Welcome to The Top 100 winners gallery of Close-up Photographer of the Year 03 (2021). Over 9,000 pictures from 55 countries were entered this year across the nine categories.
Insects
Close-up Photographer of the Year 03
Overall winner & Insects winner
Pål Hermansen | Insect Diversity
2nd place | Insects
Petr Bambousek | Ants and Hornet
3rd place | Insects
Bernhard Schubert | Magic Spores
Finalists | Insects
Animals
Winner
Juan J. González Ahumada | Dancing in the Dark
2nd place
Svetlana Ivanenko | Fight
3rd place
Lili Sztrehárszki | Tiny Details
Finalists | Animals
Plants & Fungi
Winner
Barry Webb | Holly Parachute
2nd place
Andy Sands | Cup Fungi Lachnum Niveum
3rd place
Paula Cooper | Dill Seed Heads
Finalists | Plants & Fungi
Underwater
Winner
Alessandro Grasso | Circular Octopus
2nd place
Filippo Borghi | The Birth
3rd place
Enrico Somogyi | Gobies with Eggs
Finalists | Underwater
Butterflies
& Dragonflies
Winner
Ripan Biswas | Mating Underwater
2nd place
Andrew Fusek Peters | Painted Lady in the Garden
3rd place
Aniket Rangnath Thopate | Damsel in Dinner
Finalists | Butterflies & Dragonflies
Intimate
Landscape
Winner
Daragh Muldowney | Juncture Y
2nd place
David Southern | Chasm
3rd place
Jakub Ondruch | Decay
Finalists | Intimate Landscape
Manmade
Winner
Rachel McNulty | Waves Crashing
2nd place
Bruno Militelli | Delusion
3rd place
Elizabeth Kazda | Combs in Colour Silhouette
Finalists | Manmade
Micro
Winner
Håkan Kvarnström | Spiral Beauty
2nd place
Don Komarechka | Heaven and Earth
3rd place
Marek Miś | Odd Air Bubbles Formed Between Slide and Cover Slip
Finalists | Micro
Young
Young Close-up Photographer of the Year 03
Ezra Boulton | Rat in Tyre Hub
2nd place
Sudith Rodrigo | Colours Through Spider’s Eye
3rd place
Anton Trexler | Hidden
Finalists | Young
