Blue Sky Art Show, theme 'Macro'

photographyJun 27, 202634117,485

The Blue Sky Art Show theme today is Macro, a community prompt inviting close-up views of small natural subjects. The gallery features insect and plant studies, high-detail fungi and fungal landscapes, and intimate still lifes of water and condensation. Look for a ladybird nestled in forget-me-nots, dew drops clinging to a wild fennel seedhead, and a Pure Green Sweat Bee on a Hemp Dogbane flower, plus standout backlit shots of an Orchid Cactus bloom and a Luna moth captured in close-up. Styles run from black-and-white classic macro and abstract plant curves to richly colored pollinator portraits and tiny mushroom landscapes.

Dr Jill Whitelock

@jillwhitelock.bsky.social

Forget-me-nots with hidden Ladybird. #Macro #BlueSkyArtShow

Pale blue Forget-me-not flowers with a red and black Seven-spot ladybird underneath.

278845d ago

Ladyroseofky3

Reminds me of stories about Lady Bird When she saw a tractor mowing down a field of Forget-Me-Nots, she pulled over She paid the man not to do it anymore Then she fought to keep them from being mowed down along the highway at all Maybe she's the little bird that's enjoying those Forget-Me-Nots

Mo2

Something precious so lovely 😊 thank you!

Scottish_Borders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿1

This one was stashed away too. I didn't even see the downstairs neighbour until later.

emoontxwriter1

I can't think how many wildflower pictures I've taken where I didn't see the insect(s) until I had the shot in the computer for cropping and filing and doing IDs...wait...MORE IDs...

ε1

Hidden is charitable to the little one. But beautiful nonetheless.

Fleming1

Such delicate beauty. Thank you.

AlinaHagen 🌊🎨📸

@alinagrafik.eurosky.social

#BlueskyArtShow #Macro Dew drops hanging from a bent-over wild fennel bloom, now gone to seed. #ECK #ClassicMono #BNWmacro #WildFennel #WestCoastKin

Black and white macro image of a decaying fennel blossom that is hanging upside down since its stalk bent over. Dew drops hang from all the old blossom stems, now just skeletons. There are delicate cob webs that also have tiny dew drops hanging from the web. The background is blurry.

58845d ago

Jamie Glass2

Wowowowow! Stunning 🤩 photograph, and simply refreshing.

Noreen1

What a beautiful shot! I appreciate photos of nature when you have to look for the details, angles, composition. Black & white made this 10+ for me!

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Dear Alina this is stunning 😍 ✨️

Bob Leckridge1

Like a perfect little chandelier!

🌻🏳️‍⚧️✨Mel✨🏳️‍⚧️🌻1

That’s gorgeous!! Love it 🤍🖤

Boom1

Almost reminds me of a chandelier! Beautiful shot ❤️

Trilobyter

@trilobyter.bsky.social

For #PollinatorWeek and today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro theme, here’s a carpenter #bee approaching a blanket #flower in my front #garden. #NaturePhotography #Photography #Bees #gardening #BloomScrolling #ECK

Color photo of a carpenter bee, its back legs encrusted with orange pollen, hovering in front of a red and yellow blanket flower.

58345d ago

Tina Hoggatt1

Send this in to the @nytimes.com Spelling Bee!

Gray

@grays.art

Pure Green Sweat Bee (Augochlora pura) on poisonous Hemp Dogbane flower (Apocynum cannabinum) yesterday in Chagrin Falls, Ohio (suburban Cleveland) 6-26-26 #Native #bees are favorite subjects. #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #insects #ColorADay #GreenSat #green #eck #bugsky #nature #pollinatorweek #art

46345d ago

Get To Know Nature2

Absolutely stunning portrait of one of my favorite bugs

Kristin Wyatt2

Gorgeous! They are so hard to get a shot that isn't blurry.

NanLeah1

Absolutely stunning, Gray. I love all of the greens playing in your photo. What a beautiful sweat bee.🙏

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

What a wonderful photo Gray✨️

gray, spelled g r a y1

Wonderful! This should be a picture in a storybook.

Mike Saunders 🇺🇦1

YAAAAAAAASSSS!!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Such a fantastic shot, Gray! I was reading in your profile that you don't do stacking. How do you get such good DoF without stacking? I prefer not to stack but DoF seems just razor thin the majority of the time.

Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

Wishing you a beautiful day 🫶🐞 #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #PollinatorWeek #BugSky #ladybirds #photography #nature #wildlife #MacroMonday #ECK

Close-up of a ladybird on a white flower

49045d ago

DreamWave Ambient2

Absolutely beautiful! 🐞 Nature always has a way of bringing peace. Thank you for sharing. 🌿💚

Alan H1

Such a fabulous capture Rina. Rather than relying on dramatic colour, you’ve created impact through contrast, composition and light. What stands out most is the way the ladybird becomes a jewel against the soft, creamy-white petals. Next level photography. ❤️🤗🫶🏼

Sabine Shutterbug1

To you too, Rina! 🫶

GirlRebuilt 🇨🇦🇧🇧1

Wonderful, Rina! Wishing you a beautiful day too. 🫶

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Ohhh wow dear Rina this is so lovely and beautiful 😍 Have a lovely day and weekend and stay cool✨️🙏

Wild🌻Flower1

🐞 so sweet they are!

BelleAB

@belleab.bsky.social

Happy Saturday ~ Here are some #macro shots for the #BlueSkyArtShow 🌺🌼🌸🌹 #flowers #plants #gardens #bloomscrolling #hibiscus #chenilleplant #rose #aster #photography

40945d ago

Vic4

Much better than mine today!

Linda Oswald2

The colors are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Alan H1

All beautiful but I love the rose very much Belle. 👌🏼😍

Sharon1

All beautiful 💐 Happy Saturday, Belle.

Mary1

Beautiful flowers Belle! Happy Saturday! 🩷

Bernard Doucette1

Wonderful shots, Belle! Have a great Saturday!

Michael R Photography 🌿

@msriffle.bsky.social

Today's #BlueskyArtShow theme is #macro. I call these stunning little mushrooms my darjeelings because I have a hard time remembering their real common name, fragile dapperlings. Like me, they love rain. #photography #minilandscape #ECK #mycology #fungi #FungiFriends #mushrooms #nature #NikonZ8

27645d ago

Aj d'Wit (Audrey)2

Now aren’t these delicate beauties? Beautiful photo, Michael. 😍

Emma1

wow these are the most stunning mushrooms i have ever seen, fabulous photo michael

Eliz PhotoClique1

So delicate... Just lovely 🤗

M. Daniel Smith (mdanielsmith.com)1

Moisten my mind with images divine in depth of colors upon ebony displayed. One's eye drawn to the soft parade of textures, colors, scents, and tones.... Here is where each moment spent will reflect in waves of peacefulness, resonating throughout your day.

SeaLevelOslo

@sealeveloslo.bsky.social

Dianthus shape and color #flowers #wildflowers #photography #BlueSkyArtshow #macro #ColorADay #GreenSat

A photo of a dianthus flower seen from above with its soft pink, almost white, fringed petals and a purple-pink center, in front of a blurry background of green grass and shadows.

25345d ago

Geoff Braine

@geoffbraine.bsky.social

“Jupi Stares Me Down”, Mayhew Drive, South Orange, New Jersey, March 27, 2018, 7:22 PM #photography #eastcoastkin #BNWmacro #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #SensoryArt #PointOfView #Caturday #CatsofBluesky #ArtYear #PhotographersofBluesky #NewJersey

27745d ago

Zita Hildebrandt1

I bet you blinked first 😸

Andrew 📷

@vixcomplex.bsky.social

Orchid Cactus, Backlit 6-2026 Home Garden An Epiphyllum (orchid cactus) bloom, caught with the sun directly behind it — the petals turn the light into magenta, the throat into pure gold. #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #flower #backlit #cactusflower #magenta #nature #floralphotography #botanical #sunlight

Extreme close-up of a magenta Epiphyllum (orchid cactus) flower, backlit by sunlight so its throat glows golden-orange, with long pale stamens cascading downward against the deep pink petals.

18345d ago

Bob Leckridge1

I love how sunlight makes this both beautiful and alive!!

ℙ𝕚𝕏𝕖𝕝𝕤&𝔸𝕝𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕞𝕪 📸1

This is stunning, Andrew! The colors are incredible, and the light takes it to another level. 🩷💛

Marjo Slingerland-Boks

@marjosl.eurosky.social

The last one is for this day is for #PollinatorWeek #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #flowers #ECK #Mobilephonephotography Please put a small bowl with water outside not only for the birds but also for the tiny insects they need too🙏

20345d ago

Amy Gann1

Add rocks to the bowl so small critters that may get stuck can climb out! Beautiful shot, Marjo!

Dorota

@dorotapawlak.bsky.social

Favourite part of Autumn hikes. #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #photography #nature #EastCoastKin #fungi #fungifriends #hiking #forest #VancouverIsland #ColorADay #GreenSat #PhotographersOfBlueSky

22345d ago

P Pekka

@prepekka98.bsky.social

Condensation on a water glass. (Taken with Reeflex Long Range Macro add-on lens for my phone) #BlueskyArtShow #Macro #SensoryArt #PointOfView #Reeflex #MobilePhotography #Photography

Close-up of condensation on a water glass.

17245d ago

LM “Gory” Fontanes 👻2

wish this was interactive 🥵

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Ohh wow P this wonderful 😍 is this a special lens for your phone?

Kafkaesque1

So cool! I'd like to reach through the screen to touch the textures. 😍

JBC

@johnbcaddell.bsky.social

an #orchid #flower for #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro 🌱 #JBCFlowers

a Cattleya orchid in magenta, yellow, lavender, & white. an inviting entrance for a lucky pollinator.

14945d ago

Graham Jones

@oldmanrambling.bsky.social

Bees get loads of publicity. OK, not going to upset Soph. Butterflies are always putting on a flashy show but how about Moths? No? Let me change your mind. Here's a Scopula imitaria, the small blood-vein. Beautiful. #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #InsectWeek #PollinatorWeek #Moths #photography #ECK