The Best Close-Up Photography Of 2025 In 21 Photos
Splash. Shortlisted, Animals category; A grey-headed flying fox makes a high-speed belly-dip in a pool of water. Douglas…
Rare curly-maned lion ‘super handsome’ lion is going viral: A true “King of Curls” from Masai Mara
Image Credit: Kambiz Cameo Pourghanad / Instagram (silent_whispers.photography) A striking photograph of a wild lion with a naturally…
Suspended Animation | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Minghui Yuan’s Image Minghui Yuan (China) carefully illustrates the architectural detail of a hairy moth cocoon. Minghui saw…
Spring Snowflake Morning | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Thomas Schwarze’s Image Thomas Schwarze (Germany) provides a simultaneous view of spring snowflake flowers and the treetops of…
Spring Snowflake Morning | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Thomas Schwarze’s Image Thomas Schwarze (Germany) provides a simultaneous view of spring snowflake flowers and the treetops of…
Jelly Smack Summer | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Ralph Pace’s Image Ralph Pace (USA) finds himself in the middle of a mass or ‘smack’ of Pacific…
The Feast | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Audun Rikardsen’s Image Audun Rikardsen (Norway) witnesses feeding time around an Atlantic fishing vessel during a polar night…
Can you guess what you’re seeing in this award-winning extreme close-up?
Revealing hidden complexity in nature is perhaps the finest art in microphotography. This year’s winning photograph—a rice weevil…
Ocean Lion | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Griet Van Malderen’s Image Griet Van Malderen (Belgium) sets the scene as Gamma, a female lion, guards a…
A Closer Look | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Hussain Aga Khan’s Image Hussain Aga Khan (Switzerland) frames a gracefully agile Amazon river dolphin, also known as…
Ghost Town Visitor | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Wim van den Heever’s Image Wim van den Heever (South Africa) photographs this haunting scene of a brown…
The Feast | Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Audun Rikardsen’s Image Audun Rikardsen (Norway) witnesses feeding time around an Atlantic fishing vessel during a polar night…