《年度特写摄影师》入围名单中的 16 张残酷而迷人的野生动物照片

近距离观察蜘蛛、蛇和海牛宝宝的眼睛。

作者：流行科学团队

发布于 2024年10月29日上午11:23 EDT

A malabar gliding frog struggles and holds on to twigs to try and escape from the venomous, strong bite of its predator - a Malabar pit viper. The viper didn't let go of the frog, and the frog didn't let go of the twigs either, until it had a little life left in it. However, the frog had to give up finally, and the snake won, and swallowed this beautiful green frog. This is a stack of two images, one for frog eyes, and another for the snake's eyes. We had almost given up hopes of finding any subjects in the rainforest of Agumbe, India, due to heavy rains, but decided to stop at one last place on the way back to our stay, and this was our lucky and only find for the night. — “最后的搏斗”。一只马来亚飞行蛙在挣扎，紧紧抓住树枝，试图逃离其捕食者——一条剧毒的马鲁巴短吻蛇的致命撕咬。短吻蛇没有松口，青蛙也没有松开树枝，直到生命的最后一刻。最终，青蛙不得不屈服，蛇获得了胜利，吞下了这只美丽的绿色青蛙。这是一张堆叠了两次拍摄的照片，一次是为了捕捉青蛙的眼睛，另一次是为了捕捉蛇的眼睛。由于连日暴雨，我们几乎放弃了在印度阿贡贝雨林寻找拍摄对象的希望，但在返回住处的途中，我们决定在最后一个地方停留，而这便是我们当晚幸运且唯一的发现。
图片来源：Pavan Kumar T S / 年度特写摄影师

一只飞行青蛙在生命的最后几分钟里紧抓着树枝。一条短吻蛇咬住了即将被整个吞下的青蛙。这场残酷的搏斗发生在印度阿贡贝的雨林中，摄影师 Pavan Kumar T S 捕捉下了这一瞬间。由此产生的照片（如上图所示）入围了今年年度特写摄影师大赛的动物类别的短名单。

来自世界各地的摄影师提交了 11,681 张照片，由 25 位评委进行评估，最终选出了入围名单。11 个类别的 top 100 张照片和获奖者将于 2025 年 1 月公布。Tracy 和 Dan Calder 于 2018 年创立了年度特写摄影师大赛，该比赛现已发展成为专注于特写、微距和显微摄影的最大赛事。

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a baby wallaby emerges from its mother's pouch — “小袋鼠宝宝”
图片来源：Pedro Jarque / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

a mother bird feeds its young by putting its mouth over the baby's head — “骄傲的父母”
图片来源：Jackie Schletter / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

I was on a night walk in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest when I stumbled across this emerald tree boa. I saw a vivid green colour with my flashlight which looked so vibrant it couldn't of been a plant... Upon closer inspection, I couldn't believe what I had just found. There were many mosquitoes in this area which were both biting me and the snake. After many mosquito bites on my end it was definitely worth it. I used one hand held flash and wide angled lens to take the photo. Tambopata, Peru — “翡翠宝石”
我在秘鲁亚马逊雨林进行夜间徒步时，偶然发现了一条翡翠树蚺。我用手电筒看到一种鲜艳的绿色，如此生动，不可能是植物……近距离观察后，我简直不敢相信我发现了什么。这个区域有很多蚊子，它们既叮咬我，也叮咬蛇。尽管被蚊子咬了很多次，但这一切都是值得的。我使用了一只手持闪光灯和广角镜头拍摄了这张照片。拍摄地点：秘鲁坦博帕塔。
图片来源：Louis Guillot / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

What: This photo shows a spiny toad amplexus, with a female in the middle of several males. When: The photo was taken in May 2024. Where: The image was taken in the Pyrénées Atlantiques, France. How it was taken: The photo was taken at night, when hundreds of toads are crossing the roads to reach their egg-laying grounds. It's common to see such clusters of toads at this time of year. How it was post-processed: I made some basic adjustments to the brightness and contrast, as well as highlighting the individuals and applying a slight vignetting, while taking care not to distort the original photo. — “致命的拥抱”
内容：这张照片展示了一只刺蝾螈的抱接（amplexus），一只雌性蝾螈被几只雄性包围。时间：照片拍摄于 2024 年 5 月。地点：照片拍摄于法国大西洋比利牛斯山区。拍摄方法：照片是在夜间拍摄的，当时成百上千的蝾螈正在穿越道路，前往它们的产卵地。每年这个时候看到成群的蝾螈是很常见的。后期处理：我进行了一些基本的亮度、对比度调整，并突出显示了各个个体，同时应用了轻微的暗角效果，但确保不扭曲原始照片。
图片来源：Aloys Pichard / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

The Yucatán rat snake typically hunts for lizards and small mammals on the forest floor. However, in the Mexican Kantemo cave, they have found a completely new niche – bats. As the bats leave the cave system in swarms at the onset of dusk, the scaled predators lie in wait in absolute darkness at narrow passages, for their easy meals. — “蝙蝠餐”
尤卡坦鼠蛇通常在森林地面上捕食蜥蜴和小哺乳动物。然而，在墨西哥的坎特莫洞穴，它们发现了一个全新的觅食领域——蝙蝠。当蝙蝠在黄昏时成群离开洞穴系统时，这些有鳞的捕食者会在狭窄通道的绝对黑暗中伏击，等待它们的美餐。
图片来源：Bernhard Schubert / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

What: This photo shows a Gonocephalus klossi, a lizard observed with mites. When: The photo was taken in February 2024. Where: The image was taken in Indonesia, in the mountains south of Lake Danau Ranau in Sumatra. How: The photo was taken while climbing a volcano. We spotted this lizard resting on a branch at eye level. It was only after taking the first photos that I noticed the mites moving around on its head. How it was post-processed: I made the basic adjustments to improve the image, such as brightness and contrast, without altering the original photo. — “微小的宿主”
内容：这张照片展示了一只克洛斯氏攀蜥（Gonocephalus klossi），观察到它身上有螨虫。时间：照片拍摄于 2024 年 2 月。地点：照片拍摄于印度尼西亚，苏门答腊岛丹瑙·拉瑙湖以南的山区。方法：照片是在攀登火山时拍摄的。我们发现这只蜥蜴正停在齐眼高的树枝上。在拍完第一张照片后，我才注意到它的头上移动着螨虫。后期处理：我对图像进行了基本的调整，以提高其质量，例如亮度和对比度，但没有改变原始照片。
图片来源：Aloys Pichard / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

a walrus emerging from the water in front of snowy mountains — “海滩霸主”
图片来源：Jonas Beyer / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

a young manatee looks sheepish — “好奇的海牛宝宝”
图片来源：Remuna Beca / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

two fish face off under water — “比赛”
图片来源：Ferenc Lorincz / 年度特写摄影师艺术家

a fish in the jaws of another fish — “一切都很好”
图片来源：Gabriel Jensen / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

a seal looks at the camera underwater as a sunbeam shines down — “在阳光下摆姿势”
图片来源：Kirsty Andrews / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

This is a stacked image of a damselfly I encountered on an early morning macro outing this spring. I placed a blue background card behind it to give the image an icy, chilling quality. — “蓝色的豆娘在蓝色背景上”
这是一张堆叠的豆娘照片，我在春季的一次早晨微距摄影活动中遇到的。我在它后面放了一张蓝色背景卡，以营造一种冰冷、凄美的质感。
图片来源：Benjamin Salb 艺术家

extreme close-up of an arachnid's eyes — “Walckenaer's Eresus”（一种蜘蛛）
图片来源：Aris-Kolokontes / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

a wolf spider with a head covered in baby spiders — “狼蛛妈妈”
图片来源：Lane Kirstein / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

a snake eats a toad — “晚餐时间”
图片来源：Lawrence Hylton / 年度特写摄影师 艺术家

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