The closed photographer of the Organization of the Year (Cupoty) announced the winners and finalists of his sixth festival that shows secrets of our herbal world.
Either the photo above a European glider in full flight with an insect in the winner of the name of the young foreground photographer, or a fierce war for the right of coupling between two deer determined by the giant winners of the competition. , these images reveal the good appearance and savage of nature.
Celebrating close-up, macro, and micro photography, the CUPOTY competition runs in association with Affinity Photo and attracted more than 11,000 entries from 61 countries entered in 11 categories of which a jury of 25 photographers, scientists, journalists and editors selected 100 finalists.
Photographer Svetlana Ivanenko has been awarded the title Close-up Photographer of the Year 6 along with a $3,000 cash prize.for her photo of the fighting beettles which also got first place in the Insects category.
“Close-up photography is a celebration of curiosity, and this year’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.,” CUPOTY co-founder Tracy Calder remarked.
Two deer beetles are fighting for domination in the Voronezh region in Russia. “During a brief era in summer, deer beetles are involved in fierce battles for coupling rights,” explains Svetlana XXX. “These elusive creatures in Oaks forests, which makes them difficult to find. I traveled 700 kilometers to attend this beautiful occasion and penetrate it with everyone. »
Danube mayflies swarm above the Danube River in Hungary after decades of absence.
Mayfly’s impressive and endangered returned to Danube in 2012, due to the improvement in water quality. This species had disappeared from the rivers of the European environment for decades due to pollution.
My own galaxy, place, insect category
A leaf hopper rests in a fungus in the middle of a spores whirlwind in Goa, India.
Avilash Ghosh says, “On a night walk in Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary, I discovered this mushroom. It was generating clouds of spores as a leaf hopper landed on the fungus. An LED torch allowed me to back up the scene.
Damuncing through the waterfall, 1st place, of butterflies and dragonflies
A young man rests on a rock in the middle of a flowing waterfall in the Tianmushan Nature Reserve, Zhejiang Province, China.
“In July, the Tianmushan Nature Reserve in China is immersed in a warm and romantic atmosphere,” explains Yong Miao. “Just as the sky was about to go dark, at the back of a turbulent turn, I discovered that Ladyllly. His head went down to the surface of the water, as if he appreciated his own reflection. ” »
Jocadura in the afternoon, 2d place, young category, age: 17
A flos thief feeds on a meat fly in Brandenburg, Germany.
“Thief flies are quite reckless, and they regularly fly long before they can get close enough for smart success,” says Tinker-Tsavalas. This specific individual had prey and I to keep trying. seconds, allowing me to capture that 24-image concentrate stack. ».
Pandora, 3rd place, youth category, 17 years old
A inflamed globular spring tail with a parasite fungus has been captured with detailed macro in Berlin, Germany.
“I’ve frequently encountered springtails infected by a fungus,” says Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas. “However, they rarely make for interesting images as the springtail’s head is usually curled underneath, making it almost unrecognizable. For the first time, I was able to capture an angle with the head visible.
“This is my biggest battery to date, compiled from 183 individual images. “
For the fourth consecutive year, British photographer Barry Webb won a category, this time with a very good symbol of a 15 mm upper ear fungus in a pine cone.
“I had noticed the mushrooms to collect the ears several times before,” webb recalls. “It grows in pine cones and has an eccentric stem linked to an appearance of the lid, with unique gills down and in the form of teeth. This specimen is to know, small, about 15 mm high.
Sandy Mushroom, place, mushrooms and slime mussels; Holywell Bay Beach, Cornwall, United Kingdom
“By exploring the Holywell Bay sand dune in Cornwall,” said Jamie Spensley, “I got here through this little fungus coming out of the sand. “
This photo of a female Mediterranean black widow feeding on her prey is the first winner in the Arachnid category. She took it in the Pollino National Park, in Calabria, Italy.
Stauropus Fagi, 2D Place, of invertebrate portraits. Spain
While for spiders on their grass in Spain, José Manuel Lois Ria arrived here through this lobster butterfly caterpillar in a branch.
Lynx Spider, 3rd place, of invertebrate portraits; Austria
A Lynx spider on a yellow flower on a grass in Austria.
An Andean bear is in the middle of the dense foliage of a tropical forest in the highlands in the Natural Reserve of Ecopalacio, Calera, Colombia. Santiago J. Monroy García won the category of animals with this symbol taken with a camera trap of the South America Bear species. “This individual is known as” Calavera Nose “(skull nose),” he said.
Pine Marten Portrait, 3rd place, Animals category; Kiskőrös, Szücsi-forest, Hungary
A pine margin, curious about an activated movement in Kiskőrös, Szücsi-Forest, Hungary.
Csaba Daróczi explains: “After setting up camera traps to monitor forest wildlife over an extended period, I discovered a daily winter visitor: a pine marten. After numerous experiments and adjustments, I finally succeeded in capturing a photograph of the elusive pine marten.”
Everything is A-Ok, 1st place, underwater category;
A comic symbol of a pH. D. The fishermen who would continue to escape from the jaws of a lizard won the underwater category.
“Summer brings calm seas to South Florida, where a committed network of shore dive photographers headed out almost every day to survey the world’s third-largest coral reef for attractive wildlife,” Jensen says.
“This lizardfish grappling with a challengingly large doctorfish, had its eyes seemingly larger than its mouth. The comically calm doctorfish steals the limelight, displaying a remarkable defense mechanism with splayed pectoral and dorsal spines. After a few minutes of struggle, the doctorfish managed to escape. This image now sits on my desk at work, serving as a reminder that even on tough days, ‘everything’s going to be A-OK.’”
Search for the Dragon, 2nd place, Underwater category; Rapid Bay, South Australia
A leafy sea dragon swims with a school of rough bullseye fish in Rapid Bay, South Australia.
“This baby leafy sea dragon, only eight centimetres long, was found at 15 meters deep, next to a small school of Rough Bullseye fish,” says Jenny Stocktitle. “Although the fish looked interested in my target, sea dragons do not have many predators. Their combination of excellent camouflage, tough jointed plates and sharp dorsal spines offer adequate protection. Their main threat is habitat destruction, being caught by collectors or being destroyed for their use in the traditional medicine market, a use which is unfounded.”
A loving mother, place, underwater category; Lembe Strait, Indonesia
A Goby Goby Reef helps maintain its eggs in a blue robe in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.
After a fog in his Dutch garden, Piet Haaksma photographed those rocío mushrooms that earned him the first position in the plant category.
A Network of Life and Death, 1st place, Intimate Landscape category. French Alps
The intricate tunnels of bark beetle larvae beneath the bark of a spruce tree in his native French Alps won retired biology teacher Jean-Philippe Delobelle first place in the Intimate Landscape category. “Emanating from the egg-laying site of the female, the tunnels widen as the larvae grow – a symbol of life for the larva, and death for the tree,” he notes.
Among giants, place, category of intimate landscape; Sequoia National Park, California
A white tree surrounded through 3 redwoods in Sequoia National Park, California.
“Folie with altitudes of 4,500 to 7,500 feet along the western slope of Sierra Nevada,” explains Sigfrido Zimmermann, “these Titans are resistant to fire, can be up to 3,400 years and are the trees of the world. “
Artificial landscape, first place, study category
Dutch photographer Rob Blanken used a microscope for assistance photography, a crystallized amino acid aggregate that resembles an impressive landscape and landscape.
The first hundred entries of Cupoty 6 can be noted here.
The seventh Festival of Foreground Photographers will open in May.
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