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Spectacular Winning Photographs from The World in Macro Contest 2020


Rob Williamson – United States

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Top Photographer

Micha Mettier – Switzerland

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Top Photo

Michał Seta – Poland

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Guru’s Top Pick

per.eisele – Sweden

‘World in Macro’ challenged entrants to get up close and personal with the world, from intricate insects to tight shots of textures. Of course, the latter proved extremely popular with many beautiful bugs – including the great winning shot by Micha Mettier of a hungry wasp, along with some amorous insects by Michal Sata and Joana Katina!


Gabriel Fox – Brazil

The 20 highest ranked images were published in PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, and we’re pleased to showcase these images below, along with the rest of the top 500 featured photographs in the gallery that follows.


Daniel Lopes – Portugal


Nick T. – Canada


Sridhar Setty – United States


Gil Shmueli – Israel


Joana Katina – Republic of Lithuania


Keti Khuskivadze – Georgia


Suzi Magner – Australia


photos.by.jonne – Sweden


Marja-Liisa Hauser – Austria


Stranger – Ukraine


Vladislavs Kundzins – Latvia


Bryle Tristan – United States


Charlotte Rhodes – Great Britain


Robert Sic – Poland


Tiina Kattel – Estonia


Roland Tockner – Austria


Ilan Horn – Israel


Andrzej Wojtal – Poland

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