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Don Komarechka 🇺🇦 @donkom

Nature & Macro Photographer / Teacher / Author based in Varna, Bulgaria. donkom.bsky.social

Joined February 2009
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Don Komarechka 🇺🇦@donkom
21 Sep 2022
If you enjoy my work, it would be amazing if you could buy me a coffee: buymeacoffee.com/donkomphoto Every bit helps to keep me creative, especially as a lot of my recent work has been dedicated to the Public Domain (like this one!). I want to continue doing more of that.
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Spark & Sizzle: flickr.com/photos/donkom/552… Stereoscopic 3D macro of a flower being electrified by a Tesla Coil under UV light.

Spark & Sizzle

I love putting on the “Mad Scientist” hat for a photo. This is an ultraviolet fluorescing nigella flower being electrocuted through a Tesla Coil and photographed in stereoscopic 3D. This version is...

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If anyone's curious, Amazon has my new book at 20% right now: amazon.com/Macro-Photography… #macrophotography #macro #science #physics #photography #books #howto #tutorial

Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet

Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet

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Emerald Dream - Shot on iPhone flickr.com/photos/donkom/551… #iPhone #macro #macrophotography #iPhone17ProMax

Emerald Dream – Shot on iPhone

I’m no stranger to working with live actors in my images, but this wasn’t easy. I borrowed one of the workers from my Green Head Ant (Rhytidoponera metallica) colony to be placed in a delicately...

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Want to see how I create a water droplet refraction image, live? Look no further: youtube.com/watch?v=uVmU0CQa…

Macro Water Droplet Photography with Don Komarechka: Step by Step

Learn macro photography step by step — with Don KomarechkaIn a fir...

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Electric Spice: flickr.com/photos/donkom/550…

Electric Spice

Enjoy mustard? I love the seeds as a spice, the greens as a salad, and the view of the plant fluorescing under ultraviolet light. I especially love that they are so vibrantly fluorescent, such images...

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Spiral Staircase: flickr.com/photos/donkom/550… #entomology #insects #science #macro #macrophotography #refraction

Spiral Staircase

Rhytidoponera metallica: the Green Head Ant. One of the most beautiful ant species in the world, native to Australia, and packing a venomous sting akin to a yellowjacket wasp. I happen to have a...

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amazon.com/Macro-Photography… If you have any interest in macro photography, you'll have a lot of fun with the techniques discussed in my latest book!

Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet

Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet

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Snowflake 977: flickr.com/photos/donkom/ #snowflake #ice #science #physics #fractal #microscopy
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Snowflake 976 flickr.com/photos/donkom/550… #science #physics #fractal #weather #meteorology #microscopy #macro #macrophotography

Snowflake 976

While not a “classically defined” snowflake type, I’ll refer to this one as a “cascading dendrite”. The central spokes here have a unique quality: they cascade their thickness to lower levels closer...

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Snowflake 975 flickr.com/photos/donkom/550… #weather #meteorology #science #physics #fractal #microscopy #macrophotography

Snowflake 975

Layers of ice. This tiny hexagonal snow crystal has a lot going on, despite its simple outer footprint. Rarely do you see these small hexagons with so much internal detail! We’ve got inward crystal...

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Crystalline Connections - Freezing Soap Bubbles flickr.com/photos/donkom/550… #ice #snow #winter #winterstorm #fractal #science #physics

Crystalline Connections – Freezing Soap Bubbles

Cold is gripping much of North America. I checked the temperatures in my hometown of Sudbury, Ontario this morning, and it was -32C / -26F. With these horrible storms set to arrive later today and...

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Snowflake 974: flickr.com/photos/donkom/550…

Snowflake 974

A lot of America is about to be covered in countless trillions of these. I personally find them beautiful individually, but there’s a snowstorm of the century arriving and I hope everyone stays safe!...

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Amazon has been restocked, but only 10 copies left! amazon.com/Macro-Photography… #science #physics #macro #book #learning #photography #macrophotography

Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet

Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet

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Snowflake 973 flickr.com/photos/donkom/550…

Snowflake 973

A simple star snowflake, but with a very interesting center. Notice that the very center is solid? That’s an odd and wonderful feature that leads to layers! Imagine a hexagonal prism – it has a...

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Snowflake 972: flickr.com/photos/donkom/550… Check out the center on this one!

Snowflake 972

I love the center of this snowflake, I just wish I found it sooner. This is a fantastic example of layered geometry in the center, but also a textbook example of sublimation. It doesn’t take long for...

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Prismatic Crystal - Snowflake 971 flickr.com/photos/donkom/550…

Prismatic Crystal - Snowflake 971

This is something special. It may have been difficult to notice the prismatic colours in the fully focus-stacked version of this snowflake (seen here: flickr.com/photos/donkom/55032219125/ ), but...

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Snowflake 971: flickr.com/photos/donkom/550…

Snowflake 971

This snowflake is special to me for many reasons. First, it’s a classic dendrite with a large geometric center. Secondly, it features a special type of colour in the branches that is always hard to...

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Snowflake 970: flickr.com/photos/donkom/550…

Snowflake 970

This snowflake tells a very interesting story. Almost like the rings on a tree show its age, these rings radiating along this snowflake’s branches are a growth indicator. These are a function of...

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Hey @Meta @facebook what the heck? After writing a number of "Happy New Year!" messages you slam me with an account suspension, coupled with a threat to permanently delete my account. Class act, right there. Then you make me SCAN MY FACE to prove I'm human. No other way.
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Snowflake 969 flickr.com/photos/donkom/550… Tough to find the words to welcome in the new year. Wishing everyone well, and hoping for a calm start to 2026. Happy New Year!

Snowflake 969

Happy New Year! I feel like I need a vacation from the holidays. Not that it’s a bad thing, not at all – many wonderful visits with family, friends, and traditions kept alive, new ones made (duck is...

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