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Micro life in macro photos

These are some of the winners and participants of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year 2023 contest, which rewards, in more than 10 categories, the best close-up, macro and micro images. A total of 12,000 photographs were received from 67 different countries.

Commensal shrimp floats above a Mosaic seastar. Photo by Simon Theuma, winner in Underwater category.

​​📷⁣ Simon Theuma | cupoty.com⁣

Portrait of a damselfly –very similar to a dragonfly– covered in dew. Photo by Pete Burford, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷 Pete Burford | cupoty.com⁣

An Euroasian nuthatch –a 14 mm length robust bird with a short tail and long beak– flies among the trees. Photo by Csaba Daróczi, winner in Animals category.

​​📷 Csaba Darócz | cupoty.com⁣

 

 

A microscopic section of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria), the bushy grass that grows among the sand on beaches. Photo by Gerhard Vlcek, winner in Micro Captions category.

​​📷 ⁣ Gerhard Vlcek | cupoty.com⁣

A tiny slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) proudly wears a crown of ice. Photo by Barry Webb, winner in the Fungi category.

​​📷 Gerhard Vlcek | cupoty.com⁣

Part grasshopper, part stick insect, this jumping stick (Stiphra) appears to be posing for the camera. Photo by Tibor Molnar, also winner in the Invertebrates category.

​​📷 Tibor Molnar | cupoty.com⁣

A robber fly catches a leafhopper for early dinner. Photo by Peter Grob, participant in Insects category.

​​📷 Peter Grob | cupoty.com⁣

A juvenile fish takes shelter in the open ocean beneath a blue button hydroid (from the same family as jellyfish). Photo by Henley Spiers, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷⁣ Henley Spiers | cupoty.com⁣

The mighty jaws of a stag beetle (Neolucanus maximus) photographed from a museum specimen. Photo by Yuan Ji, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷 Jaws Yuan Ji | cupoty.com⁣

A giraffe weevil sits delicately on a leaf in Malaysia. Photo by Jamie Thorpe, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷 Jamie Thorpe | cupoty.com⁣

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La vida micro en fotos macro

These are some of the winners and participants of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year 2023 contest, which rewards, in more than 10 categories, the best close-up, macro and micro images. A total of 12,000 photographs were received from 67 different countries.

Commensal shrimp floats above a Mosaic seastar. Photo by Simon Theuma, winner in Underwater category.

​​📷 A commensal shrimp floats above a mosaic starfish⁣ Underwater category⁣ Simon Theuma | cupoty.com⁣

Portrait of a damselfly –very similar to a dragonfly– covered in dew. Photo by Pete Burford, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷 Dew covered damselfly⁣ Category Invertebrates⁣ Pete Burford | cupoty.com⁣

An Euroasian nuthatch –a 14 mm length robust bird with a short tail and long beak– flies among the trees. Photo: Csaba Daróczi, winner in Animals category.

​​📷 Nuthatch⁣ Category animals⁣ Csaba Darócz | cupoty.com⁣

 

 

A microscopic section of beach grass (Ammophila arenaria), the bushy grass that grows among the sand on beaches. Photo: Gerhard Vlcek, winner in Micro Captions category.

​​📷 A microscopic cross⁣ Category Micro ⁣ Gerhard Vlcek | cupoty.com⁣

A tiny slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) proudly wears a crown of ice. Photo: Barry Webb, winner in the Fungi category.

​​📷 A microscopic cross⁣ Category Micro ⁣ Gerhard Vlcek | cupoty.com⁣

Part grasshopper, part stick insect, this jumping stick (Stiphra) appears to be posing for the camera. Photo: Tibor Molnar, also winner in the Invertebrates category.

​​📷 Stick insect ⁣ Category Invertebrates⁣ Tibor Molnar | cupoty.com⁣

A robber fly catches a leafhopper for early dinner. Photo: Peter Grob, participant in Insects category.

​​📷 Fly catching a grasshopper ⁣ Category insects⁣ Peter Grob | cupoty.com⁣

A juvenile fish takes shelter in the open ocean beneath a blue button hydroid (from the same family as jellyfish). Photo: Henley Spiers, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷 A fish takes refuge under a blue button hydroid⁣ Category Invertebrates⁣ Henley Spiers | cupoty.com⁣

The mighty jaws of a stag beetle (Neolucanus maximus) photographed from a museum specimen. Photo: Yuan Ji, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷 Jaws of a stag beetle ⁣ Category Invertebrates⁣ Yuan Ji | cupoty.com⁣

A giraffe weevil sits delicately on a leaf in Malaysia. Photo: Jamie Thorpe, participant in Invertebrates category.

​​📷 A giraffe weevil sits on a leaf in Malaysia⁣ Category Invertebrates⁣ Jamie Thorpe | cupoty.com⁣