Blue Sky Art Show, theme 'Macro'

photographyJun 27, 20262508,979

The Blue Sky Art Show is a weekly community theme labeled Macro, asking creators to submit close-up work exploring tiny details. Today's gallery emphasizes nature macrophotography, plant and fungal close studies, insect portraits, and a few abstract or monochrome detail pieces. Concrete examples include a Pure Green Sweat Bee photographed on a Hemp Dogbane flower, dew drops clinging to a wild fennel seedhead in a Classic Mono shot, and a juvenile Satin Bowerbird portrait alongside images of a luna moth, orb weaver spider, and fragile dapperling mushrooms. Look for entries tagged #Macro and #BlueSkyArtShow showing insects, flowers, fungi, condensation details, and intimate bird or plant portraits.

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.

4511h ago

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

39611h 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!

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.

3963h ago

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!

Jamie Glass1

Wowowowow! Stunning 🤩 photograph, and simply refreshing.

Bob Leckridge1

Like a perfect little chandelier!

🌻🏳️‍⚧️✨Mel✨🏳️‍⚧️🌻1

That’s gorgeous!! Love it 🤍🖤

AnnaLois1

Stunning Alina and so dramatic in monochrome!

Mick Pic with Mr. Calvin1

Anticipation, anticipation Is makin' me late Is keepin' me waitin'

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

32813h 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.

BelleAB

@belleab.bsky.social

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

33812h ago

Linda Oswald2

The colors are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

Alan H1

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

Vic1

Much better than mine today!

Sharon1

All beautiful 💐 Happy Saturday, Belle.

Mary1

Beautiful flowers Belle! Happy Saturday! 🩷

Bernard Doucette1

Wonderful shots, Belle! Have a great Saturday!

Alan H

@alan678.bsky.social

Another for #PollinatorWeek and one for #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #NaturePhotography #Photography #Butterfly #BloomScrolling #ECK #ColorADay #GreenSat

A vibrant red admiral butterfly rests side-on atop a cluster of bright yellow ragwort flowers, its wings held partly open to reveal bold orange-red bands against velvety black, punctuated by crisp white spots near the tips. Fine black-and-white antennae extend forward as it feeds among the golden blooms, while unopened flower buds and fresh blossoms frame the scene. The butterfly is sharply focused, with intricate detail visible in its body, legs, and wing scales, standing out beautifully against a smooth, softly blurred green background that gives the image a bright, summery feel.

2245h ago

Marjo Slingerland-Boks1

Gorgeous photo Alan 💛 stay cool there outside 🙏

Yvonne Redknap1

Wow. Such perfection. So crisp and colourful. ✨✨

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

1997h 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.

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

1773h ago

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🙏

1499h 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

1555h ago

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.

1353h 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.

1154h 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?

AnnaLois

@annalois36.bsky.social

Capillary Curve for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Macro #EastCoastKin #ECK #photography #plant #strelitzia #light #abstract #green #houseplant #macrophotography (Android phone camera)

I know every so often I post a macro photograph of a leaf from my Strelitzia plant but it fits today's theme so well. Tried to take it with my tiny pink plastic dinosaur (cracker tat) behind for amusing shadow interest but couldn't get the sharpness. The dinosaur is propped up against the base of the plant and reminds me to be more 'roaaaarrr' each day. You'll have to make do with the simple gorgeousness of the leaf alone.

Image taken using a macro setting of a section of a green Strelitzia leaf illuminated by sunlight. There is a notable curve on the brick-like capillary structure, sweeping from bottom left towards top right. It is an intense mixture of greens from lime to a deep grass green.

9910h ago

Alan H2

Ain’t mentioning curves again 😂, other than to say it’s a glorious capture and so very detailed AnnaLois.

Bob Leckridge1

Thanks for posting this - it’s truly delightful!

Chris Ediger1

That is a great image! I would not have guessed it was taken with a phone camera though. I figured it was with a macro lens! Very cool

Neil Cameron

@neilcam57.bsky.social

Juvenile Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) portrait, this time from this morning (Saturday) here in Waramanga, Canberra #ECK #ColorADay #GreenSat #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #wildlife