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Macro perspectives on insects, wings, and botanical textures. Fine art prints. Shop the collection.

31/10/2026

🕷️ A spider for Halloween! 🎃

Yesterday, I spent ages looking for a spider while out taking photos, but couldn’t find a single one. 🙈 I did find an ant, though, so that one will be coming up later!

These photos were actually taken last week during my lunch break at work. And guess what? There’s a spider in the last (and first) photo! I only spotted it while editing the pictures. 🤣

I took my camera to work and went looking for interesting subjects with a few colleagues during lunch. While they carried on walking, I stayed behind at a moss-covered tree stump, completely absorbed by these tiny mushrooms.

I had my two small lights with me, and the sunshine added some lovely light and bokeh in the background. Not bad for a quick session squeezed into a half-hour lunch break!

All of these are single shots, but next time I’d love to try focus stacking and see where that takes me.

I’ve always said I’m more into flowers than mushrooms, and I hardly ever photograph them. But after this little session, I might have to rethink that after all. I never thought I’d say this, but I’m already looking forward to photographing more mushrooms! Who saw that coming? 😅

Happy Halloween! 👻

OM-1 Mark II | M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO | natural daylight and 2 small LED lights

30/10/2026

A warm welcome to all my new followers! So happy to have you here! Thank you all for the love and support! 🩷

Let’s take a closer look at this little golden beauty, covered in golden pollen. Hard at work collecting nature’s precious dust! 🐝✨

29/10/2026

26/10/2026

Have you ever taken a really close look at a bumblebee’s tongue? 👅

In this entire series, it’s right there in every single image! And once you notice it, there’s so much more to discover about this fascinating little feeding tool.

A bumblebee’s tongue, technically part of its proboscis, is specially adapted for feeding on nectar. It’s long and flexible, allowing the bee to reach deep inside flowers. Depending on the flower, the bee can extend its tongue to reach the sugary liquid hidden within, using rapid movements to draw nectar up and into its mouth. 🌸

When not in use, the tongue is neatly folded beneath the head, ready to be deployed at the next flower. And because nectar provides much of the energy bumblebees need to fly, forage, and keep their busy colonies going, this little structure plays a huge role in their lives.

What fascinates me most is how easily something so important can go unnoticed until you get close enough to see it in detail. 🐝

And as always, every image in this series is a single-frame macro capture. No focus stacking, no combining multiple exposures. Just one shot, capturing these tiny details in a single moment.

👅 Have you ever noticed a bumblebee’s tongue before? And did you spot it in every image? ❤️

OM-1 Mark II + M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO | Godox V860 III | Cygnustech diffuser

No focus stacking. No AI. Editing in Lightroom.

25/10/2026

Hours of patience, tiny subjects, and 500 shots later… the little details make it all worth it 🥹🐞🐝

24/10/2026

Mycena sp. 🍄

OM-1 Mark II | M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO | single shot | handheld | no focus stacking

21/10/2026

Mycena Mushrooms 🍄

OM-1 Mark II | M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO | single shot | handheld | no focus stacking

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