Discover the beauty of Macro photography close-up photography. Stunning macro photo gallery: close-up images of the natural world. A closer look at the beauty of nature and not only. What eyes don’t see.

Macro photography close-up photography - Delosperma lavisiae, Bolus

Macro photography, close-up photography

A collection continuously updated and enriched with new galleries and photos…

Close-up shots, beauty of macro photography images…

Adding a little creativity, plus other macro not related to natural subjects.

Macro photography definition:

It’s an extreme close-up photography. Usually of very small subjects.

In which the size of the subject in the photograph, is greater than real subject size.

It refers to a finished photograph of a subject, greater than life size.

Ratio of the subject size on sensor plane to the actual subject size is known as: Reproduction Ratio.

Likewise, a macro photo lens is classically a lens capable of Reproduction Ratios of at least 1:1.

It often refers to any lens with a large reproduction ratio. Despite rarely exceeding 1:1

I chose to photograph with totally manual fixed focal length lenses.

Using 3 different focal lengths: 30mm / 50mm / 65mm.

It is not excluded that in the future I’ll also try 100/120mm focal lengths. But at the moment I don’t feel this need.

Needle and white thread on a blue background.

Macro photography is not only naturalistic. But can, on the contrary, be expanded to practically any kind of subject.

To this page I will also add other macro photographs, taken of other subjects that are not purely naturalistic.

Apis mellifera, L.

European honey bee on dog-rose flower. Spring season.

Taken with Sigma 50mm F2.8, vintage lens.

Oxalis articulata, Savign.

Pink-sorrel, is a perennial plant species in the genus Oxalis native to temperate South America..

Taken with Laowa 65mm F2.8, macro lens. Handheld photo.

Although the lenses in question have a focal length of F2.8 as maximum aperture. Almost always used with apertures from a value F5.6 to F11.

In most cases with an aperture of F8. Which I believe is almost always the most suitable for the type of subjects which I shot.

The great majority of the photographs I take are freehand. Without the aid of artificial lights; such as flash or LED panels.

For some few macro photos, I used tripod and/or artificial light. Necessary in macro photography.