# Monthly Photo Competition #30 – May, 2025 – “Nature macros/close-ups” {Poll Added}
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** photo
**Created:** [May 1, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751 "2025-05-01T13:46:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/1 "2025-05-01T13:46:36Z")
This is the monthly thread for **May, 2025**. The topic this month is “ **Nature macros/close-ups** ”, chosen by MacDoc.
**Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the** [rolling discussion thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642). Exception: discussion can commence in this thread after the poll has closed.
The general rules for the competition are [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-monthly-photo-competition-rolling-discussion-thread/975642).
**One entry per person per month** **.** To make the photos easier to review please only post just **once** to this thread, with your entry.
Once the submission deadline has passed, I’ll put a voting poll **in this thread** **.**
**Submission deadline: Monday, May 26, 11:45 pm US EDT.**
Good luck!
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/2 "2025-05-01T16:48:41Z")
OK, I’ll start. With the spiders I just saw in my garden:
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/N7Ytze0.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/3 "2025-05-01T16:51:54Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/JSXbxDZ.jpeg)
Bee on a Passion Fruit flower
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### Author:  [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/4 "2025-05-01T17:40:26Z")
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/dK9Zqddy2GJ7BwBr5)
**Clever hopper, hiding in plain sight.**
_(taken from 3 meters)_
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### Author:  [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/5 "2025-05-03T18:29:40Z")
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/31573076@N00/54494245393/)
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/6 "2025-05-03T23:22:12Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/6QmtkqQ_d.jpeg?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high)
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### Author:  [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/7 "2025-05-03T23:58:53Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/kYb5XiA)
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### Author:  [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/8 "2025-05-04T00:49:54Z")
[ ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:gme3wshdrukjfhbnrj4ittzf/bafkreigurkwaicamhmwkyhag5ywocwbnbtnvj5vvdo6xznmjxtp4cy7tom@jpeg)
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### Author:  [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/9 "2025-05-04T01:26:11Z")
**Rolling No More**
[ ](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-f6NSZ2f/0/NXzT2CP5TsNTLVmwbV2hVLwRcK8DfXb7hJ3PhHTJj/O/i-f6NSZ2f.jpg)
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/10 "2025-05-04T01:46:20Z")
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/66423490@N08/54493887372/)
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/11 "2025-05-05T14:12:09Z")
Little buddy
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/53044967441/)
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### Author:  [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/12 "2025-05-05T18:45:05Z")
[ ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczO7rF7VXSKDQzgj71gpObpKSvpPnmiNuSm8HXRhySjX44r26bBFB5SvEdkCbzeawLpcQGZyTmiNhz-xQmAkKzn6RLt6WdHNrMXgQCmOviavJzBLUrjxUT4KKhjjlMUM_RY4tNU3nIgZ-K8UMNsUk1h8Zw=w1718-h2290-s-no?authuser=0)
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### Author:  [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/13 "2025-05-08T22:09:26Z")
Party bee
[ ](https://alex.strinka.net/photography/photos/Lkhevhv.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/14 "2025-05-12T18:40:27Z")
Shimmering Leaves
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/S5GYn00.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/15 "2025-05-12T19:40:19Z")
Non-bleeding hearts.
[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/194984876@N07/54515299688/in/dateposted-public/)
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### Author:  [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/16 "2025-05-13T02:34:56Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/8CLJhzd.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/18 "2025-05-14T20:11:47Z")
Dandelion seeds caught in a spider’s web. Around noon, 9 May 25.
Click for the full image!
[ ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/RzPmdY9wwovJWbzh8)
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### Author:  [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/19 "2025-05-14T20:13:53Z")
[ ](https://imgur.com/AaR3mGV)
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### Author:  [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/20 "2025-05-15T11:28:39Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#):
>
> Click for the full image!
Click for the full image! That’s good to note for all images.
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### Author:  [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-30-may-2025-nature-macros-close-ups-poll-added/1017751/21 "2025-05-19T15:38:31Z")
**Sundew**
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/MfrmFZI.jpeg)
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