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© Douglas Gimesy / cupoty.com
Splash. Shortlisted in the Animals category. A grey-headed flying fox makes a high-speed belly-dip in a pool of water.
© Clay Bolt / cupoty.com
Orchid Bee Colombia. Insects.
© Marek Pál / cupoty.com
Sharp Bend. Insects.
© Roman Willi / cupoty.com
Frog in the wall. Animals.
© Donald Bolak / cupoty.com
Rose Thorns. Plants. A macro shot of a single rose thorn.
© Nataliia Shinkevich / cupoty.com
Sunrise. Arachnids.
© Jacqueline Kirk / cupoty.com
Island Hare. Animals. A hare, seen on a wet day at Havergate Island Nature Reserve in Suffolk, England.
© Imre Potyo / cupoty.com
Light Trap. Insects.
© Jason McCombe / cupoty.com
Lichen Mantis. Invertebrate Portrait.
© Hitomi Seki / cupoty.com
Crystalline Purity. Intimate Landscape.
© Barry Webb / cupoty.com
Mite Feeding on Slime Mold. Arachnids.
© Minghui Yuan / cupoty.com
Home on the Leaves. Butterflies & Dragonflies.
© Turgay Uzer / cupoty.com
The Decisive Moment. Animals. This cormorant tossed this fish in the air for over an hour to get it set in the right orientation to swallow.
© Andrei Chetronie / cupoty.com
Leafcutter Bee. Invertebrate Portrait.
© Darcy Santos / cupoty.com
Nocturnal Huntress. Arachnids.
© Pavel Krásenský / cupoty.com
Hungry Springtails. Insects.
© Csaba Daroczi / cupoty.com
After the Rain. Intimate Landscape.
© Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas / cupoty.com
It’s a Trap! Plants.
© Laurent Hesemans / cupoty.com
In Bloom. Arachnids.
To see the entire collection of this year’s shortlisted images, be sure to visit the Close-Up Photographer of the Year website.
