130+ Stunning Examples of Macro Photography

130+ Stunning Examples of Macro Photography

Vailancio Rodrigues on Mar 3rd 2010 with 72 comments

Macro photography opens our eyes to a whole new world, and provides a view usually completely hidden to the naked eye. It’s a fascinating technique, and something every photographer should explore from time to time.

Today we’re showcasing a huge collection of macro photographs to inspire you to experiment yourselves. Enjoy the stunning images, and feel free to share any of your own in the comments!

Elin Torger

Carlos Porto

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Josh Kenzer

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Rita M

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Leesa

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Thomas Shahan

Penni

Joanne Leung

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Cyrus Khamak

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Alliec2007

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Dasha Denger

John Wardell

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Leon Baas

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Andrew Carrano

Bertrand Berube

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Montse Argerich

Irawan Yuwono

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Abdulla Alfoudry

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Leon Baas

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Robert Taylor

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Martin Amm

light-from-Emirates

kimtojin

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PhilLight1

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Carlos Pardo

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Eric Costa

Paolo

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Thomas Shahan

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Marcos André

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Guiri R. Reyes

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Joanna Rzeźnikowska

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Fabio Gismondi

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Julio

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xbn83

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Pedro Nunes

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lestath_x

Yvette Inufio

Achim

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Rajkumar

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elly schuurman de vries

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Neville Sukhia

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Nina Larsen

macro photography examples inspiration

Mishal Al-Mansour

Günter Leitenbauer

viamoi

Ken King

Michele Catalano

Gunhild Andersen

Daniel

Brian Valentine

Khantipol

Mundo Poco

Niara

Yoshiaki Oikawa

Cyrus Khamak

Poras Chaudhary

Wilfred M

Tom McLaughlan

light-from-Emirates

Evan Leeson

Daniele

Licht

Marta Grzesiak

Martha

Jerry Hsu

Christian Cuison

Linda

Nest

Jordanka Balkanska

Pedro Nunes

Jose Ramon Pato

Marta Grzesiak

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Chuck Wendig

Armando

Bea Kotecka

Crezalyn Nerona Uratsuji

davebluedevil

Mac

Lorena

yiu

Steve Wall

Christian

Duvali

Yousef Al-Asfour

sharaff

Thomas Shahan

sourcow

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Yvan Barbier

Ken King

National Geographic

Mario G. Pinlac

David Lindes

Othman Fahd

macro photography examples inspiration

Conny

Thomas Shahan

Janine Russell

alpo430

Gabor Dvornik

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Lon Fong

Pete foley

Diana A

Marika Eglite

Gwen Harlow

Steven Brisson

Robyn

Jeremy Wheaton

Diego

Mohammed Al-Naser

Tanya Puntti

Lydia

Esnault Olivier

Julien Falissard

Roni Marinkovic

Marta Grzesiak

Remo Kottonau

John Hallmén

Lida Rose

Wagner Campelo

Jesse Kruger

Mario Vercellotti

Hernan Vargas

FrauKe

Joanne Leung

Ahmed Al-Shebli

Leesa

Deeevilish

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Mark Plonsky

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Matthew Fang

Bruno

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Suzailan

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viamoi

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Ken King

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Bader Al Banna

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Greg

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Share Your Macro Photographs!

Reckon you have a photo that belongs alongside the above images? Post a link in the comments – we’d really love to see it!

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By Vailancio Rodrigues

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Elie
Amazing shots. I love it!!!!
Keep them coming
http://www.rubentavares.com Ruben Tavares
I have some :)
Check out mine:
http://www.rubentavares.com/tag/macro/
http://www.rubentavares.com/2009/09/11-a-13-de-setembro-de-2009/
http://www.rubentavares.com/2009/09/lente-macro/
Mike..
WOW, some amazing stuff!
Tia L. Bradford
These are really remarkable. Thanks so much for sharing.
Nils
hm, too many animal images
i prefer abstract macro photography also besides waterdrops
no reproach, just my liking
Markus Jonasson Nielsen
Amazing photos! :)
This is my best: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21445551@N04/4401001159/
http://www.squarepicture.net Armand
Great selection!
I think I have a couple to add:
http://www.squarepicture.net/index.php?showimage=38
http://www.squarepicture.net/index.php?showimage=41
http://www.squarepicture.net/index.php?showimage=119
http://www.zeugenberg.de/2010/ Jens Murer
Sadly nothing for the insectophobes among us :(
It’d be a little much too ask for a version without any bugs, spiders and such stuff, so I’d dare to watch these? :)
Just got into macro myself and love my bellows :)
http://zeugenberg.wordpress.com
http://spotdex.com/ David Moreen
Thomas Shahan Is my absolute favorite, the detail is gorgeous!
http://www.pictureplease.nl janko
very nice set of pictures ! Little remark though: when you speak about macro, you are talking about 1:1 magnification at least, all lesser magnifications are actually just close-ups
I think that this one could also fit the galery: http://www.pictureplease.nl/?p=110 (last shot)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobibosphotography/sets/72157623550071322/ Tobi
Sorry, more bugs/birds/flowers etc etc…

http://www.tobibosphotography.com Tobi
Just a few more…some are not really Macro I guess…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobibosphotography/sets/72157623550071322/

http://www.georun.net georun974
These photos are absolutely amazing and so beautiful. BRAVO !!
Merlin Flower
Stunning photos..
One of mine-http://www.flickr.com/photos/merliflower/4339705614/
http://www.creativemagz.com sicxx
wow…awesome !! thanx for share,, ^^
janet dutton
STUNNING! I WANNA TAKE PIX LIKE THESE!!!!
http://starlightsensitive.blogspot.com Eva Yaa Asantewaa
This is pure wizardry! I’m awed and inspired.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlongtin Nicholas Longtin
Here are some of mine. I’m not a professional by any means but you may enjoy none the less.
Flowers
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlongtin/4359953691/
Bugs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlongtin/3315461166/in/set-72157614653401839/
Eye
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlongtin/2668636499/in/set-72157614653401839/
Cat Claws
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlongtin/3328285149/
More Macros
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlongtin/tags/macro/
Lorenzo Gallardo
here are a few i shot with a reversed 35-70mm analog lens :)
the poor man’s macro. :D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orey26/4167973290/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orey26/4167973000/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orey26/4167212807/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orey26/4167973122/
i’d love to see an article on the reversed lens macro technique and see other people’s output with this method. :D

http://www.vimeo.com/416704 lilewis
Here is an example of a macro I created some time ago with a 30 yr old SLR lens that I reversed and attached to my camcorder.

Bao Ng
Thanks for a great article! There are so many amazing and stunning macro pics here!
My work: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/xbn83/popular-interesting/
Mark V
Inspiring photos!
This tiny (4 mm) fellow was on my window sill:
http://eyegasms.zenfolio.com/p462769202/h7312033#h7312033
Vailancio
Author
If you would like to have such more inspiring posts, please comment here.
And do not forget to share it with your friends :)
http://www.christopherprins.com Christopher Prins
The insect eyes are simply stunning, to say the least. Great post Vailancio.
http://taylorphotography.tumblr.com Matthew
Wow! let me pick up my jaw off the floor….these are amazing… also for all of those animal haters… go take some pictures of other stuff and then show us… quit complaining…. wow
http://ivapelcova.com Ivy
Here are mine: http://ivy046.deviantart.com/gallery/#Macro-and-Close-Ups ;)
http://preparatiodaloe.rs/ Momcilo Popov
my macro photos :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/momcilopopov/3937696487/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/momcilopopov/3937678875/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/momcilopopov/3938420136/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/momcilopopov/4410313257/
http://www.mkirste.de pete
The photo with the matches from Rita M were a good inspiration for me.
Watch: http://www.mkirste.de/index.php?showimage=166
http://finomrs.deviantart.com marcos
Wow, what a wonderful collection of macro shots, I have some but not as good as these ones:
http://finomrs.deviantart.com/art/FRESH-HEART-144825096
http://finomrs.deviantart.com/art/PURPLE-143588656
http://finomrs.deviantart.com/art/drops-on-green-IV-WP-129468344
aquarius
Pls visits my web site… ^_^ thank u…
http://aquarius33.multiply.com/photos/album/38/Life_on_the_Beach_with_Chinese_New_Year_X_tha_lung_tung_char
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraobs/ Fernando
Some of my macros:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraobs/4338442663/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraobs/4301310227/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraobs/4263202195/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameraobs/4221138522/
Thanks!!!
http://www.abadyphoto.com Abdullah Aِl-Qadeeri
COLORS MACRO
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4432943500_7bfbaba364_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2561/3906591513_a23c7d2899_b.jpg
http://www.MichelleCoffeyPhotography.com Michelle Coffey
I’m enjoying shooting macro.
MichelleCoffeyPhotography.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48749606@N08/4459470110/ Ultrataroh
My ant.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48749606@N08/4459470110/
Jasna
Here is mine :)
http://ironicna.deviantart.com/art/Tulip-tales-II-157035684
http://www.alinawaz.net Ali Nawaz
Check out mine :)
http://www.alinawaz.net/Photography/tabid/84/AlbumID/437-2/Default.aspx
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4421000&id=639535968
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4150333&id=639535968
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4214894&id=639535968
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4281021&id=639535968
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4317132&id=639535968
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4372025&id=639535968
http://www.vavorite.com/web Saud
Wow .. that’s so creative ..!
I’ve enjoyed by views
Thanks for sharing
I loved colors in this: http://phototuts.s3.amazonaws.com/163_macroundup/light.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/takeapartyourheadd/sets/72157623549010683/ Trav Eddy
do it yourself setup for under 15 dollars
here are the best ones
http://www.flickr.com/photos/takeapartyourheadd/4458750422/in/set-72157623549010683/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/takeapartyourheadd/4457970581/in/set-72157623549010683/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/takeapartyourheadd/4451717593/in/set-72157623549010683/
http://www.caroline-spataro.com/ Caroline
Lovely colors !
Here is mine :
http://caroline-spataro.com/Photographies/Galerie/index.html
:)
http://hpkphoto.com/ hpk
With little time to paint (mostly not enough time to clean up after painting:)) I love going super abstract with macro.
http://internationalstudio.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Abstract/11515433_w9qqK#810485749_mn6Zp-A-LB
http://internationalstudio.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Abstract/11515433_w9qqK#810492787_c5kvR-A-LB
http://internationalstudio.smugmug.com/Fine-Art/Abstract/11515433_w9qqK#810485810_MAaVA-A-LB
Definitely going to have to stalk some insects in the garden this summer though!
http://artful-images.com Mike Cirella
All great shots. Here is one of mine for those arachniphobes in the crowd:
http://artful-images.com/spiderMacro.html
Edson Araújo – Brasil
Magnífico! Bravo! Há coisas belíssimas que Deus deixou para que pessoas privilégiadas como esses colegas descobrissem, acreditem ainda há muito mais para ser visto! Bravo!
http://www.flickr.com/people/dbartnek dbartnek
That’s what I have done:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4518017905/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4518652064/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4497989889/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4497816811/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4490875953/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4498357610/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4480132630/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbartnek/4480132164/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcustsou Marcus Tsou
share with you……
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcustsou/3656314638/
http://www.pbase.com/bodegaeli Eli
Wonderful photography!
http://www.ormakku.blogspot.com/ Noushad
Thanks a lot for a great article :)
http://www.stock-photo.in Prasanth Iranikulam
Nice collection !!!
sharing my clicks….
http://www.stock-photo.in/search/label/Macro
http://www.birgitengelhardt.de bee
An amazing collection! Just opened so many of these photos to have a 2nd view and bookmark them…
Tammo
Check this, please:
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/513779/display/20807559
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/513779/display/21057778
http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/513779/display/21843098
http://www.candilio.net Felice
Amazing Collection
Check this one,by now, then I’ll send you more… http://www.flickr.com/photos/felicemcc/4932267711/in/set-72157624695685165/
Cheers!
http://ljdpaving.com block paving derby
stunning!!
in plastic camera sometimes we use aspirin plastic wrapper to make it macro lol
http://flickr.com/photos/algerienbba AlgerienBBA
Great shots …
This is a set of what i did in Macro ..
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/algerienbba/sets/72157616946458171/
Huub de Waard
Amazing collection, but some of the macros do not belong in your collection. For possible additions, see
http://www.huubdewaardmacros.com/
Regards,
Huub
http://sdcreative.de Simon Dibbern
Great shots! I picked out some of my best macro photos and uploaded them
>>> http://f.sdcreative.de/4tutplus/
Regards
http://www.weddingsbywayne.com.au Weddings by Wayne
Some sensation work to be honest. I just wish I had the time to take shots like this, or even just nature shots in general.
http://www.webtasarimsitesi.com ertan
amazing collection.
thanks.
Ingrid
amazing collection, buth I like the nature shots the most
http://ingridvandamme.jalbum.net/
http://www.javifotosurf.blogspot.com/ Javier
Hola. Buenas tardes.
Todas estas fotografías son impresioantes, me encantan :)
Un saludo enorme a todos.
http://hubersen.ch hubeRsen
nice stuff. here are some of mine, if you are interested.
http://www.hubersen.ch/photography/nature/veins-of-nature/
http://www.hubersen.ch/photography/nature/micro-flower-2/
http://www.hubersen.ch/photography/nature/blowball/
++
Glen Espinosa
Wow! Really inspiring macro photos…
You can check my macro photos in my flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/glenespn/
Thank you very much! :)
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bren-Ang-photography/199551603407946 bren ang photography
heres my macro collection. i hope you can find some time to scan it :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wizbren/sets/72157626222211126/
http://www.flickr.com/baengs Darwin
check mine thanks :D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/baeng/5842862404/in/set-72157625853048807
ty :D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47342791@N03/ JussiP
Here’s a snowflake, which everyone should see!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47342791@N03/5473220049/
http://bugphoto.net Michael
There are some really amazing shots in this list!
If anyone is interested, I have my own (featuring mostly bugs):
http://bugphoto.net/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jialiar/
http://koti.welho.com/jpietar3/ JussiP
This macro shots should definitely be here…

JussiP
I mean this…;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47342791@N03/6150238127/in/photostream

http://www.shotlover.com Shot Lover Team
WOW ! that was pretty awesome shots , very inspiring !
Visit our photography website http://www.shotlover.com if you want to see Macro shots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hawkinssa/6525583911/in/photostream Sam Hawkins
this is a macro shot of a cricket on a orange, hope you like it :)
Peter Trunk
http://petetrunk.wordpress.com/macro-photography/
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000819512276 Hairul Fahmi Hamid
feel free to see my photos. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfphotography12/
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000819512276 Hairul Fahmi Hamid
i hope you like it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfphotography12/
http://www.facebook.com/bonn.ama Amanda Bonney
Daisy photo of mine
http://greenelementphoto.deviantart.com/art/Daisy-3-362281851?q=gallery%3Agreenelementphoto%2F42086281&qo=1
http://greenelementphoto.deviantart.com/art/Daisy-2-362281568?q=gallery%3Agreenelementphoto%2F42086281&qo=2
Feel free to follow!
green.element.photo@gmail.com