Alien Lifeforms

The centers of poinsettia blooms (they're actually just awesomely-colored leaves as my horticulturist/landscape architect uncle Pete has informed me) contain some alien-looking parts. Like alien eggs ready to hatch, and alien baby tentacles reaching out innocently for your delicious brains. I've added a non-macro photo of these center bits below where they are nestled inside the colorful leaves of the plant, so you can understand the true size of the parts we are looking at here.

Send me your suggestions for something tiny that you'd like to see big.

buy this print

Visit MorningMacro at StudioSaynuk for more great images

Butterfly Wings

Butterfly wings are clear! Under the layers of scales on each side of the wing is a clear membrane, like other insects' wings. In the photo below, one can clearly see the wing scales on the other side of the wing through this clear membrane.

Send me your suggestions for something tiny that you'd like to see big.

buy this print

Visit MorningMacro at StudioSaynuk for more great images

Bee Balm

The photo above was clearly the winning picture today at the Hoboken Artists Studio Tour, as far as crowd reaction goes. This photo of the stalk under the petals of a Monarda bloom was the most well received image I showed today. Last year's crowd favorite (judged by observation) was the tap water, which you can see here.

If you missed it, by the way, I was mentioned in two different articles about the Studio Tour. One was an artist profile at the Jersey Journal (Adam Saynuk, Micro Photography) and the other was at the Hoboken Reporter (Showcasing Art in the Mile Square).

The photo that drew the second place (in terms of gasps and "no ways!") was the microphoto image of bread, as you can see below. Bread, it appears, is nothing more than cavernous bubbles encased in clear starchy, gluteny wisps.

I would say the third most liked (or "wowed") photo was the next photo down of mold on a chocolate cake. This field of flowers seemed to fascinate everyone for the same reason many of the other images did, because it's so unexpected.

Thanks to everyone who came out to see my work today!

Send me your suggestions for something tiny that you'd like to see big.

buy this print

Visit MorningMacro at StudioSaynuk for more great images