25 Beautiful Macro Photography Shots
Macro photography is the art of taking close-up pictures that reveal details which can’t be seen with the naked eye. For example, while we can see the fly on the wall, our eyes aren’t equipped to make out the fine details of the hairs on it’s face. This is where macro photography comes in. It gives us a glimpse into the world of the very small, which goes largely unnoticed by us as we hurriedly shuffle through our day.
In this edition of our Monday Inspiration series we present 25 beautiful examples of macro photography. A round-up of some truly revealing and inspiring macro photographs which are sure to have you marveling at the world around you. You may check out the links at the bottom of this post for further resources on the subject of macro photography.
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25 Beautiful Examples Of Macro Photography
Eye of a Tokay Gecko
“A close-up shot of a Tokay Gecko. Their eyes remind me of old-fashioned keyholes. Thanks for looking!” The photo is taken by Alan M.
La force et la passion
“She felt her strength and passion back by 1 small drop of water.”. The photo is taken by Leon Baas.
High-Tech Jumper
“Jumping spider on a DVD reading my data! Shot with a Canon 20D with a Canon MP-E macro lens.” The photo is taken by Coder.
Bubble Magic
“Close-up of a wet leaf … taken with a Canon Powershot A610 :)” The photo is taken by Sophie.
Lasius Vlavius
“This yellow meadow ant is trying to find a way to dry ground after the rain”. The photo is taken by Leon Baas.
Flower Detail
Close-up of a very colorful flower, shot by MeLissa Stolte.
Frog’s eye
Photos are taken by Justin Dotson.
Dewdrop Refraction
Taken by Brian Valentine.
Water lily
The photo is taken by Chun-Chih Fan (ddsnet).
A flower
The photo is taken by Indah Susanti.
Another vision
The photo is taken by Kristina Buceatchi.
A Flower
The photo is taken by Cyril Cattin.
Crane Fly
This insect looks like something out of a Sci-fi movie.
A flower
The photo is taken by Chan Chen.
Spider
Stunning detail of a spider.
8.365 I saw the sea
The photo is taken by Lux Tenebra.
Water & Rose
Beautiful colors.
Refracted Daisy
You can see the refracted daisy in the blurred background.
Flower in water
Amazing picture of a flower sitting in water. The reflection almost looks surreal.
House fly
Simply wonderful photo.
Red Veined Darter
Truly stunning macro of this insect covered in morning dew. Wow!.
Resources
- Closer and closer
A huge macro photography group on Flickr. - MacroPhotography.org
Articles,gallery,forum and more. - Insect macro photography
Very informative how-to on the subject. - Macro photography on a budget
Get into macro photography without going broke. - Macro Photographers Flickr Pool
- Macro Photos: No Limits
- Water Macro Photography
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Freya
December 22nd, 2008 4:23 pmI’m actually too scared to even look at the rest of the pictures ’cause I saw the spider just now. Nearly gave me a heart attack there. Spiders always seem to come out of nowhere, even on the internet, apparently!
jen
January 6th, 2009 9:55 pmyes everything is great. except the spiders. yuck!:P
Carlos
January 7th, 2009 1:39 amALUCINANTES!.
AMAZING!
I hope to learn enought to be able to take at least one of this pictures in my life.
Túllio
February 2nd, 2009 9:49 amSOU FISSURADO EM BOAS FOTOS !
ESTAS COLOCAREI NO MEU ARQUIVO>
VALEU !
Slavy
February 16th, 2009 3:59 amWOW… amazing!
Willy Yanto Wijaya
February 24th, 2009 9:35 pmVery cool !!!
Photos
February 27th, 2009 3:28 pmOhh man so amazing photos..
Markandey Singh
March 29th, 2009 9:25 amAwsome!!! Kool photos
Learn taking macro shots
http://markandey.blogspot.com/2009/03/4-photos-to-learn-focusing-subject.html
Bombchell in Atlanta
March 29th, 2009 9:33 amwow those are really good
uT
April 7th, 2009 12:21 amreally amazing…
Roka
April 7th, 2009 3:12 pmStunning!
morgan
April 12th, 2009 9:13 ami saw something like this before but this is just as cool
Bruno Cancela
April 15th, 2009 4:35 amMuito bom…
Fotos impressionantes e com uma riqueza de cores formidável…
parabens
googlemogli
April 26th, 2009 7:20 pmamazing…
banana man
April 28th, 2009 3:40 pmyeah coool…
not sure whats goin on..
everyone else was doin it
i just wanted 2 be included
....
May 9th, 2010 5:17 pmi know what their talking about!!! :)
im hardcore
April 28th, 2009 3:49 pmuhm yeah it is a word.
and im not a homosexual.
that is derogatory to homosexual people everywhere.
haha see if you know what that means.
s my d pop it out like lipstick razor shapr eyelashes on my fashions and blahblahblah…
banana man
April 28th, 2009 3:52 pmno… ur stil just makin up words!!!!
god go 2 skool.. and.. adn learn how 2 .. nar i got
nothin.. u won this round butt dnt think ull get the nxt
one…..love ya but…
who ever u are!!!!
ivy
May 11th, 2009 4:53 amSo amazing!
I dream about taking such photo one day .
Shall I reprint these photos ?
Waiting for your answer…
Ross
May 31st, 2009 3:07 amamazing…
i love the colors…
more power…
angel51
June 8th, 2009 6:09 amimpresionante, unas fotografias magnificas
Burçlar
June 8th, 2009 11:07 pmits amazing!!! i bought nikon d60 for taking professional photos but i dont know which lenses i must to use for macro photos . is 18-55mm lense enough for macros ?
Ryan YU
June 9th, 2009 10:12 pmgood job
Glenda Bolick
June 19th, 2009 9:55 pmStunning! Thanks to these camera geniuses.
Lawrence Tanner
June 22nd, 2009 1:47 amTRUELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omar
June 26th, 2009 3:50 pmAwesome bro. awesome!
Kristina
June 30th, 2009 6:56 amBeautiful photos, however it is important to note that “macro” photography and “micro” photography are NOT the same. Also, how were these photos picked?
Avery
July 7th, 2009 7:10 pmso beautiful,nice shots.
Mario Castro
July 8th, 2009 3:35 amAmazing you photos…
MarkmBha
July 23rd, 2009 5:44 pmThese photographs are truly splendid! I have done quite a lot of photography, and could not do any better myself.
Rajeev Purohit
July 26th, 2009 12:41 amrefracted daisy and another vision ..mummed me..!!
Truely great photos.
sangam
October 4th, 2009 5:10 amoh my god! these pictures are so cool!! insect covered in morning dew was awesome.
manoj
October 5th, 2009 2:17 amthat is amazing
Mau
October 7th, 2009 1:29 pmThese pics are the awsome like totally im in my tech class
leonid sp
October 15th, 2009 10:45 amAmazing macro pictures !!
peware
October 23rd, 2009 8:09 amHi
Amazing pics.
As an learner can someone tell me the best macro lense for a Nikon D200 Or Nikon 300
Nas
November 3rd, 2009 7:56 amA Sikon 50mm Macro lens
Nas
November 3rd, 2009 7:54 amExcellent photographs of Macro (My favourite one was the cat and the frogs eye)
christopher smith
November 21st, 2009 2:25 amjust like to say to the people that took those photos they are fantastic.
to se mother natures wonders and the time and effort you have taken to find these shots they are almost cosmic some of them.
i have a nikon d60 with macro and have 3 different types of dragon fly
and other various insects and i spend a lot of time walking the country side to get the pictures i want.
you can be proud of your work i can see that a lot of you are at one with nature
Woody Woodpacker
December 22nd, 2009 12:28 pmFake ! Lol superb fotos :)
M-vs-T
January 1st, 2010 7:22 amBreathtaking shots… really.
Badruddeen
January 1st, 2010 1:02 pmAwesome. Oh my God ! This is so beautiful.
Steve C
January 8th, 2010 4:05 pmI m a macrophotograph and i can tell you…WOW!!!
coninck
January 9th, 2010 8:27 am******** ESPETACULAR ************
kirpi
February 12th, 2010 3:25 amThe most amazing thing here is that such great pictures can be shot with little/no specialized equipment.
You might find this list of tutorials for macro photography to be an interesting resource: http://www.kirpi.it/Photo/List-of-best-tutorials-to-learn-creative-macro-photography
Ian
February 18th, 2010 7:07 amAnd there I was thinking I was doing well with my macro photography – it all just looks so amateur now!
flame
March 13th, 2010 7:35 amoh!!!!!!!!!! amazing
how can they get that photos
just like a blind mice!!!!!!!!
fuck you!!!!
oda_lv
March 23rd, 2010 7:21 ambeautiful, beautiful and big inspiration for me
something alike: http://photoextract.net/top/archives/3
Fossmark
April 7th, 2010 8:37 amBeautiful pictures! I wrote about the last picture by Martin Amm at my blogg,
fossmarkfoto.blogg.no/?c=1270656307
Lyndel yogami
April 16th, 2010 10:52 amWHAT A FAKE!!! i cant beleive you all fell for this fruad this is crap like no shit for example all you need to do for the 3rd to last is was to distort the bottom to make it look like it was water so it could look natural and the rest was MICRO not MACRO these fruads should be erased i can’t believe you guys actually fell for this this BULLSHIT use your brians for once people jeez.
mshebbar
April 19th, 2010 8:36 pmWorthy Photographers!!!
ALISSA KIRKPATRICK
April 26th, 2010 7:59 ami like to blow little horses
ALISSA KIRKPATRICK
April 26th, 2010 8:00 amand i fantasize about giving kylar curry a blumpkin
Kylar Curry
April 26th, 2010 8:01 ami like little boys!! :)
Jen Pruett
April 29th, 2010 4:17 pmwow just amazing photos, here is some more amazing photography http://www.photobuzz.org
jesualdo
May 25th, 2010 2:06 amSolo comentar que son fantasticas
martha am tambunan
June 14th, 2010 12:24 amsoooo… beautiful…, is it possible for me to upload my photo… ? *still ametuer*… =)
Peter
July 13th, 2010 9:26 amReally great shots. If somebody wants to read how to do macro pictures, just pop in here: http://www.macro-photography.eu
black friday deals
July 18th, 2010 11:14 pmoh great.. just great! I hope you’ll also include the lenses used in each macro photo… O___O
I so love the european hover fly and the another vision macro photos ^_^
Suzie Myers
August 27th, 2010 11:35 pmAmazing macro work …i want one
ANUP SINGH
November 8th, 2010 5:02 amawesome pictures ……….. so cool, i mean oh i cant………………… its speechless ……….wow
Alexander
November 9th, 2010 5:12 amAmazing. Nothing more can be said. Just amazing.
bob marleyy
November 23rd, 2010 2:08 amhey jade :p
Muralikrishna
November 25th, 2010 5:14 pmFantastic … i have seen these macros before but i love to watch again and again … feel good Macros
Katya Souchitski
April 4th, 2011 1:01 pmThose are like soooooo… cool, just the spiders are toooooo, waaaay discusting and people exept just some boys, would not like to look at them, but over all, AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
silvero
April 6th, 2011 6:07 ammuy buenas fotos..
Leslie
May 21st, 2011 1:02 amThe picture of the furry moth gripped me the most.
Seeing these photos reminds me that even insects (including spiders) are living creatures in their own right
and are just as worthy of life as any of us.
clipping path
June 3rd, 2011 2:50 amWoooooow super collection
Jeffrey Galindez Delfin
June 11th, 2011 1:30 amIt provides a lot of ideas regarding macro photography.
Terry
June 27th, 2011 7:41 pmAmazing collection of amazing macro photography! I have been play with extension tubes to create some macro shots with some success, buy these are outstanding. Keep up the great work!!
jack
July 6th, 2011 6:27 amnice
nelson ojinmah
July 14th, 2011 6:09 ami love photography especially the macro
Bryan
July 15th, 2011 1:42 amGreat and creative shots there! Keep it up!
Naima Perveen
August 1st, 2011 3:54 pmwow +++++++++++++.I like it !
awatef cherni
September 20th, 2011 2:12 pmfantastic pictures showing the beauty and the purity of nature before being touched by man’s hands.
lubica
September 21st, 2011 5:03 amWow It is perfect.
lisa
October 26th, 2011 5:34 amvery unique
srishti chawla
November 2nd, 2011 12:10 amawsome photography…
love it
different form other
no word to explain
incredible
sin
November 14th, 2011 4:18 amamazing, especially the last one
dr.t.narasimha rao
December 3rd, 2011 12:32 amvery good pictures taken with lot of patiece and dedication.
Kiske
January 31st, 2012 7:56 pmOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDD
Kamna
February 3rd, 2012 1:24 pmJust Awesome…I am speechless..Beautiful Photographs!!