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Female begonia flower center. Focus stacked using zerene

Linaria vulgaris, (Common Toadflax, vlasbekje)

First dandelion flower of the year in the garden. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene

Peruvian lily. LED light source. Oshiro 60mm. Focus stacked using zerene

All images taken with a Sigma 90mm macro lens at 1:2 ratio.

Utricularia are carnivorous plants usually growing in water or very wet soils (or occasionally epiphytically on trees!). Their underwater or underground traps are very complex and suck in small prey such as insects when triggered. They're actually some of the most common and wide-ranging carnivorous plants, and can be found in every US state and all continents besides Antarctica. However, most or all of the plant is underwater or hardly visible when not flowering, so you're unlikely to spot them unless they're in flower!

Some species like this one are actually known for being weedy in cultivation and spreading between pots.

(Focus stack of 130 photos, flowers approximately 5mm in size.)

ISO1000. Raynox 250. At first I thought there was quite a bit of CA around petals but actually its mostly the curved up edges of the petals! Colours have not been touched up - as came from camera.

Károly Keresi

Pretty place for a nap

Hollyhock anther X4. Focus stacked using zerene

Some macro shots taken with the reversed lens technique.

Yellow statice flowers in some cut flowers. I didn't realise this came in colours other than mauve. Focus stacked using zerene.

With a FD Macro lens

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Macro flower

An Ophrys argolica, an orchid species, in Greece.

Iris flower. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene. Oshiro 60mm.

extension tubes photos

Flowering in a corner of the window ledge ....

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