{"id":79506,"date":"2025-10-15T07:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/79506\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T07:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:22:15","slug":"winning-photos-capture-beauty-where-you-least-expect-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/79506\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning photos capture beauty where you least expect it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winning photos capture beauty where you least expect it    <\/p>\n<p>, The Times<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An orb weaver spider in its silken retreat, covered in dewdrops on a cold September morning.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/f5f5c1c0-5d6a-48a4-9fdd-d917eaedd27c.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The dewy web of an orb weaver spider in central Wales<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART (UK; 10 YEARS AND UNDER)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alpine ibex silhouetted against mist-shrouded mountains at dawn.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/77b2d0bd-e5c2-42b7-8eb8-0b6250216868.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An Alpine ibex observes the sunrise over the foggy mountain pass of Col de la Colombi\u00e8re, France<\/p>\n<p>LUBIN GODIN (FRANCE; 11-14 YEARS)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A longhorn beetle on moss-covered bark with an excavator in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/d17137fb-9be7-4e43-a510-a52da6bca24f.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In the Lepini Mountains, central Italy, a longhorn beetle keeps watch over an abandoned logging machinery<\/p>\n<p>ANDREA DOMINIZI (ITALY; 15-17 YEARS)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A peppered moray eel hunting for carrion at low tide among rocks and water.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/254fd8a8-60f2-4c3d-b5f6-86552077b740.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Three peppered moray eels hunt for dead fish at low tide off D\u2019Arros Island, the Seychelles<\/p>\n<p>SHANE GROSS (CANADA; ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A ladyfish leaping from the water with a smaller fish in its mouth, while an egret with outstretched wings and dangling legs is mid-air above it.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/3b3057d8-1804-4394-8719-83d5527bde55.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Synchronised fishing in the once-polluted Yudlang Lake, southeast China<\/p>\n<p>QINGRONG YANG (CHINA; BEHAVIOUR: BIRDS)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A caracal holding a lesser flamingo in its mouth.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/8751cd1a-a05c-42ff-9833-7ec5da7e7e2d.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A caracal clutches a lesser flamingo snatched from Ndutu Lake in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania<\/p>\n<p>DENNIS STOGSDILL (USA; BEHAVIOUR: MAMMALS)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A gathering of lesser tree frogs in a breeding event.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/d3152dd9-3b57-4f73-9c4f-b88552b41b1a.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lesser tree frogs gather for a rain-triggered breeding event on Kaw Mountain, French Guiana<\/p>\n<p>QUENTIN MARTINEZ (FRANCE; BEHAVIOUR: AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close-up of a Mad Hatterpillar, a gum-leaf skeletoniser caterpillar.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/d2fd21d7-e174-44b7-852d-eb7fbd726bf9.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The head capsules of a gum-leaf skeletoniser caterpillar block the sun setting over Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia<\/p>\n<p>GEORGINA STEYTLER (AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOUR: INVERTEBRATES)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds of gulls swarm around a fishing vessel at night in northern Norway, illuminated by the boat's lights.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/07e16d40-e0d1-4014-a0ec-49e045d034b3.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Feeding time for the gulls as they raid the nets of a fishing vessel in Kvaenangen Fjord, Norway<\/p>\n<p>AUDUN RIKARDSEN (NORWAY; OCEANS: THE BIGGER PICTURE)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fluorescent pitcher plants glowing in the dark, attracting insects.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/7a7f9b46-f1b2-43d6-8e2f-4576049387c4.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Carnivorous pitcher plants lure in their prey by reflecting UV light in Kuching, Borneo<\/p>\n<p>CHIEN LEE (MALAYSIA; PLANTS AND FUNGI)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An orb weaver spider on its web, silhouetted by colorful lights from cars below.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/e49aa32a-e16e-45b0-b858-ba606ef45d3b.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Another orb weaver spider is caught in a kaleidoscope of headlights in Ibbenb\u00fcren, north Germany<\/p>\n<p>SIMONE BAUMEISTER (GERMANY; NATURAL ARTISTRY)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illuminated swell shark egg case, known as a &quot;mermaid's purse,&quot; tethered to the base of giant kelp in Monterey Bay.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/f48e3eb4-7297-47e4-a07c-1bbb5bd658a1.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The egg case of a swell shark tethered to a giant kelp off Monterey Bay, California<\/p>\n<p>RALPH PACE (USA; UNDERWATER)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vanishing Pond, a springtail among a galaxy of neon green gas bubbles in Austrian moorlands.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/decfbb8b-47ae-40c2-aaa0-155218628795.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A tiny red springtail among peat-bog algae in Platzertal, Austria<\/p>\n<p>SEBASTIAN FR\u00d6LICH (GERMANY; WETLANDS: THE BIGGER PICTURE)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People looking at hundreds of western diamondback rattlesnakes in an enclosure at the annual rattlesnake round-up in Sweetwater, Texas.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/1d71e82d-e082-4291-bf25-ce86d17dd52c.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Western diamondback rattlesnakes at the annual rattlesnake round-up in Sweetwater, Texas<\/p>\n<p>JAVIER AZNAR GONZALEZ DE RUEDA (SPAIN; PHOTOJOURNALIST STORY AWARD)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A black and white image of a Eurasian pygmy owl looking directly at the viewer, with branches and leaves blurred in the background.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/a198ad08-7866-4c08-b72f-84f6a2e6def2.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A shadowy Eurasian pygmy owl in Germany<\/p>\n<p>LUCA LORENZ (GERMANY; RISING STAR AWARD)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&quot;Taiga Moon&quot; by Alexey Kharitonov, showing an island of yellow grass reflected in dark, icy water.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/88056cdb-b4dd-470f-a642-1d785ae2feb5.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sphagnum moss rests on one of the icy northern swamps of Russia<\/p>\n<p>ALEXEY KHARITONOV (ISRAEL\/RUSSIA; PORTFOLIO AWARD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is at the Natural History Museum, London, SW7, from October 17. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhm.ac.uk\/wpy\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nhm.ac.uk\/wpy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">For more pictures from The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thetimes\/\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/londons-pearly-kings-and-queens-150-years-in-pictures-h3r7gl886\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/c7916ee2-1ef6-4f74-864f-009ac685cb91.jpg\" alt=\"London\u2019s pearly kings and queens: 150 years in pictures\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"shared-styles__Label-sc-1kek94e-2 jGUcDq\">photography<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">October 02 2025, 7.35am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">Michael-John Jennings<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/a-record-breaking-20-ft-pumpkin-other-news-pictures-xh789xxlx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/1ab4ac6e-fbd0-458b-9e7c-d2687f76caea.jpg\" alt=\"A record-breaking 20ft pumpkin \u2014 and other news in pictures\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">October 06 2025, 12.00am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">The Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/new-york-comic-con-news-in-pictures-wqrh8qt90\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/5d65f187-bca0-4d7d-a473-1801d0f29a53.jpg\" alt=\"A New York Comic Con cosplayer \u2013 and other news in pictures\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">October 11 2025, 12.00am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">The Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/crime\/article\/asylum-seeker-danced-and-laughed-after-stabbing-woman-23-times-c3gqr832k\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/fc92fed6-92a0-4be6-b648-18c2ae77c33b.jpg\" alt=\"Asylum seeker \u2018danced and laughed after stabbing woman 23 times\u2019\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">October 14 2025, 8.20pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">Seren Hughes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/photography-uk\/article\/red-deer-london-news-in-pictures-bs7nzzc30\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/1347a290-f87b-4708-9e68-09110481b053.jpg\" alt=\"A red deer at London\u2019s Bushy Park \u2014 and other news in pictures\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">October 15 2025, 12.00am<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">The Times<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/politics\/article\/political-sketch-starmer-lofty-moment-low-blows-house-commons-wt88rnb2v\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/\/e7c42b5c-f40a-487f-8e14-6720b97617e4.jpg\" alt=\"Lofty moment makes way for low blows in the lower house\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"shared-styles__Label-sc-1kek94e-2 jGUcDq\">Political Sketch<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__DateTime-sc-1p1alcs-0 hyeEhI\">October 14 2025, 10.05pm<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles__Byline-sc-1p1alcs-1 dgenH\">Tom Peck<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <script async 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