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Tiny hermit crab on the sand — Nicolas Marincic

Themes

Macro — Small creatures

105 photos

Sometimes the greatest discoveries come from getting closer — much closer. When you travel into the infinitely small, when you lie on the ground to find a better angle, you start to see another universe.

A drop of water becomes a landscape, a flower turns into an architecture, and an insect becomes a traveller of its own world. With a macro lens, every detail matters: textures, colours, reflections, tiny movements that usually go unnoticed.

This is where patience meets surprise — where light reveals shapes you never knew existed. Whether it’s a plant, a petal, or an insect fighting its way to the pollen, the small world has its own rhythm, its own beauty, and its own stories to tell.

Highlights

My favourite images from this series.

Banded demoiselle — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee flying towards purple bugloss, Corsica, France — Nicolas MarincicStriped caterpillar on a trunk at night near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicLizard on a mossy rock, Tikal, Guatemala — Nicolas MarincicInsect in flight, Copán, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicCicada on a branch, Jamaica — Nicolas MarincicViolet dropwing dragonfly on a reed, Azraq, Jordan — Nicolas MarincicPair of waxy planthopper nymphs on a branch, Laos — Nicolas MarincicCicada on tree bark, Papua — Nicolas MarincicScorpion on the sand — Nicolas MarincicRed lily beetle on a buttercup bud, France — Nicolas MarincicPink-toed tarantula on a bunch of bananas, Peru — Nicolas MarincicYellow-and-black butterfly on a leaf, Tikal, Guatemala — Nicolas MarincicCicada exuvia on bark, Copán, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicWasp on noni flower buds, Jamaica — Nicolas MarincicBlue weevil (Eupholus) on a twig, Papua — Nicolas MarincicDragonfly perched on a stem — Nicolas MarincicSea urchin on a rock, Corsica, France — Nicolas MarincicRed beetles on bark near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicTiny toad on a fingertip, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicTiny hermit crab on the sand — Nicolas MarincicLadybird in an orange calendula, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicCracker butterfly on bark near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicCicada on a root, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicDung beetle in the moss — Nicolas MarincicBee flying into a pink rose, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicDragonfly on a leaf near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicSlug inside a mushroom cap — Nicolas MarincicHoverfly on a globe thistle, France — Nicolas MarincicButterfly in the forest near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas Marincic

All photos

105 photos

Striped caterpillar on a trunk at night near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee flying towards purple bugloss, Corsica, France — Nicolas MarincicBanded demoiselle — Nicolas MarincicScorpion on the sand — Nicolas MarincicRed lily beetle on a buttercup bud, France — Nicolas MarincicPink-toed tarantula on a bunch of bananas, Peru — Nicolas MarincicRed beetles on bark near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicCracker butterfly on bark near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicDragonfly on a leaf near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicButterfly in the forest near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicTarantula on a trunk at night near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicBlue scorpion at night near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicCamouflaged gecko close-up near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicWhip spider at night near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicSea urchin on a rock, Corsica, France — Nicolas MarincicLadybird in an orange calendula, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicBee flying into a pink rose, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicLizard on a mossy rock, Tikal, Guatemala — Nicolas MarincicYellow-and-black butterfly on a leaf, Tikal, Guatemala — Nicolas MarincicInsect in flight, Copán, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicCicada exuvia on bark, Copán, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicTiny toad on a fingertip, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicCicada on a root, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicCicada on a branch, Jamaica — Nicolas MarincicWasp on noni flower buds, Jamaica — Nicolas MarincicViolet dropwing dragonfly on a reed, Azraq, Jordan — Nicolas MarincicPair of waxy planthopper nymphs on a branch, Laos — Nicolas MarincicDragonfly perched on a stem — Nicolas MarincicTiny hermit crab on the sand — Nicolas MarincicDung beetle in the moss — Nicolas MarincicSlug inside a mushroom cap — Nicolas MarincicBee on a dandelion flower — Nicolas MarincicChafer beetle in a white flower — Nicolas MarincicSpider at the centre of its web — Nicolas MarincicRed velvet mite — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee feeding on blue flowers — Nicolas MarincicPlanthopper on a purple petal — Nicolas MarincicWasp spider — Nicolas MarincicMoth on a thistle — Nicolas MarincicBlue butterfly on a dry grass stem — Nicolas MarincicSpiny orb-weaver — Nicolas MarincicGreen bush cricket on a leaf — Nicolas MarincicCicada on tree bark, Papua — Nicolas MarincicBlue weevil (Eupholus) on a twig, Papua — Nicolas MarincicHoverfly on a globe thistle, France — Nicolas MarincicBanded demoiselle on a twig, France — Nicolas MarincicPair of red and black shield bugs on yellow flowers, France — Nicolas MarincicPainted lady butterfly on a yellow flower, France — Nicolas MarincicSkipper butterfly near Manaus, Brazil — Nicolas MarincicLong-legged spider at night near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicDragonfly near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicButterfly near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicDragonfly at rest near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicTarantula on the forest floor near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicCamouflaged spider on a trunk near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicCamouflaged gecko near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicWandering spider near Iquitos, Peru — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee on a thistle, Kent garden, United Kingdom — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee on mallow flowers, United Kingdom — Nicolas MarincicGolden orb-weaver, Caye Caulker, Belize — Nicolas MarincicBarnacle colony on a rock, France — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee on purple vetch, Corsica, France — Nicolas MarincicHoverfly on vetch flowers, Corsica, France — Nicolas MarincicGecko camouflaged on rock, Gebel el-Silsila, Egypt — Nicolas MarincicDarkling beetle and its tracks in the sand, Egypt — Nicolas MarincicFly on a speedwell flower, France — Nicolas MarincicBush-cricket nymph on a buttercup, France — Nicolas MarincicRed-and-black froghopper on a blade of grass, France — Nicolas MarincicOrb spider suspended against soft green, France — Nicolas MarincicBright orange slug on lichen, France — Nicolas MarincicLong-jawed spider in its web, France — Nicolas MarincicCrane fly on a leaf, France — Nicolas MarincicFly on a buttercup, France — Nicolas MarincicBee on a purple vetch flower, France — Nicolas MarincicSnail on a yellow iris, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicBee inside a rhododendron flower, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee on a geranium flower, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicBee on a yellow rose, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicBee in a wild rose, Giverny, France — Nicolas MarincicAnole on dead leaves, Yaxhá, Guatemala — Nicolas MarincicCicada on a twig, Copán, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicMating bugs on leaf litter, Copán, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicToad on limestone, Lake Yojoa, Honduras — Nicolas MarincicGreen anole camouflaged on a stem, Jamaica — Nicolas MarincicBee in a dog rose — Nicolas MarincicFritillary on an orange flower — Nicolas MarincicAnt on a stem — Nicolas MarincicCoiled millipede in tree bark, Madagascar — Nicolas MarincicOrange butterfly on yarrow, France — Nicolas MarincicSwarm of blue butterflies on the ground — Nicolas MarincicCommon blue butterfly on a fingertip — Nicolas MarincicDay-flying moth on a banana leaf, Papua — Nicolas MarincicSpider on a leaf, France — Nicolas MarincicDamselflies on a reed leaf, France — Nicolas MarincicBumblebee on echinacea, Zagreb Botanical Garden, Croatia — Nicolas MarincicSpider on red leaves, Machu Picchu, Peru — Nicolas MarincicWasp spider in its web, France — Nicolas MarincicSnail shell on a dry stem, France — Nicolas MarincicHoneybee in apple blossom, France — Nicolas MarincicBeetles in a Reichardia flower, France — Nicolas MarincicHoneybee on pittosporum blossom, France — Nicolas MarincicSoldier beetle on pink bindweed, France — Nicolas MarincicBee visiting pink bindweed, France — Nicolas MarincicHoverfly on a yellow blade of grass, France — Nicolas MarincicCockroach on a stone, Turkey — Nicolas Marincic

Themes

Sea of clouds filling the valley — Nicolas MarincicMountains123 photosMan rowing a boat laden with fodder on the Nile, Egypt — Nicolas MarincicPortraits370 photosElephants silhouetted at a waterhole at sunset, Namibia — Nicolas MarincicWildlife581 photosSpines of a mammillaria cactus — Nicolas MarincicFlora146 photosHawksbill turtle on the Belize Barrier Reef, Belize — Nicolas MarincicUnderwater115 photosMilky Way arching over a field and a tractor, Uzbekistan — Nicolas MarincicNight skies36 photosCarved castle by candlelight in the catacombs, France — Nicolas MarincicUrbex104 photosBruit ≤ guitarist with flying hair, black and white, France — Nicolas MarincicConcerts20 photos