Overall winner & Insects winner by Pål Hermansen
Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) is a celebration of close-up, macro, and microphotography. A global competition was created to showcase images that help us see the world anew. Over 9,000 pictures from 55 countries were entered this year across the nine categories.
Here are the winners of Close-Up Photographer Of The Year 2021 in the categories of Insects, Animals, Plants & Fungi, Underwater, Butterflies & Dragonflies, Intimate Landscape, Manmade, Micro, and Young.
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Insects: 2nd place by Petr Bambousek
Insects: 3rd place by Bernhard Schubert
Animals: Winner by Juan J. González Ahumada
Animals: 2nd place by Svetlana Ivanenko
Animals: 3rd place by Lili Sztrehárszki
Plants & Fungi: Winner by Barry Webb
Plants & Fungi: 2nd place by Andy Sands
Plants & Fungi: 3rd place by Paula Cooper
Underwater: Winner by Alessandro Grasso
Underwater: 2nd place by Filippo Borghi
Underwater: 3rd place by Enrico Somogyi
Butterflies & Dragonfiles: Winner by Ripan Biswas
Butterflies & Dragonfiles: 2nd place by Andrew Fusek Peters
Butterflies & Dragonfiles: 3rd place by Aniket Rangnath Thopate
Intimate Landscape: Winner by Daragh Muldowney
Intimate Landscape: 2nd place by David Southern
Intimate Landscape: 3rd place by Jakub Ondruch
Manmade: Winner by Rachel McNulty
Manmade: 2nd place by Bruno Militelli
Manmade: 3rd place by Elizabeth Kazda
Micro: Winner by Håkan Kvarnström
Micro: 2nd place by Don Komarechka
Micro: 3rd place by Marek Miś
Young: Winner by Ezra Boulton
Young: 2nd place by Sudith Rodrigo
Young: 3rd place by Anton Trexler
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