Close-Up Photographer Of The Year: 20 Stunning Winning Images

Rock Star, great crested tit, Second Place Young CUPOTY category, age 17, Italy. GIACOMO REDAELLI - CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
In a forest in Switzerland, when it was very cold and the snow covered almost everything. the young photographer was able to capture “the picture I had in mind of a great crested tit against a blurred white background to make the red eye of the bird stand out.”