Pete Burford, who only took up macro photography two years ago, has won the Insect Week Photography Competition 2022 for this stunning close-up shot
in all their miniaturised glory. Yet these close-up photos emphasise the beauty and intricacy of these critters in astonishing clarity.
The photos are from the Insect Week Photography Competition 2022, organised by the UK’s Royal Entomological Society as part of its annual initiative celebrating insect science. Pete Burford scooped the top prize for his photo, main image, of a pair of mating golden-tabbed robber flies , so-named for the characteristic golden tufts of hair on the underside of males.
Burford, who took up macro photography two and a half years ago, during one of the UK’s covid-19 lockdowns, spent several fruitless hours at a nature reserve only for the flies to land on his leg midway through mating when he got home and sat down on the sofa. He managed to pick them up on a stick and capture his winning shot, entitled
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