Close-up photos pull you directly into a subject so you can examine its details from a unique perspective. A close-up tends to focus on a specific thing—an insect, a plant, a flower, or a face, for ...

Smile-for-the-Camera, Finalist Invertebrate Portrait category: A young female white-legged damselfly Austria. Celebrating the details most people overlook, the Close-up Photographer of the Year ...

Splash. Shortlisted, Animals category; A grey-headed flying fox makes a high-speed belly-dip in a pool of water. Now in its seventh year, CUPOTY has grown into the world’s leading competition ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Macro photography with an iPhone allows you to capture intricate details of small subjects, revealing beauty often overlooked. The video below from iPhone Photography School explains how to use the ...

Close-up photographs offer an unusual view of our world, especially when that world is pictured larger than life. Capturing small subjects -- insects, flowers, stamps, coins and so on -- requires ...

Imagine a frame so close that every subtle twitch becomes a narrative in itself. That’s the essence of an extreme close-up shot. In the world of filmmaking, this technique isn’t just about zooming ...

You don’t always need specialist equipment for close-ups; the best camera phones are very capable when it comes to macro photography, says Amy Davies. For those who would like to give macro ...