Close-Up Photographer Of The Year: 20 Stunning Winning Images
Glass Worm, Winner Micro category. PHOTO: ANDREI SAVITSKY - CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
The Micro category amazed and delighted, with subjects ranging from lettuce leaves to callus-removing substances. Electrician Andrei Savitsky fought off stiff competition with his image of a glass worm, taken with a smartphone.
“‘Glass worms can vary in length from about half an inch to two inches,” he said. “On the right side of this particular image, you can see the large tracheal bubbles that serve as hydrostatic organs (or swim bladders). These bubbles allow the larvae to keep its horizontal position in the water column, while also helping to regulate the depth of its immersion. The bubbles are covered with dark pigment cells that can resize – if the cells expand due to absorption of light, the tracheal bubbles heat up and increase in volume, reducing the weight of the larvae and causing it to float up.”
The Micro category amazed and delighted, with subjects ranging from lettuce leaves to callus-removing substances. Electrician Andrei Savitsky fought off stiff competition with his image of a glass worm, taken with a smartphone.
“‘Glass worms can vary in length from about half an inch to two inches,” he said. “On the right side of this particular image, you can see the large tracheal bubbles that serve as hydrostatic organs (or swim bladders). These bubbles allow the larvae to keep its horizontal position in the water column, while also helping to regulate the depth of its immersion. The bubbles are covered with dark pigment cells that can resize – if the cells expand due to absorption of light, the tracheal bubbles heat up and increase in volume, reducing the weight of the larvae and causing it to float up.”
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27 February 2023
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