{"id":2799,"date":"2025-10-31T07:53:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2025-10-31T07:53:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T14:53:35","slug":"close-up-photographer-of-the-year-celebrates-minuscule-marvels-and-delicate-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=2799","title":{"rendered":"Close-Up Photographer of the Year Celebrates Minuscule Marvels and Delicate Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Close-Up<\/p>\n

The shortlist for this year\u2019s 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

CUPOTY\u2019s Top 100 photos are yet to be selected from this collection in January 2026. Find the entire shortlist on the contest\u2019s website<\/a>, and in the meantime, follow Instagram<\/a> for updates. Can\u2019t get enough of these extreme close-ups? Immerse yourself in images from past cycles<\/a> of the contest.<\/p>\n

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Guillaume Correa-Pimpao, \u201cGuided by the Whistles.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Glenys Steegh, \u201cXanthocnemis zealandica\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dvir Barkay, \u201cIn Mother\u2019s Arms\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jason McCombe, \u201cLichen Mantis\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Jan Pokluda, \u201cThe Beauty of Natural Cycles\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Douglas Gimesy, \u201cSplash.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Frensis Kuijer, \u201cFlowered\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Minghui Yuan, \u201cHome on the Leaves\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Close-Up Photographer of the Year Celebrates Minuscule Marvels and Delicate Details<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The shortlist for this year\u2019s Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition has arrived. After deliberating for a total of 20 hours on Zoom, 22 judges evaluated a record-breaking 12,557 photographs…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}