The sixth Close - up Photographer of the Year contender has come to a last in spectacular way with the winner announce in all 11 categories , as well as the overall wiz . From more than11,000 entrance , the team whittled it down to the very best to award plunder in everything from Fungi & Slime Molds to Arachnids and even Studio Art . Let ’s take a close - up tone ( see what we did there ) at the success .
The overall succeeder of Close - up Photographer of the Year 6 was awarded to Svetlana Ivanenko for her mental image , titledClash of the Titans , of two malestag beetles battling . She scoop up the £ 2,500 ( approx . US$ 3,000 ) cash prize and trophy . Of her bring home the bacon exposure , Ivanenko said “ For a brief period in summertime , stag mallet ( Lucanus cervus ) engage in vehement battles for conjugation rights . These tough creatures inhabit oak forests , make them difficult to feel . I travelled 700 km [ 435 mi ] to see this beautiful outcome and I want to share it with everyone . "
The Young Close - up lensman of the Year 6 was grant to Andrés Luis Dominguez Blanco for his stunning and burnished image of a bee - eater above somewildflowerswith an insect in its beak , titledSpring . He said “ I captured this double in late bound in southern Spain . Having previously observe bee - eaters with binoculars , I know exactly where they would fly after hunting insects . ”
Young Close-up Photographer of the Year 6 was awarded to 14-year-old Andrés Luis Dominguez Blanco.© Andrés Luis Dominguez Blanco | cupoty.com
The first place in the Animals category was won by Santiago J. Monroy García from Colombia , for an persona titledGod in the Shadowsof anAndean beartaken with acamera trap .
Pierluigi Rizzo come through first prize forQueen of Hearts , an epitome of a female Mediterraneanblack widowin the Arachnids category – this is the first time the category has feature in the competition .
" Every year I ’m fortunate enough to spend time with scientists , editors , naturalists , journalists and photographer while judge CUPOTY , and every class I ’m blown away by the bore of entries . unaired - up picture taking is a solemnization of curiosity , and this twelvemonth ’s Top 100 is a true testament to the artistry of everyone involved as well as an invitation to look , marvel at and honour the world around us , " say CUPOTY co - laminitis Tracy Calder in a command sent to IFLScience .
The winner of the animals category was this image taken via camera trap.Image Credit: © Santiago J. Monroy García | cupoty.com
Inside the top ten of the Insects category let in Joris Vegter ’s image of four snuggling amber - tailed Melitta bees numb inside a flower .
Sigfrido Zimmermann ’s trope of a white fir tree tree surround by giant sequoias take third in the versed Landscape class
The Top 100 image and winner can be seenhere . The seventh Close - up Photographer of the Year will give in May 2025 .
This is the first time the Arachnids category has been featured in CUPOTY.Image Credit: © Pierluigi Rizzo| cupoty.com
Joris Vegter explained that “It took me four years to find this particular composition: four bees sleeping together in a heart shape—the perfect shot I had been searching for!“Image Credit: © Joris Vegter | cupoty.com
“A walk through a montane forest with giant sequoias is a feast for the senses.“Image Credit: © Sigfrido Zimmermann | cupoty.com
