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Pictures of things that caught my eye. All images are mine unless it's a repost or stated otherwise.

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tikkamatala @tikkamatala.bsky.social · Jul 22
Dewy rose and bud.

#flowers #nature #garden #bloomscrolling #photography #outdoors #artinnature #nature #takeahike #CloseUpPhotography #NaturePhotography #NatureBreak #PhotographersofBlueSky #Canada #gardenfeed #bloom #blossom #plants #weeds #gardening
A dew-coated pink rose and red bud with dewy green leaves.
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ianpaulsieren.bsky.social
Oregon Crane’s-bill (Geranium oreganum)
#Fall #flowers #bloomscrolling
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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luxomancer.bsky.social
We interrupt the day's #BeetlePosting with a #SelfCare #PSA. Your #Mantidfly friend (Dicromantispa interrupta) knows that the #Holidays can be a rough time for many of us for many reasons. Try to find your peace; remember to hydrate, and snack when you need to. 🙏❤️

#MacroPhotography
A photo of a brown and tan mantidly from the front. The mantidfly's head and forebody is tilted to the right. It is holding a dark brown partially dismembered bug in its rust brown raptorial arms. It's metallic bronze hemispherical eyes are on the sides of its small triangular head. The mantidfly's body is just out of focus behind it.
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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guidobibra.bsky.social
Balcony Flowers 2025 #183
#photography #balconyflowers #geraniums #flowerphotography #macro #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #nature #naturephotography
foto.bibra-medien.de...
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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thenerdyphoto.bsky.social
It may be grey and gloomy outside but the memory of this zinnia is golden!

#flowers #florals #flowerphotography #macrophotography #nerdyphotocrew #eastcoastkin #blueskyartshow #PhotographersUnited #flowerphotos
Golden zinnia flower bloom macro photography photo by Casey Fatchett - www.caseyfphoto.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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duanehc65.bsky.social
Bee happy it is #BWFri for #ColorADay, & this carpenter bee knows it is #FlyDay too.

#bnwphotography #flowerphotography #macrophotography #art #empathy #compassion #freespeech #activism #democracy #education #EastCoastKin
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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alfonz31.bsky.social
We’ve had over 3 ft of snow so far this year but this is the first time I’ve had a chance to get out and do a few snowflake shots. This is my favorite.

#photography #snowflake #macrophotography
December 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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goscustard.bsky.social
Raindrop on moss
#moss #raindrops #macro #macrophotography #closeup #closeupphotography #nature #naturephotography
December 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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quantumgaze.bsky.social
#macrophotography #nature #life #emerging

bursting out, in a hurry.
A branch of red flowers bursting out. The branch goes from the bottom left to the top right of the photo. Blurred natural background.
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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jtkindt.bsky.social
Happy #flyfriday! This is the Swift Feather-Legged Fly, Trichopoda pennipes, which lays eggs on stink bugs. From 9/24.

#bugsky #flyday #insects #macrophotography
Fly with orange abdomen, black wings with a transparent border, black leathery thorax with yellow parallel lines, dark eyes with yellow inner margins.
December 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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grays.art
Best of 2025 count down: #12

Female Two-spotted longhorn bee
(Melissodes bimaculatus)

explored a vacant lot by the sea between 2 homes in Cape Coral, overcast & rainy, startled a burrowing owl, & found a familiar subject.

#EastCoastKin #macroPhotography #macro #photography #pollinators #bees #art
Dangling from her mandibles by a blade of grass.
December 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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richspics.bsky.social
Fuchsia
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#fuchsia #flower #macro #nature #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #bnw #bnwphotography #bnwnature #bnwflowers #bnwmacro #macro #macrophotography #uknature #closeup #photography #outdoorphotography #photographyismytherapy #yorkshirearboretum #blueskyphotographers
December 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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samurei76.bsky.social
#macrophotography #photography #lichen #fungi #fores
December 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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samurei76.bsky.social
And off to the woods to test in action...

#macrophotography #photography #lichen #fungi #forest
December 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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eddieschumannphoto.bsky.social
Some of my favorite 2025 photos

#photography
#photooftheday
#picoftheday
#2025
#photo2025
#macrophotography
#spiral
#green
Color photo of a green tendril of a cucumber plant forming a perfect spiral
December 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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juliejam.bsky.social
For #SixonSaturday, six pollinators on Perfumeballs, since I'm waiting for colder weather to do my winter sowing. We might see 80°F for Christmas! This little cutie is native to Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and it blooms all summer. Gaillardia suavis. #nativeplants #gardening 🌱 🦋🐝 #insects
Six pollinators on Gaillardia suavis, from left to right: Yellow-collared Scape Moth (Cisseps fulvicollis), Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Orange Epipagis Moth (Epipagis fenestralis), Halictus Furrow Bee, Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae), Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus), and a garden scene with Perfumeballs. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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mothfluencer.bsky.social
Sluurrrrp! Oh hi! I'm Gyponana gladia, but call me Nana. I'm a leafhopper! I'm just drinking some plant juice, want to join me? I hope you don't mind a little misophonia. Sluuurrrrp...mm mm that's tasty. Would love to meet a fellow juice lover! Hop over
#NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Nature #Wildlife
Gyponana gladia leafhopper
December 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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dhphotographyinfo.bsky.social
Secret micro worlds........

#macro #photography #insects
December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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rihilism.bsky.social
Canada anemone.

#PhotoHour #flowers #FlowerPhotography #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #bnw #macro #MacroPhotography #photography #AltText
Square cropped black and white closeup photograph of a Canada anemone flower (Anemone canadensis) with out of focus blacks and grays in the background. The view is looking down at the center of the flower which is tilted slightly up and back. This species has five pure white petals that radiate around a center with a large number of white stamens with yellow-green anthers surrounding many green pistils.
December 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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lukebmtb.bsky.social
Small mushroom cap. I've not quite got a handle on how limited the depth of field is. Stacked image.

#mushrooms
Gills of a mushroom lit by sun shining through it.
December 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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duanehc65.bsky.social
A lavender blossom in grayscale for #BNWMacro.

#macrophotography #bnwphotography #flowerphotography #art #empathy #compassion #activism #education #freespeech #EastCoastKin
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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owensgrandpa.bsky.social
Dianthus
December 18th 2025
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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ewacat.bsky.social
i know it's still a work day but christmas food rules apply: had pastel de nata for breakfast
December 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Contemporary Ukrainian painter Maria Chepeleva #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
Painting of a white cat sitting on the inside of a window with reflections of bare winter trees on the glass
December 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
tikkamatala.bsky.social
Three rain-pearled daisies, soaking up early morning sunlight.
Three rain-pearled daisies, soaking up early morning sunlight.
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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roseporn.bsky.social
I think this is when a rise looks both elegant and casual.
#Roses #flower #FlowerReport #bloomsky #bloomscrolling #nature #naturephotography #photography #macrophotography #365photo 📷🌱🌴🪴sky
Salmon red double rose
December 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM