Close up

These are close-up images of plants and other subjects. Depending on the lenses and other equipment used, they were taken from fractions of an inch to a few feet from the subject.

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A late Spring morning in a marsh near Cuyahoga Valley National Park's Kendall Lake in northeast Ohio, U.S.

A spider web weighted with morning dew above the falls in Swallow Falls State Park near Oakland, Maryland.

Thistle at sunrise on a foggy August morning near Hale Farm and Village in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Dew on grass on a foggy August morning near Hale Farm and Village in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Grapevine leaves in mid-afternoon, in a sunny spot in otherwise dense woods.

Late-day sun on colorful maple leaves in autumn of 2002.