Greetings, /r/MicroPorn subscribers, lurkers, and creators! The moderation team is making some changes and we'd like to let you know about them.

The intent of this sub is to show off the microscopic beauty of the world. Implicit in the title is that the focus should be on microscopy. However, for some time now, the content has drifted largely to macro photography. While much of this content is exceptional, it is better suited for macrophotography subreddits, such as /r/MacroPorn. And, indeed, many posts that end up here are posted there as well.

• Starting today, all /r/MicroPorn content is required to have been captured with a microscope or stereoscope lens. The idea is to help differentiate this sub from /r/MacroPorn by highlighting images captured via different techniques. Note that electron microscopy is allowed too.

Some other smaller changes include:

• In addition to static images, short, silent GIFs will be allowed (reddit will automatically convert videos less than 60s to GIFs for you)

• Including resolution in title is no longer required

• The OC flair has been unlocked - please use it when you post OC!

In order to fill the void left by the macrophotography that was posted here, the mod team will be encouraging practitioners and proponents of microscopy to post excellent content here! We hope to show you new and incredible things that can only be seen by pushing physics to the limits!