German photographer Lizzy Petereit has won this year's Macro Art Photo Project with a lovely close-up of an Anemone flower (inline below). Other celebrated images in the impressive competition include an extraordinary snap of a tiny snout-nosed beetle (above), and surreal cross-section of a developing fig fruit.
The Macro Art Photo Project is one part of the larger International Garden Photographer of the Year competition. The main competition, encompassing a massive variety of categories, is open for entries until later in October. However, several smaller "photo projects" run across the year, focusing on topics such as Black & White or Still Life photography.
![1st Place, Panta Rhei. Bremen, Germany. "Everything flows, the wonderful Anemone flowers from my garden are apparently in motion - they constantly change their shape and structure."](https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/11b7add/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x800+0+0/resize/1200x800!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Farchive%2Fmacro-photo-awards-7.jpg)
The Macro Art competition is perhaps the most interesting side project, exploring the art of flora and fauna in profound close-up. Some of the celebrated entries in this year's competition reveal mesmerizing and magical perspectives of common insects and plants.
![Highly Commended, Cockchafer. Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom. "Head study of Melolontha melolontha (cockchafer beetle); relatively large and belonging to the scarab family. The name cockchafer means 'big beetle' in Old English."](https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/55611d4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/986x1080+0+0/resize/876x960!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Farchive%2Fmacro-photo-awards-1.jpg)
Hasan Baglar's incredible image of a swallowtail butterfly's wing reveals patterns of color that resemble pixels on an RGB monitor. Alan Price's highly commended portrait of a cockchafer beetle (above) offers an amusingly sassy look at a relatively common insect.
Take a look through our gallery at all of this year's amazing macro winners.
Source: IGPOTY