August 2025 Competition - Close-up / Macro

[Tim Mayo]

Our August monthly competition is now open for entries.

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This Month's Theme
For this month our theme will be Close-up / Macro. Hopefully this theme is fairly self-explanatory but you will find plenty of inspiration in our Close-up / Macro Gallery.


Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: August 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: August 21st at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: August 28th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid it's just the joy of taking part but I will be adding badges to winners profiles.

How to Enter + Rules

1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button. Insert image as full image not thumbnail.
2. Canon R Series cameras only. Adapted lenses on R Series bodies are fine.
3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
4. Only one photo entry per member.
5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
7. You are free to change your image during the entry period.

How to Vote (when voting opens)

1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own

Themes for 2025
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.

• Jan: Black & White
• Feb: Natural World and Wildlife
• Mar: Creative
• Apr: Action
• May: Mechanized Machines
• Jun: Land and City Scapes
• Jul: At Home
• August: Close Up / Macro
• Sep: Long Exposure
• Oct: Street
• Nov: After Dark
• Dec: Your Favorite Shot of 2025

Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in our Feedback Forum.

Thank you for taking part and good luck!

 

[Tim Mayo]

Please note the rules folks:

1. Canon R Series cameras only. Adapted lenses on R Series bodies are fine.
2. Camera metadata must be embedded with images to verify.
3. Only one photo entry per member.
4. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
5. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
6. You are free to change your image during the entry period.
7. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information on your entry.

Thank you!

 

[AOC]

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Red-eyed Stare

 

[rsestes]

Canon RP 100-400mm @ 400mm, f10, 1/395sec, ISO 200

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[MSH411]

Red Wood Ant

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[KenAus001]

A Damselfly shot on Canon R6.

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[Gwest227]

An unexpected encounter with a butterfly at York

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[Paul Iddon]

Egg-specting a family...

Cellar spider with her eggs and the future inhabitants of my outhouse. EOS R10.

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[Zombo]

rummaging thru my daylilies

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[PWMmacro]

As big sufferer of Hay Fever, I don't know why I like Macro photography, as I spend most of my time in and around flower.
This day I spent time next to the Lavender taking photos of the many different types of bees which visited. My fav fever was not too bad, the lavender smell was soo good though.
Honey Bee in the lavender.

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[TwoWheeler]

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[Archibald]

Stilt-legged fly holding its hands out to mimic a wasp's antennas.

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[Bucolic Old Sir Henry]

The bee's knees ...

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... can't be seen.

 

[Philnick]

Ever seen a transparent butterfly?

3173x1785 crop from 6960x4640 R7 file (effective angle of view of a 298mm lens on a full frame body).

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[ACEkin]

A Monarch butterfly on Liatris in our front yard yesterday.

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[Doug B]

Canon R5 and Canon 100mm Macro lens, image captures in natural light in the garden. Everyday fly turned into a Hollywood monster from the 30's cinema era.

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[Greensward]

Hopper on wet leaves.

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[LatZeroPhotography]

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[border guy]

Large White and friend. Taken at very close range with my 500mm lens.

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[NGauger101010]

Mr. Spider built his web in between 2 doors, on the screen door mount. He hasn't coiught anything nutritious, but he has caught a bunch of debris and a paint chip.

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[THXGEEK]

Mainspring assembly of a manual-wind watch.

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[Nick L]

Emporer Dragonflys on the river.

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[Rob Shields]

Sunday morning with Ruby

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[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to all who have entered our competition this month. It's has definitely been one of our more popular themes. Voting is now enabled. Please remember that you can vote on as many images as you like, just not your own

 

[Tim Mayo]

Well done and thank you to everyone who entered and voted in our competition this month. There are certainly some superb macro photographers hanging out here

• Joint 1st place with 11 votes was @AOC with a stunning close-up of a beautiful red eyed tree frog. @Philnick also received 11 votes with his beautiful transparent butterfly. I've certainly not seen one in the UK before!
• Joint 2nd place with 8 votes was @MSH411 with a very nice shot of a red wood ant. Joining him in 2nd was @Archibald with his shot of a terrific stilt-legged fly with some seriously amazing eyes!
• Joint 3rd place with 7 votes was @ACEkin with a beautiful Monarch butterfly. @Doug B also came 3rd with a very creepy shot of a flesh fly. I'm certainly glad this was shot with a macro lens! Also in 3rd was @Greensward with a stunning green grasshopper.

The theme for our competition this month will be "Long Exposure" which will be starting shortly.