{"id":160626,"date":"2024-03-13T14:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/?post_type=focus&#038;p=160626"},"modified":"2024-04-02T08:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:39:56","slug":"close-up-photographer-of-the-year-2023","status":"publish","type":"focus","link":"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/focus\/close-up-photographer-of-the-year-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro life in macro photos"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"160626\" class=\"elementor elementor-160626\" data-elementor-post-type=\"focus\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8eaf48 e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8eaf48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-264bba6 elementor--h-position-right elementor--v-position-middle elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"264bba6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;transition_speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-slides-wrapper elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\" dir=\"ltr\" data-animation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper elementor-slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-d094fb6 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\">FOCUS<\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Micro life in macro photos<\/div><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p><strong>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. <\/strong><\/p>  <p>Commensal shrimp floats above a Mosaic seastar. Photo by Simon Theuma, winner in Underwater category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7\u2063 Simon Theuma | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-1e3bd40 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>Portrait of a damselfly &ndash;very similar to a dragonfly&ndash; covered in dew. Photo by Pete Burford, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7  Pete Burford | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-f2d8d08 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>An Euroasian nuthatch \u2013a 14 mm length robust bird with a short tail and long beak\u2013 flies among the trees. Photo by Csaba Dar\u00f3czi, winner in Animals category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Csaba Dar\u00f3cz | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>  <h4>&nbsp;<\/h4>  <p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-986eb8f swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 \u2063 Gerhard Vlcek | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-5409061 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>A tiny slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) proudly wears a crown of ice. Photo by Barry Webb, winner in the Fungi category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7  Gerhard Vlcek | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-9808b70 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Tibor Molnar | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-a6bc4a3 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>A robber fly catches a leafhopper for early dinner. Photo by Peter Grob, participant in Insects category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Peter Grob | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-0318d3e swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7\u2063 Henley Spiers | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-b8b315b swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>The mighty jaws of a stag beetle (Neolucanus maximus) photographed from a museum specimen. Photo by Yuan Ji, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Jaws Yuan Ji | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-9f87bf6 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>A giraffe weevil sits delicately on a leaf in Malaysia. Photo by Jamie Thorpe, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7  Jamie Thorpe | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Next slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95daa9d e-con-full elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95daa9d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b961dba elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"b961dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show_laptop&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;slides_to_show_tablet&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"rtl\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/UNDERWATER-1st-\u00a9-Simon-Theuma-Dreamtime-CUPOTY-5-3.webp\" alt=\"a shrimp floats above a Mosaic seastar\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/f2.webp\" alt=\"Portrait of a damselfly &ndash;very similar to a dragonfly&ndash; covered in dew. Photo by Pete Burford, participant in Invertebrates category.\n\n\u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 Dew covered damselfly\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Pete Burford | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>Portrait of a damselfly &ndash;very similar to a dragonfly&ndash; covered in dew. Photo by Pete Burford, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Dew covered damselfly\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Pete Burford | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/f3.webp\" alt=\"An Euroasian nuthatch \u2013a 14 mm length robust bird with a short tail and long beak\u2013 flies among the trees. Photo: Csaba Dar\u00f3czi, winner in Animals category.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 Nuthatch\u2063 Category animals\u2063 Csaba Dar\u00f3cz | cupoty.com\u2063  &nbsp;  &nbsp;\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>An Euroasian nuthatch \u2013a 14 mm length robust bird with a short tail and long beak\u2013 flies among the trees. Photo: Csaba Dar\u00f3czi, winner in Animals category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Nuthatch\u2063 Category animals\u2063 Csaba Dar\u00f3cz | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>  <h4>&nbsp;<\/h4>  <p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/MICRO-1st-\u00a9-Gerhard-Vlcek-Beach-Grass-CUPOTY-5-1.webp\" alt=\"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.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 A microscopic cross\u2063 Category Micro \u2063 Gerhard Vlcek | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A microscopic cross\u2063 Category Micro \u2063 Gerhard Vlcek | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/f4.webp\" alt=\"A tiny slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) proudly wears a crown of ice. Photo: Barry Webb, winner in the Fungi category.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 A microscopic cross\u2063 Category Micro \u2063 Gerhard Vlcek | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>A tiny slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) proudly wears a crown of ice. Photo: Barry Webb, winner in the Fungi category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A microscopic cross\u2063 Category Micro \u2063 Gerhard Vlcek | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/f5.webp\" alt=\"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.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 Stick insect \u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Tibor Molnar | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Stick insect \u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Tibor Molnar | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/INSECTS-Finalist-\u00a9-Peter-Grob-Colourful-Meal-CUPOTY-5.webp\" alt=\"A robber fly catches a leafhopper for early dinner. Photo: Peter Grob, participant in Insects category.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 Fly catching a grasshopper \u2063 Category insects\u2063 Peter Grob | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>A robber fly catches a leafhopper for early dinner. Photo: Peter Grob, participant in Insects category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Fly catching a grasshopper \u2063 Category insects\u2063 Peter Grob | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/UNDERWATER-Finalist-\u00a9-Henley-Spiers-Gimme-Shelter-CUPOTY-5.webp\" alt=\"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.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 A fish takes refuge under a blue button hydroid\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Henley Spiers | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A fish takes refuge under a blue button hydroid\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Henley Spiers | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"9 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/f6.webp\" alt=\"The mighty jaws of a stag beetle (Neolucanus maximus) photographed from a museum specimen. Photo: Yuan Ji, participant in Invertebrates category.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 Jaws of a stag beetle \u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Yuan Ji | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>The mighty jaws of a stag beetle (Neolucanus maximus) photographed from a museum specimen. Photo: Yuan Ji, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Jaws of a stag beetle \u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Yuan Ji | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"10 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/tecscience.tec.mx\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/f7.webp\" alt=\"A giraffe weevil sits delicately on a leaf in Malaysia. Photo: Jamie Thorpe, participant in Invertebrates category.  \u200b\u200b\ud83d\udcf7 A giraffe weevil sits on a leaf in Malaysia\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Jamie Thorpe | cupoty.com\u2063\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\"><p>A giraffe weevil sits delicately on a leaf in Malaysia. Photo: Jamie Thorpe, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A giraffe weevil sits on a leaf in Malaysia\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Jamie Thorpe | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3a6a5 e-con-full elementor-hidden-widescreen elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b3a6a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9d1d7d elementor--v-position-bottom elementor--h-position-center elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"e9d1d7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;dots&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition_speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-slides-wrapper elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\" dir=\"ltr\" data-animation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper elementor-slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-0055826 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-heading\">FOCUS<\/div><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">La vida micro en fotos macro<\/div><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p><strong>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. <\/strong><\/p>  <p>Commensal shrimp floats above a Mosaic seastar. Photo by Simon Theuma, winner in Underwater category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A commensal shrimp floats above a mosaic starfish\u2063 Underwater category\u2063 Simon Theuma | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-cfba842 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>Portrait of a damselfly &ndash;very similar to a dragonfly&ndash; covered in dew. Photo by Pete Burford, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Dew covered damselfly\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Pete Burford | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-ecf6b1a swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>An Euroasian nuthatch \u2013a 14 mm length robust bird with a short tail and long beak\u2013 flies among the trees. Photo: Csaba Dar\u00f3czi, winner in Animals category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Nuthatch\u2063 Category animals\u2063 Csaba Dar\u00f3cz | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>  <h4>&nbsp;<\/h4>  <p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-641c698 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A microscopic cross\u2063 Category Micro \u2063 Gerhard Vlcek | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-e213548 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>A tiny slime mould (Didymium squamulosum) proudly wears a crown of ice. Photo: Barry Webb, winner in the Fungi category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A microscopic cross\u2063 Category Micro \u2063 Gerhard Vlcek | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-3d2be64 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Stick insect \u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Tibor Molnar | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-b4d3493 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>A robber fly catches a leafhopper for early dinner. Photo: Peter Grob, participant in Insects category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Fly catching a grasshopper \u2063 Category insects\u2063 Peter Grob | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-f08fabf swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>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.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 A fish takes refuge under a blue button hydroid\u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Henley Spiers | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-def4d61 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>The mighty jaws of a stag beetle (Neolucanus maximus) photographed from a museum specimen. Photo: Yuan Ji, participant in Invertebrates category.<\/p>  <p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Roboto,sans-serif\">\ud83d\udcf7 Jaws of a stag beetle \u2063 Category Invertebrates\u2063 Yuan Ji | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\">cupoty.com\u2063<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-703d86f swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div  class=\"elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm\"><p>A giraffe weevil sits delicately on a leaf in Malaysia. 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