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Tim proposed to his girlfriend Audrey through a glass door using image memes. This video is a lot sweeter and happier than that short description makes it sound. You can see all the individual images at Audrey’s blog. Link -via YouBentMyWookie
Suren Manvelyan, Nylus Crocodile, 2011
A couple of years ago, Armenian photographer Suren Manvelyan was a bit of an Internet sensation… even if only behind-the-scenes. His macro photo collection, “Your Beautiful Eyes,” was shared nearly everywhere online and published in Daily Mail, The Independent, the Telegraph, La Reppublica, and Liberation. Now Manvelyan is back with a slightly different focus, this time shooting animal eyes. The variation in these extreme closeups reveals not only the varying pupil shapes you’d expect in different animals, but also the differing complexity of the creatures’ ocular evolution. It’s a beautiful gallery, which we hope he’ll be expanding soon. Link | via Flavorwire
The gnat-ogre, Holcocephalus fuscus, is a tiny insect that eats even tiner insects. You’ve got to look really close to ever see them, although they may be in your back yard.
Aptly named, gnat-ogres are miniature robber flies, and every bit as carnivorous as their larger, more visible brethren. You’ve just got to look closely to see them. The gnat-ogre pictured above would be measured in millimeters. They are so small that a person would likely dismiss them as gnats or perhaps extremely tiny flower flies. With the naked eye, they are scarcely visible unless one happens to be closely studying the area in which gnat-ogres have staked out. To get these photos, I was using a heavy-duty macro lens, flash, and a tripod. Fortunately, gnat-ogres are fearless and will allow very close approach.
Ohio naturalist Jim McCormac describes them as “neat,” so that’s good enough for me! Link -Thanks, Manticore!
Photographer Caren Alpert takes pictures of food. Really, really close-up pictures of food. What you see here are cake sprinkles, shot at a 65x magnification. See more at her website. Link -via Boing Boing
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Mouser Williams collects sand from different parts of the world. He photographs his samples using a macro lens to get up close and personal, labeling their composition. This lovely sample is called Star Sand.
This sand, found only on a few beaches in southern Japan, is made up entirely of the calcified shells of tiny organisms only a few milimeters across. It is one of the more sought-after sands for sand collectors despite being readily available on eBay.
Link -via Jason Kottke
(Image credit: Flickr user Mouser Williams)
Photo: Corrie White
No, that’s not the AOL Guy casting a cherry spell, it’s actually a drop of milk. Corrie White discovered a talent for macro-photography and prefers the dairy product due to its slower rate of descent. Using dyes and little else, she creates some stunning, gorgeous images… she even shows her modest, kitchen-based studio!
Link Previously on Neatorama- Macrophotography of Dews
The brilliant photos from Vincent Bousserez show us the world that goes on behind closed doors. Just like in toy story imagine all these tiny people coming out of the woodwork and exploring your house. (some slightly not safe for work)
Link – via mymodernmet
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