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Have a look at life through the AGORA images magnifying glass with these 50 finalist pictures from the #Small2019 photography competition!
Discover the wonderful world of ants, bees and tiny humans in this wonderful selection of close-up photography.
These photos from all different the corners of the world have been selected among more than 9700 submissions in the #Small2019 Photo Contest by AGORA images, a free-to-use photography app that has been rewarding the world's biggest prizes in global photo contests since 2017.
Scroll through the finalists' submissions and vote for the best #Small2019 picture!
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#1
Best Friends
By @andihalil (Indonesia)
Final score:
119points
CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
Awww... I'm pretty sure the snail's licking the lizard but the lizard is not eating the snail... True Friendship
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Fantastic, to accomplish this great photo, the quality is unbelievable, being an amateur, I understand what it takes !!!
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#2
Hungry
By @dikyedarling (Indonesia)
Final score:
108points
CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
It is a fact that ants can carry 10 to 50 times their own body weight, which is much stronger than how much us weakling humans can carry.
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silvery lightning 6 years ago (edited)
I love ants so much! Did you know they are the only insects that pass the mirror test? They are incredible, the way they take care of each other, their 'livestock' (yes, they keep other insects, protect, shepherd and take care of them in return for the sap they produce) and their colonies, and kill any ant from another colony that dares to trespass, because they are immediately aware that it's not one of theirs. They also often manage to find a solution and use things that can be used as tools when they meet a pretty serious obstacle during their tandem runs. Brilliant creatures.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
We do know the strength of ants, but seeing this does keep us in awe !!!
Ashley Say Whaat?!? 6 years ago
Wow! I know some species of ants are very strong, but this has got to be a record breaker! Crazy!
#3
Teamwork To Reach The Top
By @pokokemoto (Indonesia)
Final score:
96points
Alex Noott 6 years ago
I wonder how long this patient photographer waited to get this shot? Talk about patience!!!
Tiffany Marie 6 years ago
Human beings still have a hard time doing this right. No wonder we're in aw.
#4
The Snail Kisses The Frog
By @andydarmawan (Indonesia)
Final score:
92points
LanteiaTG 6 years ago
This snail gets around! It clearly has a thing for lean and green though.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
I am truly impresses with the many fantastic shots, well done !!!
Janis Wise 6 years ago
Most animals don’t like to eat snails, or so I’ve read on the Internet. But me, I’d still be nervous about this guy never having read the internet.
divydumdrop hello 6 years ago
I never knew snail kisses were a thing until now...maybe it doesn't know it's about to be a snack too.
#5
Sleepy Hedgehog
By @belvives (Spain)
Final score:
88points
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Little one doesn't seem to mind being disturbed while napping, adorable !!!
#6
Green On Green
By @light_rays (India)
Final score:
87points
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
When I am out in nature with my camera, I move very slow, photographers know they must or miss a good subject,love this !!!
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
In some parts of the world, there is great beauty in tiny creatures, amazing shot !!!
#7
Chrysis Ignita
By @naturebooth (Germany)
Final score:
87points
Frances J Barrett 6 years ago
Chrysis ignita, also known as the ruby-tailed wasp, is a species of cuckoo wasps.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
In the world of birds, cuckoos are known for laying their eggs in another bird’s nest (and generally kicking that bird’s eggs out so that there’s no competition upon hatching) and having that other bird species raise the cuckoo chicks, so to me the name Cuckoo wasp implies that the wasps pull a similar maneuver. Do they? And if so, how is it done? Regardless, they’re gorgeous creatures!
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Not-so-MadMax 6 years ago
in dutch they call these 'the ordinairy goldwasp' why would anyone ever call this creature ordinairy?!
#8
Transparent
By @inlogin (Colombia)
Final score:
86points
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Excellent shot, there is a tremendous variety of these butterflies, love this !!!
Koalamonster 6 years ago
I don't know why flying bugs creep me out. This picture, while lovely, makes me EXTREMELY uncomfortable. I think it's the legs... and everything else about it.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
I remember catching butterflies as a child. Normally my sister, brothers and I would catch them and then let them go—it was the challenge that we enjoyed, and the momentary pleasure of having something that beautiful in our hands.
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#9
Rana De Cristal
By @dgomezh1004 (Colombia)
Final score:
85points
LanteiaTG 6 years ago
I'm not sure what it is, but there's such a romantic quality in this picture to me! It's like the frog is waiting for its own prince charming!
CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
I thought the frog WAS the prince charming... Or did I read it wrong...?
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CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
The way the bottom of the mushrooms is formed... It is so satisfying!!
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Frogs are my spirit animal(!) and the little mushrooms are gorgeous.
Tiffany Marie 6 years ago (edited)
Looks like he is dreaming about growing wings & flying with the birds. Lol kinda like Ariel looked at humans. Wants to be part of that world.
#10
Roommates
By @manoydensoy (Philippines)
Final score:
85points
Koalamonster 6 years ago
I don't think you've gotten enough appreciation for this comment. I read it in his voice though.
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#11
Kingfisher
By @lennart957 (Germany)
Final score:
77points
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
This kingfisher is found in Southeast Asia and is but one in a universe of glorious birds to be seen.
#12
Schneeflocke
@wunderbilder - Germany
Final score:
74points
Hallie 6 years ago
She really is. I wish more people would look after her.
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#13
Drinking
By @anthry (Spain)
Final score:
73points
Laura Crawley 6 years ago
Actually it is getting water so it can make it's nest! Entomologist Me
The Random Merp 6 years ago
I love this!!! See these lil paper wasps fall in too often, though, have to scoop them out all the time.
Markus Holstein 6 years ago
if they can do this why do they keep drowning in glasses of lemonade every summer?
Juli 6 years ago
This one is the teacher... the ones drowning are just students practicing
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Occlude
By @micluna (Philippines)
Final score:
71points
Smiley Rie 6 years ago
So are ants. Can you imagine making hanging totally upside down look so effortless?
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Purple Love
By @faisalahmad_ssi
Final score:
69points
What am i doing here 6 years ago
My favorite color is purple too, this picture is beautiful
Load More Replies... Laura Crawley 6 years ago
A bee mimic! It is really a fly! These suckers are so fast so jolly good on you for getting this pic!
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Excellent shot, without these, we would have no idea of their beauty !!!
#16
Green Mantis
By @bayudwi13 (Indonesia)
Final score:
65points
Smiley Rie 6 years ago
Sting like a bee, float like a butterfly, punch like a praying mantis...
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Mohammed Ali was the only boxer I ever watched—he was amazing, and could talk smack like nobody’s business and poetically to boot!
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Sadie Jayne 6 years ago
Did you know that a praying mantis can kill a tarantula? Give you one guess as to how I found out!
#17
David & Goliath
By @obra19 (Philippines)
Final score:
61points
LanteiaTG 6 years ago
Wow, that size difference is shocking! Quite an apt title to this one. Love it.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Makes it scary to consider how large that wasp is.
Load More Replies... Ashley Say Whaat?!? 6 years ago
It's crazy to think about how small that ant's organs must be. It's heart would look like a tiny spec.
Laura Crawley 6 years ago
Wasp is gathering pulp for a nest and the ant is blowing a raspberry! lol
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
You’re having us on about the ant, right? That’s just a pincer...
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Little Girl And Her Big Ocean
@ksenia_zaiets - Portugal
Final score:
60points
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
I can only surmise that the Atlantic Ocean isn’t as ferocious as the misnamed Pacific, because if you tried to take this picture in Northern California, you’d run the risk of a sneaker wave pulling you out to sea—the undertow is horrendous! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
#19
Gentle
@ummid - India
Final score:
60points
Markus Holstein 6 years ago
That flower kinda looks like it's about to shoot a plasma beam into the sky to open a portal to another dimension
CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
I love taking and seeing pictures of Ladybirds!!! (yes you heard me right i said taking)
Sadie Jayne 6 years ago
I would love to have a 5 ft. by 4 ft. photograph of this picture to hand in my living room.....
#20
Panorámica Salticidae (Spider Jump)
@tony_garnica - Spain
Final score:
59points
divydumdrop hello 6 years ago
I absolutely love tiny jumping spiders. It's so cute to watch them hop around.
Madeleine Burkard 6 years ago
Guys it's Lucas the Spider! (If you haven't seen Lucas then get a life)
#21
Catch Up
@ywl - Indonesia
Final score:
56points
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Now I have “It’s Raining Men” stuck in my brain...
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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
You’ve been tossed in the air by a corvid? I’m impressed! 😀
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Three Hungry Chicks
By @asadksungkar (Bird breeding center, Indonesia)
Final score:
54points
#23
Safestatue
By @marcelvanbalken (Netherlands)
Final score:
51points
CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
That girl looks so small and adorable on a huge statue!! Though I'm quite concerned n how she got up there
#24
Going Home
By @miaoyouphoto (germany)
Final score:
49points
#25
Little Seed Alone
By @papinanoni (Indonesia)
Final score:
49points
#26
Flower
@sohelchy07 - Bangladesh
Final score:
48points
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
As noted by John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, “Our creator had an inordinate fondness for beetles.”
#27
Critters Of Spring
@someguybehindthecamera - Pakistan
Final score:
47points
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
My mother went to school with twins named Chip and Dale. You want to talk about parental cruelty...
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It almost looks like a cross of a squirrel and a chipmunk, what with those stripes and tiny ears. 🐿
#28
Love
By @banudiker (Turkey)
Final score:
39points
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
This is so utterly beautiful...and I’m so thankful I grew up in California.
#29
Ladybug In The Grass
By @castlemandesign (USA)
Final score:
38points
#30
Power
By @myothet (Myanmar)
Final score:
38points
#31
Small And Lonely Church
By @charliieb (Germany)
Final score:
37points
John Kamau 6 years ago
Oh when the saints... go SAILING IN... Oh when the Saints go SAILING IN... Oh Lord I want, to be among the number...
#32
Team Work
By @hendymp (Indonesia)
Final score:
37points
PandaPiñata 6 years ago
Don´t be sorry Alex. The beetle tripped and now all the friendly ants are helping him to stand up tall again. Have a nice day Alex :)
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Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
🐜🐜🐜 These ants leave monster welts that burn and sting and take forever to calm down! 🐜🐜🐜
Just Curious 6 years ago
Looks like our master got angry with out last protocol beetle... and disintegrated him.
#33
Waiting For You...
By @ceaime (France)
Final score:
36points
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
What a fantastic shot, good angel, the color of the spider is interesting, looks like a ladies brooch !!!
Eagle Girl 6 years ago
I am obsessed with the sparkle of light off a spider web. However, I do look all ways to spot it's creator.
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Such a fabulous shot, there are quite a variety of the different webs created !!!
#34
Little Feet
By @llunetajorda (Kenya)
Final score:
34points
Chris_the_Creative 6 years ago
I am surprised no one has commented on this picture yet. I stared at it for a good 5 minutes.
Christine M Quigley 6 years ago
A lot of see here- the jewelry, the shadows, the scars on the adults' arm..
Memyselfand I 6 years ago
I second the comment from above...'"There is nothing quite so sweet, as wrinkly little baby feet.' (Not my poem)." (Noot, Alex)
#35
Cute Little Feet
@recaear - Indonesia
Final score:
33points
Alex Noott 6 years ago
'There is nothing quite so sweet, as wrinkly little baby feet.' (Not my poem).
Christine M Quigley 6 years ago
When i worked in NICU with preemies, I used to marvel at their perfect tiny toes and nails..
Csaba Hegedűs 6 years ago
Compared to most of the others I wouldn't call this a good entry. We saw like a hundred pictures exactly like this.
#36
Humble Creature
@vellmarty - Ghana
Final score:
33points
#37
Wood Milling
By @omroms6061 (Verona, Italy)
Final score:
31points
#38
Red On Green
By @mahesajenar
Final score:
30points
#39
Just Molting Caterpillar (Cucullia Verbasci - Mullein Moth)
By @ikaeschroeder (Germany)
Final score:
29points
#40
Drops And Flowers
By @a.rosenthal (Germany)
Final score:
28points
#41
Small 2019
By @linddita (Germany)
Final score:
28points
Lorraine R 6 years ago
Looks like the 'beard' fibers on a grass seed head.
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Small Ship
By @dracodo (Lucerne, Switzerland)
Final score:
27points
#43
The Cute Hands
@salimbhayangkara - Indonesia
Final score:
26points
Anita Trenner 6 years ago
I love that all babies will instinctively grasp something with their fingers or toes!
#44
Observatori
By @charliechals (Spain)
Final score:
24points
#45
Bee And Butterfly
By @bobbykuen (Indonesia)
Final score:
23points
Margaret Miller 6 years ago
I think Mary Rose is correct in that it is a wasp and a moth. Many moths are quite beautiful, whereas wasps are just nasty!
Laura Crawley 6 years ago
That is a moth. Butterflies have bulbs on the end of their antenna. This is a female moth.
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
Thank you so much for giving us real info throughout these photos! ♥️
Load More Replies... Just Curious 6 years ago
I was gonna say... neither of these really looks like a bee nor a butterfly...
#46
Ladybug
By @baliphotographer (Bali, Indonesia)
Final score:
22points
#47
Our Shore
By @ainmira (San Sebastian, Spain)
Final score:
21points
CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
They are all walking in the same direction... And no one is sitting down! This is creeping me out
Mary Rose Kent 6 years ago
They’re not all walking in the same direction—check the feet, and no one is sitting down because their clothes would get wet.
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Toy Cars
By @above_and_beyond_visuals (UK)
Final score:
18points
#49
Two Beautiful Women And The Universe
By @markellos (Greece)
Final score:
16points
#50
The Giant
By @nat_skyw (Spain)
Final score:
15points
MeggersTheFox 6 years ago
Is Dana there? Or perhaps Carlos? Okay, all joking aside, this is a wonderful shot!
CookieNeerrrrd 6 years ago
Ok, sorry, but WHY is there a lighthouse in a DESERT? Are they or are they not supposed to be in the ocean?
Evil Little Thing 6 years ago
That's a beach at low tide though. You can tell by the seashells worked into the sand.
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Rachel Austin 6 years ago
Wow! I mean just WOW! These photos are all stunning ! What a great post xxx
silvery lightning 6 years ago
Some insect photos suddenly reminded me of Minuscule. https://www.youtube.com/user/Minuscule/videos I love them!
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
We are fortunate to have these wonderful posts, pleasant to see, also learning more about our beauty in nature !!!
Linda Sellers 6 years ago
These photos are just breathtaking and so incredibly beautiful. These photographers have a true eye for beauty and composition. Amazing.
Rachel Austin 6 years ago
Wow! I mean just WOW! These photos are all stunning ! What a great post xxx
silvery lightning 6 years ago
Some insect photos suddenly reminded me of Minuscule. https://www.youtube.com/user/Minuscule/videos I love them!
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
We are fortunate to have these wonderful posts, pleasant to see, also learning more about our beauty in nature !!!
Linda Sellers 6 years ago
These photos are just breathtaking and so incredibly beautiful. These photographers have a true eye for beauty and composition. Amazing.
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