{"id":264523,"date":"2025-11-01T07:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264523\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T07:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T07:58:14","slug":"close-up-photographer-of-the-year-celebrates-minuscule-marvels-and-delicate-details-colossal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264523\/","title":{"rendered":"Close-Up Photographer of the Year Celebrates Minuscule Marvels and Delicate Details \u2014 Colossal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The shortlist for this year\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Close-Up Photographer of the Year<\/a> competition has arrived. After deliberating for a total of 20 hours on Zoom, 22 judges evaluated a record-breaking 12,557 photographs and consolidated its most promising contenders. Capturing the diversity of wildlife and nature landscapes across 11 unique categories, each photo highlights stunning close-up, micro, and macro perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>CUPOTY\u2019s Top 100 photos are yet to be selected from this collection in January 2026. Find the entire shortlist on the contest\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupoty.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>, and in the meantime, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cupoty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> for updates. Can\u2019t get enough of these extreme close-ups? Immerse yourself in images from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/tags\/cupoty\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">past cycles<\/a> of the contest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-1.jpg\" alt=\"a photo by Guillaume Correa-Pimpao of a green frog sitting on a leaf\" class=\"wp-image-464719\"  \/>Guillaume Correa-Pimpao, \u201cGuided by the Whistles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464717\"  \/>Glenys Steegh, \u201cXanthocnemis zealandica\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1868\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-8.jpg\" alt=\"a photo by Dvir Barkay of two wet sloths holding each other close, one a mother and the other her child\" class=\"wp-image-464722\"  \/>Dvir Barkay, \u201cIn Mother\u2019s Arms\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-6.jpg\" alt=\"a close up photo by Jason McCombe of a Lichen Mantis\" class=\"wp-image-464725\"  \/>Jason McCombe, \u201cLichen Mantis\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1277\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-4.jpg\" alt=\"a photo by Jan Pokluda of a dead blue insect being devoured by a mass of ants\" class=\"wp-image-464724\"  \/>Jan Pokluda, \u201cThe Beauty of Natural Cycles\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-9.jpg\" alt=\"A Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) makes a high-speed belly-dip in a pool of water.\" class=\"wp-image-464721\"  \/>Douglas Gimesy, \u201cSplash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-10.jpg\" alt=\"a photo by Frensis Kuijer of a small groundsquirrel next to a dandelion puffball\" class=\"wp-image-464720\"  \/>Frensis Kuijer, \u201cFlowered\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cupoty2025-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-464718\"  \/>Minghui Yuan, \u201cHome on the Leaves\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/members\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"118516\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Member<\/a> now, and support independent arts publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Hide advertising<\/p>\n<p>Save your favorite articles<\/p>\n<p>Get 15% off in the <a href=\"https:\/\/colossal.shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Shop<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Receive members-only newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Give 1% for art supplies in K-12 classrooms<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shortlist for this year\u2019s Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition has arrived. 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