Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Can I Help You? Category: Young: A harvest mouse peers out from some wheat. The Close Up Photographer Of The Year (CUPOTY) competition has revealed its shortlist of amazing photos showcasing nature’s close-up, macro and micro photography. With 25 judges assessing 11,681 photographs of the best of nature ’s hidden wonders, the finalists list provides the base from which the Top 100 pictures and winners will be selected in January, 2025.
From a curious baby manatee timidly posing for the camera, small mites walking across the head of a dragon lizard and cardinal fish carrying eggs in its mouth while hiding among the spines of a sea urchin, the Close Up Photographer Of The Year images are a window to the wonders of our natural world. The contest include 11 categories : Animals, Insects, Butterflies and Dragonflies, Arachnids, Invertebrate Portrait, Underwater, Intimate Landscape, Plants, Fungi, Studio Art and Young. The publication of the shortlist takes photographers one-step closer to the 3,000 Euro cash top prize and trophy.
Each category winner will get 300 Euro. Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY), founded in 2018 by photographers Tracy and Dan Calder is the largest competition in the world dedicated to close-up, macro and micro photography. CUPOTY's aim is to reveal the hidden wonder of the world.
Animals In Close-Up Curious Baby Manatee, Category Underwater. A West Indian manatee in Florida. Baby Manatee pose.
