{"id":117805,"date":"2025-11-06T02:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/117805\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T02:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:29:20","slug":"snoozing-sloths-and-dazzling-bees-close-up-photographer-of-the-year-2025-shortlist-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/117805\/","title":{"rendered":"Snoozing sloths and dazzling bees: Close-up Photographer of the Year 2025 shortlist revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shortlist for Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) 2025 has been announced\u00a0\u2013 and there are some truly stunning shots, including brilliant butterflies, posing frogs, stalking spiders and cuddling sloths.<\/p>\n

The top 100 pictures from CUPOTY<\/a> 2025 will be revealed in January 2026.<\/p>\n

Close-up Photographer of the Year 2025 shortlist
\n\"Insects-Pavel‘Hungry Springtails’ by Pavel Kr\u00e1sensk\u00fd | CUPOTY
\n\"Insects-Clay‘Orchid Bee Colombia’ by Clay Bolt | CUPOTY
\n\"Underwater-Daniel‘Ethereal Frogfish’ by Daniel Sly | CUPOTY
\n\"Insects-Tony‘Ash Cicada Exuvia’ by Tony North | CUPOTY
\n\"Animals-Guillaume‘Guided by the Whistles’ by Guillaume Correa-Pimpao | CUPOTY
\n\"Arachnids-Justin‘Pumpkin Spice’ by Justin Chan | CUPOTY
\n\"\"‘Bearded Ghost’ by Imre Poty\u00f3 | CUPOTY
\n\"Animals-Douglas‘Splash’ by Douglas Gimesy | CUPOTY
\n\"Arachnids-Barry‘Mite Feeding on Slime Mould’ by Barry Webb | CUPOTY
\n\"Plants-Alexis‘It’s a Trap!’ by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas | CUPOTY
\n\"Insects-Imre‘Light Trap’ by Imre Poty\u00f3 | CUPOTY
\n\"Insects-Uwe‘Bee in Flight’ by Uwe Zimmermann | CUPOTY
\n\"Invertebrate‘Leafcutter Bee’ by Andrei Chetronie | CUPOTY
\n\"\"‘Weevil’s End’ by Rafael Steinlesberger | CUPOTY
\n\"Insects-Pawe\u0142‘3 Springtails’ by Pawe\u0142 Ty | CUPOTY
\n\"Animals-Willi‘Frog in the Wall’ by Willi Roman | CUPOTY
\n\"ANIMALS-VINCZE‘In the Forest of Mordor’ by Vincze Balint | CUPOTY
\n\"Arachnids-Alexis‘Predator’ by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas | CUPOTY
\n\"Underwater-Fabi‘Eyes Bigger Than Stomach’ by Fabi Fregonesi | CUPOTY
\n\"\"‘In Mothers Arms’ by Dvir Barkay | CUPOTY
\n\"Underwater-Maryline‘Orangutan Crab the Miniature Underwater Primate’ by Maryline Renault | CUPOTY
\n\"Animals-Luca‘Whiskers’ by Luca Lorenz | CUPOTY
\n\"Arachnids-Laurent‘Price of Living’ by Laurent Hesemans | CUPOTY
\n\"Animals-Rafael‘Precarious Perch’ by Rafael Steinlesberger | CUPOTY
\n\"ANIMALS-Lorenzo‘The Dark Side’ by Lorenzo Shoubridge | CUPOTY
\n\"Butterflies-Pal‘Flight’ by Pal Hermansen | CUPOTY
\n\"Animals-Turgay‘The Decisive Moment’ by Turgay Uzer | CUPOTY<\/p>\n

Find out more about Close-up Photographer of the Year<\/a> <\/p>\n

Top image: ‘In Mothers Arms’ by Dvir Barkay | CUPOTY<\/p>\n

More amazing photography from around the world<\/p>\n

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\n19 breathtaking wildlife images from the International Aerial Photographer of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shortlist for Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) 2025 has been announced\u00a0\u2013 and there are some truly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[85,46,141,386],"class_list":{"0":"post-117805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}