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1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period)

A home for images that are 1:1

Featured Work

robber fly by janko

a robber fly sucking out a little moth it caught. An amazing predator to watch in action, the robber fly catches other insects in flight (with a whole bunch of them flying around it’s stunning to watch that air show I can tell you !). They are pretty big, but won’t harm anyone, except if you’re an insect ;) / (found this one in Netherlands)
D.F. by Danielle Farley

My initials on the light up keyboard
A WET IMPACT by Rob Toombs

A Macro shot of water droplets hitting the surface… Shot with a blue filter on manual.. I have focused on the water crater instead of the droplets this time The only editing was that of a little cropping…. Details of how i do this can be found in my journal.. TIP
Say Cheese by Curtis Sheppard

For some reason it looks like this dragonfly is smiling. Taken at MUN Botanical Gardens, Newfoundland, Canada
leaf land by townsville

backlit palm leaf at dawn
Ant queen close-up by sedeer

A super-macro shot of a Formica rufa (red wood ant) from southwest Finland.
Spider Beautiful by Ian David Soar

English House Spider
The best bee by Rachael Talibart

A honey bee on sedum flowers. SIGMA50mmf2.8DGMacro lens on Canon EOS 400D.
Purple Heart by AngieBel

I never tire of my macro lens revealing details to me that would otherwise go unseen. Canon EOS 30D / Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro Lens / f/3.5 ISO 100 Shutter Speed 1.3 sec
purple haze by kevsimages

image of a purple daisy taken from my garden i added a piece of paper to the under side of the flower and with the camera exploser set +2 stops and with the flash on
Purple Rain ! by robkal

Backyard mantis posing in front of some purple & orange fall mums. (Windsor, CT.)
Pink Princess by Kathy Reid

Featured ‘1:1 Macro Group’ 21st Oct 2009 / Featured ‘Rain Drops & Water Art’ 13th Oct 2009 This water drop splash reminds me of a little Princesses Tiara. Canon EOS 450D with Canon 100mm macro / F/9.5, 1/90 sec ISO 200

Recent Work

Unidentified by Jason Asher

They seem pretty common, but I haven’t been able to figure it out. Tiny beetles about 1cm long, anyone know what they might be? Shot this little fella in my girlfriends backyard in Brisbane, Australia, on the 17th of October 2009 with a Canon 450d and a 70-300 is usm telephoto lens with 68mm of stacked extension tubes for the magnification. Processed in CS4. Shutter: 1/125th (built-in flash on) / Aperture: f/8 / ISO: 100 My Images Do NOT Belong To The Public Domain. All images are copyright © Jason Asher. All Rights Reserved. Copying, saving, downloading, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. Non-compliance with these term(s) WILL result in legal action.
Bee feeding by AliriPhotos

Taken while walking around the Sydney Botannic Gardens at lunch time. Voltaire Carlos (check out his gallery on RedBubble) and I went for a “bug crawl” but it was so hot I think most were hiding. Any we saw were so skittish and active it was hard getting anything decent. Details: Canon 450D and 100mm macro with MR-14EX ring flash (F/18,1/200sec and ISO100).
Harmony by Kathy Reid

Featured in Rhododendron & Azalea group 7 Nov 2009 Water droplet on a Rhododendron flower Shot with Canon EOS 450D and Canon 100mm macro lens / F/5.6, 1/4 sec, ISO 100 / Using natural light
Milk Drop by michael embelton

Nikon D700, Nikon 105mm macro, 2X extensor tube, 1/8000sec, f11, SB900 1/4flash
Autumn Feast by Teresa Burnett

Spotted this little guy on these wonderful flowers in Woodstock, New York. He wasn’t the least bit concerned when I got right down next to him. Canon Rebel XTi / FEATURED:EXTREME CLOSE-UPS 10-31-09 / / /
Kite Flying by Logan Fulcher

The time after mom left was hard, but dad always found a way to show us a good time. In the spring, he would take Jess, Nix, Potter (my sister, cat, and terrier) and I out to the open space and we would fly kites. Is that a UFO? Actually a parking lot post behind the Iris/30th shopping complex in Boulder, CO
Brown on green--nature's palette by starBellyDesign

Macro of a pine cone sitting on a shrub. It struck me as sort of poetic. Taken with kodak easyshare v1003 in macro, no viewfinder.
Fly on a mum by desmalta

I was taking pictures earlier on these flowers and decided to go back out. It was dusk and my wife had to hold a flashlight so that I could see to focus. It’s getting colder so our flying friends just don’t move around. He just sat there the whole time and didn’t move. Eastlake, Ohio, USA
Eye to Eye with a Dragonfly by Kim McClain

I got him! I chased this guy around and then would stand still and wait! Close as I could get until I can afford my dream lens! Used a Nikon D90 DSLR and a Nikkor 70-210 mm zoom, apparently capturing them is an adventure since this is number 2! The photo was taken at Boca Grande State Park, Florida, USA. My Other Dragonfly / / Featured in The World As We See It … 10-29-09
Kissed by an Angel by DebraLee Wiseberg

Up close and personal with one of my blooming phal orchids. Nikon D200, Nikkor 105mm /
Lovely Lady by jesika

Summer is just about over and the eagerly anticipated irruption of Painted Ladies didn’t happen, but it has still been a wonderful butterfly summer. / This beautiful insect happily posed for a photoshoot on Walmgate Stray near my York home / 050809 / Sony H50 as is 1/100” 3.2 ISO100 spot metering shutter priority / 060809 This sky where we live / Is no place to lose your wings. / So love, love, love. / Hafiz حافظ Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul. / If one member is afflicted with pain, / Other members uneasy will remain. / If you have no sympathy for human pain, / The name of human you cannot retain. / Saadi “Of one Essence is the human race, / thus has Creation put the base; / One Limb impacted is sufficient / For all Others to feel the Mace ” / —Saadi (1184–1283) “There is only one sacred manuscript, the sacred manuscript of Nature, which alone can enlighten the reader.” Hazrat Inayat Khan “I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. And the sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.” / Geromino All profits from my sales will be donated to Butterfly Conservation. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © jesika 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. picasaweb
snail trail bridge ......... by Tracy A Smith

Found a mass of snail trails this morning this one looked like a canyon bridge cleaver little guys they are !

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The Macro Group is a moderated group. Please submit for approval only your best macro images. Two posts per 24 hour period. If more than two posts are uploaded to the macro group, they will be deleted. The Macro Gallery will be constantly refreshed as a 50 page limit. The oldest page when reaching 51 is removed to allow for new work. You may re-post images that have been removed due to retirement. The parameters for macro photos should be a minimum ratio of 1:1 with no maximum. 1:1 is life size. 2:1 is twice life size. 1:2 is half life size. Please refer to these links for more info on Just what is 1:1 and Macro. More info

Microphotography is welcome. There are Group Forums available to post messages.

If your work is not quite 1:1 in magnification, here are some excellent other groups related to macro and items usually photographed as close-up and/or macro:

Extreme Close-ups
MacroPhotography
Macro untouched
Flowers in macro
Abstract macro Urban Art
Nature’s Macro Canvas
Macro H2O

Others
Fabulous flowers
Insects, Bugs and Creepy crawlies
Butterflies, Moths and other Winged Insects
Arachnids
Animal Photography
Animal Kingdom
Bee and Wasp Passions
Damselflies
Dragonflies

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