Endless Forms Most Beautiful

Macro Photography Portfolio

There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. Charles Darwin (1859), On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or, The preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life.

I recently started exploring macro photography in my garden. It's fascinating to discover the tiny world of insects and plants up close. I enjoy learning more about this detailed form of photography and capturing the hidden beauty around me. These images represent my first steps into the world of macro photography.

• European Honey Bee
• European Garden Spider
• European Longhorn Robber
• Marmalade Hoverfly
• Common Drone Fly
• European Garden Spider
• Common Drone Fly
• Common Drone Fly
• Dried Sweet Gum Ball
• Undetermined Lauxaniidae
• Ladybug
• European Longhorn Robber