Things are not always as they seem! Surprising beauty is lying unseen all around us. Our visual perception of the world is limited by what our eyes can detect. By using a microscope we can enter a new realm of hidden landscapes. We enter a place where the hairs on the surface of a leaf are trees in a magical forest, the eye of a moth appears as a geodesic dome and pollen grains are like giant cantaloupes.

This group of photographs reveals a glimpse of the fantastical universe that can be seen with a Scanning Electron Microscope ( S.E.M ). These microscopes can achieve extremely high magnifications due to both the increased resolving ability of electrons and the strong electromagnetic lenses that focus them.

I have taken a closer look at some plants and insects from my garden and hope to inspire the viewer to appreciate that there is more to our surroundings than meets the unaided eye.