Joshua J. Cotten

Yellow tulip at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

Lilly flower in a garden. Strong sunlight.

Peter Muscutt

close up photo of red broad petaled flower

A jumping spider waving its front legs around while standing on the pistil of an azalea bloom. I followed this spider around with the camera and the ring light for what seemed like an hour. Went through some AA batteries in the process, but got some cool shots of it.

Timothy Dykes

a close up of a pink flower with a green background

Macro of a pink tulip at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

Greg

pink and yellow flower in tilt shift lens

Sandra Grünewald

This is an extreme macro of the reproductive parts of a Dianthus flower. The tall, twisting stigma gathers pollen and brings it to the pistil using those tiny clear tentacles. You can see anthers and a dusting of pollen at the bottom left of the image. Dianthus flowers are about an inch across. They are one of the “perfect flowers” because they have both “male” and “female” reproductive parts.

Stigma