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See the Beauty of Corals, Beehives, Mushrooms and More in These 11 Images From the Close-Up Photographer of the Year Awards
Ross Gudgeon won among 12,000 entries from 63 countries with a $3,400 prize for his unique underwater shot inside a cauliflower soft coral in Indonesia.
- This year, Australian photographer Ross Gudgeon won the CUPOTY7 grand prize for Fractal Forest, shot inside a cauliflower soft coral in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, earning a $3,400 prize.
- The seventh edition attracted over 12,000 entries from 63 countries, with a 22-member jury spending more than 20 hours selecting winners across 11 categories.
- Gudgeon threaded a tiny probe lens through the coral's spongy branches and polyps, producing an inside-out perspective that captured a unique internal view without damage.
- Organisers said `shows us a perspective we’ve never seen before` and CUPOTY invited readers to view the winners on the CUPOTY website this year.
- At first glance the photo resembles a grove of alien-like trees, and CUPOTY co-founder Tracy Calder said `This was the toughest competition yet`, reflecting the 22-member jury’s rigorous judging process.
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A psychedelic image of a coral, a swarm of ephemerals and a very hungry spider are among the winning photographs of the Close-up Photographer of the Year award.
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An otherworldly coral, a very cute moth and an intricately beautiful mushroom are among the winners in the prize this year
The Wonderful Winners of Close-Up Photographer of the Year 7
Australian photographer Ross Gudgeon has won the grand prize at Close-up Photographer of the Year 7 for Fractal Forest, an extraordinary underwater image photographed inside a cauliflower soft coral in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. The image earned Gudgeon the competition’s top award and a £2,500 ($3,400) prize.
The Forest-Like Interior of Coral Takes the Grand Prize in the CUPOTY 7 Photo Contest
Close-up Photographer of the Year has announced the winners of its 7th edition, with Western Australia-based Ross Gudgeon’s image of the elaborate internal structure of a cauliflower soft coral taking the top spot. The population of the otherworldly pink marine creatures found in reefs off the coast of New South Wales has seen a staggering decrease in the past few years—90% between 2011 and 2021 alone. Peering up from the base, he portrays the d…
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