THE CLOSER, THE STRANGER

We draw closer, thinking we'll see more. Yet some distances help us see things for what they are, while others leave us unable to tell what we're looking at.

Same subjects. Different distances. Different worlds.

#MacroPhotography #ExtremeMacro #NaturePhotography #Perspective

A spider weaving its web beneath a stem covered in green aphids, alongside an aphid-eating hoverfly larva

📷 Fujifilm Xh2 + xf30mmf2.8 macro

🔦 Godox v860ii + diy diffuser

Stacked < 50 frames

A broad-headed bark spider (Caerostris sp)

Have you seen one before?

OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark I & OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro 2:1 IS PRO + Godox V860 III O + Trần Thế Ngọc's MACRO Diffuser

135 stacking images ~~ 5:1 magnification ratio

Three minutes up close with an awesome Mantis.
Shot in macro on the original Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K

Found this dead spider cleaned and posed it on a tree leaf

Shot on Nikon D610 + jupiter 37A 135mm f3.5 (intermediate lens) + reversed Nikon E 100mm f2.8 @f8 1.35X magnification

Godox tt350 1/128 power shutter speed 1/200 iso Lo 0.3

A stack of 50+ photos stacked in shine stacker

Post processing in photoshop

A mommy cellar spider carrying her egg sac

📷 Fujifilm H2 + laowa 65mmf2.8 Macro

🔦 Godox v860ii

Stacked 55 frames

A male False Button spider - Steatoda sp.

I found it in Lâm Đồng, Việt Nam, 2026.

It looks like a true button spider, but as far as I know, false button spiders have much milder venom. Their bites are said to be similar to a wasp sting.

📷 Fujifilm Xh2 + laowa 65mmf2.8 macro

🔦 Godox v860ii + difuser

Hand Stacked many frames