Close up (2)

These are close-up images of plants and other subjects. Depending on the lenses and other equipment used, they were taken from fractions of an inch to a few feet from the subject.

We have several other galleries of close-up and macro photos. You can access those from the Galleries page.

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Leaves backlit by late afternoon autumn sun, in Nelson's Ledges State Park in northeast Ohio.

Late afternoon sun sets a maple leaf aglow. Autumn 2002 was brief but brilliant in northeast Ohio.

Mountain timothy (phleum alpinum) glows in early sun on an August morning in a northwest Montana meadow.

An unidentified grass, one of a number of species covering the hills around our home in northwest Montana.

Another unidentified grass, one of a number of species covering the hills around our home.

The seedhead of Canada wild-rye (elymus canadensis) with a frosting of fresh, weightless snow.