Editor's Picks for the Wired.com Macro Photo Contest

These diamonds in the rough got lost in the shuffle for our macro photo contest, so we're bringing them back from the dead for your enjoyment.
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Photographer's comment:"A line of marching empty husks."
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"Canon D300. 100 mm macro lens."

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"Moss and lichen growing on a stone wall in Stratford, Connecticut."

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"Grasshopper hanging out in my backyard. Taken with a Canon 30D with a Sigma 150mm Macro lens."

Copyright - Jeff Cable Photography
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"The summer was almost gone when this wasp drowned herself in my iced tea ..."

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"Minuscule hermit crab pinching my skin."

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"crystals surrounding the rim of a free flowing well in the dead of winter."

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"Taken at San Diego Wild Animal Park, Canon XTi with MP-E65mm Lens."

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"Baby Italian scorpions on the back of their mother (genus Euscorpius). They will shed their skin and then leave their mother, and each other, in a few days."

quotOne morning upon sunrise 'DAK'  observed some amazing patterns in the sand. Created by footprints and tire tracks...

"One morning, upon sunrise, 'DAK' (David) observed some amazing patterns in the sand. Created by footprints and tire tracks, and accentuated by the sun's stark cast, he began framing this composition through his viewfinder."