Photo: Andy Leonard - Close-up Photographer of the Year “This clematis ... The challenge photographing slime molds is their tiny size. Linnerhei-Fly, Finalist Fungi category.

Love shooting the tiny details? Why not enter CUPOTY, the world's largest competition dedicated to close-up, macro, and micro ...

Only true macro equipment can reproduce subjects at life size on the sensor. Zoom lenses with ‘macro’ focusing can give you some great close-up shots; but they’re not true macro photos. The right gear ...

The photo above by ... U.S., Close-up Photographer of the Year “As I pulled organic hen eggs from a carton, noticing how each was individualistic in size and shape with unique tan tones, I ...

A zoomed-in photo of an ant is giving the internet ... ants are the stuff of nightmares for many people. A close-up image of one of these pint-size terrors from Nikon's Small World ...

and taking a more microscopic approach to photos can make for a fascinating picture. The winner this week is Robert Peterson, with a close-up of a close-up of a leaf. The honorable mentions are ...