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Today I saw a magical creature, a hummingbird clearwing. It's as if a hummingbird was turned into a moth.

#hummingbird clearwing #insect #bug #macro #flower #photography

Fern in the morning sun

#fern #nature #photography #outdoors

Lady beetle color coordinating with butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

#insect #bug #flower #milkweed #macro #photography

The sky in a mushroom cap

#macro #mushroom #fungus #nature #outdoors

Hey you got some really cool pics what kind of camera did you use to take those pictures

Thank you! I use an OM-5 with a 60 mm M.Zuiko lens.

Something I didn't know until I started encountering more frogs with my macro camera is that they have insanely cool metallic eyes. (ft. Wood frog, American toad, and grey tree frog)

#frog #amphibian #toad #macro

Snail enjoying a tasty amanita

#nature #outdoors #photography #fungi #mushroom #macro #fungus

Slug on a coral fungus

#slug #mushroom #fungus #fungi #photography #macro

Some more photos taken on a lovely spring day.

#if you guessed that I spent much of this hike very low to the ground you are correct #spring #macro #nature #woods #photography #mushroom

POV: You're just a little guy hanging out under the wild ginger.

#wild ginger #macro #photography #nature #outdoors

I haven't had the time/energy to hike as much as I'd like, but I have been hooked on doing a loose watercolor painting of a bird or five most days.

#art #watercolor #birds #sketchbook

Hepatica was the first spring ephemeral to emerge in my local woods, which meant it got a lot of attention me, saying, "I love you I love you you're so beautiful" We survived another winter.

#hepatica #spring ephemeral #flower #macro #macro photography

Whoops, I haven't posted since November! I finally got a job after spending most of the year hopelessly navigating a dumpster fire of a job market, and unfortunately this job takes up 110% of my energy despite paying not very much. I'm hoping now that we're emerging from the short winter days I will start to come alive again just like the woods. I hope you are all surviving these tumultuous times. Let us fully embrace the small joys we can find to help carry us through the chaos.