In a nutshell, macro photography refers to close-up, magnified images of tiny things. Common examples are images of bugs, in which you can see them in so much detail you can even tell the minuscule ...

Pablo Piedra is a military photographer turned insect fanatic. After retiring in 2019 from 22 years with the military, he moved to Costa Rica with his family. Here he started doing macro photography ...

You would be surprised at what tiny critters you can see in your own backyard if you walk outside a couple of times a day and really look. On his daily strolls around his Thalia home, Woody Stephens ...

Geraint Radford, from Ystalyfera in the Swansea Valley, photographs bugs and plants in his garden. He uses social media to try to encourage more people to get into macro photography. He said: "Insects ...

The endangered butterfly Gonepteryx maderensis, commonly called the Madeira brimstone, lives in the mountains of the Madeira islands. As caterpillers, they feed on just one type of tree, which is ...

A macro lens is a photographer’s ticket to shooting exotic images without leaving your own backyard — or maybe even your living room. The environment you’ve looked at for years can feel like an ...

Point-and-shoot cameras are known for their simplicity and compact size. But the compact camera format often also hides a capability that many casual users don’t realize they have in their pockets: ...