatures #naturecloseup #wildlifephotography #beachlife #tropicalvibes #macrotravel #discovernature #underwaterworld #naturelovers #travelmoments #islandlife #oceanvibes #beachfinds

'Tis the Season # 5. The Holly and the Ivy. #holly #hollyleaves #ivy #naturefocus #greenfoliage #moodynature #forestmagic #planttexture #evergreen #woodland #leafy #shiny #botanical #depthoffield #naturecloseup #smartphonephotography #photography

A 1mm mushroom carrying an almost-as-big droplet

Sometimes nature hides its most extraordinary scenes in places most people never look. While walking through the Kampina near Oisterwijk with my wife Christel and my sister-in-law Hanneke — a birthday walk and lunch gift from last October — I noticed something no taller than a grain of rice. There, growing out of the lush green moss on a tree trunk, stood a tiny Mycena adscendens. Barely 1 mm tall, delicate as a whisper… and balancing a raindrop almost as large as its cap.

Photographing something that small is always a technical puzzle. Tripods were impossible on the tree bark, the light was miserable — wet, grey, and sleepy — and the mushroom itself looked like shiny plastic thanks to the moisture. So I relied on my Canon 5DsR paired with the MP-E 65mm, shooting handheld with a flashlight as an improvised lightsource.
1/250s, ISO 3200, and the fixed aperture of the MP-E — a setup that pushes both the photographer and the camera to their limits. At this magnification even your own heartbeat becomes camera shake.

But somehow, everything aligned. The droplet clung to the cap with perfect surface tension, turning the whole scene into a tiny physics lesson: cohesion, adhesion, and gravity negotiating their delicate balance on a 1 mm stage.

Moments like this remind me why I love macro photography — you don’t just take a picture; you discover a world that was already there, quietly waiting.

#MacroPhotography #MicroNature #TinyMushrooms #MycenaAdscendens #FungiFriday #FungusAmongUs #NatureCloseUp #ExtremeMacro #MacroWorld #MacroMagic #Canon5DsR #CanonMacro #MPE65mm #HandheldMacro #NatureIsArt #ForestFinds #DutchNature #Kampina #Oisterwijk #MossAndMushrooms #RaindropArt #WaterDroplet #SurfaceTension #MicroWildlife #NatureWalks #PhotographyJourney #StoryBehindTheShot #NaturalWonder #TinyLifeBigWorld #ForestMagic #NatureLovers #ScienceInNature #PhotographersOfPixelfed #MacroCommunity #HiddenWorlds #ByMaikeldeBakker