Welcome to The Top 100 winners gallery of Close-up Photographer of the Year 04 (2022), supported by Affinity Photo 2. Over 9,000 pictures from 54 countries were entered this year across the eleven categories.
Click on a picture in the top 3 places to read its caption.
Animals
Close-up Photographer of the Year 04
Overall winner & Animals winner
Samantha Stephens | Nature’s Pitfall
2nd place | Animals
Juan J. González Ahumada | The Footprint Friend
3rd place | Animals
Paul Lennart Schmid | A Tale in the Sand
Finalists | Animals
Insects
Winner
Anirban Dutta | Intruder
2nd place
Bernard Van Elegem | Violet Ghost
3rd place
Minghui Yuan | Little Naughty Draw Circle
Finalists | Insects
Plants
Winner
Sébastien Blomme | Next To My Tree
2nd Place
Jay Birmingham | Thawing Beauty
3rd Place
Henrik Spranz | Sun Worshippers
Finalists | Plants
Fungi
Winner
Barry Webb | Ice Encrusted Comatricha
2nd place
Jeremy Lintott | Scarlet Waxcap in Early Morning Dew
3rd place
Andy Sands | Slime Mould Didymium Squamulosum on Holly leaf
Finalists | Fungi
Underwater
Winner
Viktor Lyagushkin | Little Predator
2nd place
Kate Jonker | Beauty and the Beast
3rd place
Pietro Cremone | The Martian
Finalists | Underwater
Butterflies
& Dragonflies
Winner
Wim Vooijs | Veiled
2nd place
Uday Hegde | Atlas Moth
3rd place
Kai Rösler | Common Winter Damselfly
Finalists | Butterflies & Dragonflies
Invertebrate Portrait
Winner
Jamie Hall | Mayan Derriere
2nd Place
Ben Revell | Gordian Worm Knot
3rd Place
Alex Pansier | Shining Snail
Finalists | Invertebrate Portrait
Intimate
Landscape
Winner
Mike Curry | Frequency
2nd place
Klaus Axelsen | Artwork of Nature II
3rd place
Angelo Richardson | Sea in Fan
Finalists | Intimate Landscape
Manmade
Winner
Matt Vacca | Oil & Water 44
2nd place
Nigel Halliwell | Fishing Nets
3rd place
Paul Gravett | Colour Study 35
Finalists | Manmade
Micro
Winner
Marek Miś | Batrachospermum Red Algae
2nd place
Jan Martinek | Pollen Tubes Growing Through the Pistil of Arabidopsis Thaliana
3rd place
Harald Cederlund | Schistidium Capsule
Finalists | Micro
Young
Young Close-up Photographer of the Year 04
Nathan Benstead | Hemitrichia Calyculata
2nd place
Nathan Benstead | Demoiselle Wing
3rd place
Anton Trexler | Doner Kebab and Pizza
