Close-Up Photographer of the Year Celebrates Minuscule Marvels and Delicate Particulars — Colossal

The shortlist for this 12 months’s Close-Up Photographer of the Year competitors has arrived. After deliberating for a complete of 20 hours on Zoom, 22 judges evaluated a record-breaking 12,557 images and consolidated its most promising contenders. Capturing the range of wildlife and nature landscapes throughout 11 distinctive classes, every picture highlights beautiful close-up, micro, and macro views.

CUPOTY’s Top 100 photographs are but to be chosen from this assortment in January 2026. Find the complete shortlist on the competition’s website, and within the meantime, comply with Instagram for updates. Can’t get sufficient of those excessive close-ups? Immerse your self in photographs from previous cycles of the competition.