Stunning macro photography competition celebrates minute natural minibeasts

A handheld focus stacked photo of a fly, comprised of twenty photographs, behind a sunrise.

The International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) is now in its 18th year, and continues to produce some of the most stunning nature imagery of any competition.  

This year, the winner of the IGPOTY Macro Art Photo Project competition and £250 ($315) prize money is Henrik Spranz from Austria, with his photograph entitled ‘Pale Rider’.