Winners Of The Close-Up Photographer Of The Year Awards Give Their Unique Perspective On the World

Little Winter Wonderland by Alexander Mett (Germany). Finalist, Plants & Fungi. This picture of a small group of mushrooms with icy caps was taken on a very cold winter's day, just one day before the end of the year on a 2.5 hour macro tour. I found the mushrooms in a wooded area near my home at Herbstein, Germany. For this picture I lay flat on the ice cold and hard floor to take the series of pictures as calmly as possible. For this focus stack I made over 130 handheld pictures.