From dragonflies to fungi, living things find sanctuary in good ol' H2O.
They may not sound as majestic as herds of elephants or flocks of migrating birds, but as these photos attest, there’s incredible beauty to be found in moss springtails and slime mold s. Life is just as dramatic at a smaller scale, and, like in the macro world, water is key to survival. For the Close-up Photographer of the Year Challenge: Water, photographers were invited to submit their photos showing water—and the life it supports—in intimate detail.
“It looked to me as if the moths were still dancing over a meadow somewhere, taking one last flight,” said the photographer, Harald Cederlund, in a CUPOTY release. “Poppies Tiarella in Ice” The second-place image is this remarkable shot of wild poppies and tiarella flowers frozen in boiled water. The photographer placed the frozen block of material in front of a light box, illuminating details of the flower petals and casting the thick plant stems in a darker light.
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