Close-Up Photographer Of The Year: 20 Stunning Winning Images
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Photo: Bernhard Schubert/ Close-Up Photographer of the Year
For its second year and with more than 6,500 photos from 52 countries in competition, the Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) organization, devoted to close-up, macro- and micro-photos, has announced its remarkable winning images.
The annual photography competition gave the first prize of £2,500 and the CUPOTY trophy to a nighttime shot of an eel larva spotted off the island of Lembeh, Indonesia, by Galice Hoarau, a French photographer and professor of marine molecular ecology.
Eel Larva, Overall winner & Animals winner, Lembeh island, Indonesia.
Photo: Galice Hoarau – Close-Up Photographer of the Year
“Peering through the darkness with your flashlight can be stressful the first time you do it,