{"id":254678,"date":"2025-11-10T10:18:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254678\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:18:04","slug":"this-stunning-macro-shot-was-captured-on-an-olympus-micro-four-thirds-camera-and-recognized-for-its-photographic-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/254678\/","title":{"rendered":"This stunning macro shot was captured on an Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera \u2013 and recognized for its photographic excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The winners of the 2025 British Photography Awards (BPA) have been revealed. Established as a non-profit competition, the awards celebrate the very best of British photography, showcasing both emerging and established image-makers \u2013 whether UK-based (any nationality) or British photographers living abroad.<\/p>\n

This year’s shortlist featured 400 images, with 40 winners ultimately selected \u2013 20 winners chosen by the judges and 20 People’s Choice winners selected by the public.<\/p>\n

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Among the standout winners is wildlife photographer Adam Ferry from Surrey, who won the Macro category with his stunning image Pink Elephant \u2013 a close-up of an Elephant Hawk Moth perched on an orange rose, every scale and wing pattern rendered with extraordinary clarity.<\/p>\n

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He explains, “I am fortunate to have Elephant Hawk Moths living in my area, and sometimes they can get attracted to the lights in my garden.”<\/p>\n

Adam captured this image in his garden, using a Olympus OM-D E-M1 II <\/a>Micro Four Thirds camera<\/a>,<\/a> paired with the OM System M. Zuiko ED 90mm f\/3.5 Macro IS PRO<\/a> lens, plus Godox V860 III<\/a> flash with a Cygnustech diffuser.<\/p>\n

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The Olympus OM-D E-M1 II’s image quality belies its small sensor, and its static autofocus and burst shooting modes are exceptional (Image credit: Olympus)<\/p>\n

For macro photography, the Micro Four Thirds (MFT) system is often considered ideal. Its smaller sensor size inherently provides a larger depth of field, making it easier to achieve a pin-sharp focus across tiny subjects \u2013 perfect for extreme close-ups like moth wings and flower petals.<\/p>\n

While larger full-frame sensors offer superior low-light performance and dynamic range, the MFT system gives macro photographers an advantage in precision and composition.<\/p>\n

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Adam says, “I found this particularly beautiful moth in my garden resting during the day, probably attracted to the lights or honeysuckle in my garden. As it was resting I was able to move it onto an Orange Rose to provide a vibrant background complimenting the brilliant pinks and greens of the moth.<\/p>\n

“To get this level of detail I focus bracketed and stacked 82 shots.”<\/p>\n

You can view Adam’s Pink Elephant and the other winning images through the British Photography Awards website<\/a> \u2013 a great opportunity to explore the incredible range of British photography, from wildlife and landscape to street and portraiture.<\/p>\n

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If you are into macro photography, check our guide to the best camera for macro photography<\/a> and best macro lenses<\/a>. We also have supporting tutorials like how to use natural lighting effects to introduce drama to your macro photography scenes<\/a>, or 4 macro hacks for your camera, lens and phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking for competitions to enter? Here are 10 <\/a>global photo contests now open for entries from November to January.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winners of the 2025 British Photography Awards (BPA) have been revealed. Established as a non-profit competition, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-254678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}