Macros!

Hello, hivers! Today I'm sharing five macro shots as entries for the amateur tier of Deranged Photography Contest - Theme "Macro Photography". But what's "macro photography" anyway? Well, the Wikipedia definition is quite restrictive:

Macro photography (or photomacrography or macrography, and sometimes macrophotography) is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size (though macrophotography also refers to the art of making very large photographs). By the original definition, a macro photograph is one in which the size of the subject on the negative or image sensor is life size or greater. In some senses, however, it refers to a finished photograph of a subject that is greater than life size.

All five shots that i share seem to fit the definition - in order:

1. Flower of a bromeliaceae - trivia: my grandfather Leonam de Azeredo Penna, who was a botanic (as I mentioned here before), has a bromeliaceae named after him Tillandsia Leonamiana (here's a picture of it).
2. Baby octopus inside an oyster shell on my hand - it was really tiny! (And I returned it to the sea immediately.)
3. A human iris - note the reflection of the writing of the camera lens!
4. Holographic detail of a 50 euro bill.
5. Snow flake on my jacket.

They were all captured with an oldish iPhone 6, fitted with a macro lens (except for the baby octopus, which was shot without the lens).