Buglife

Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates. They actively work to save Britain’s rarest little animals, everything from bees to beetles, worms to woodlice and jumping spiders to jellyfish.

As the official charity partner of the awards, Buglife is generously giving away over £7,000 (GBP) worth of memberships to winners.

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Photocrowd

Photocrowd is a global community of photographers, of all levels and interests. It is home to some of the most prestigious photo awards in the world, and a place to enter an array of great photo contests, prized by well-known brands.

There are over £2,000 (GBP) worth of Photocrowd subscriptions to win in the Buglife Bug Photography Awards 2021.

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Luminar AI

Sponsors of the 'Arachnids' category.

Get 30 days free access to the Luminar AI photo editor. Find out more.

Luminar AI by Skylum is the first image editor fully powered by artificial intelligence. In the 'Arachnids' category, the 1st place photographer will win the Luminar AI Guru Bundle: Luminar AI, Luminar X Annual Membership, Aurora HDR, Invisible Worlds Template Packm with a total value of $316 USD. 2nd and 3rd place in 'Arachnids' will win the Luminar AI Power Bundle: Luminar AI, Luminar X Annual Membership, Invisible Worlds Template Pack, with a total value of $217 USD each.

Luminar will also give a copy of Luminar AI to all other category winners, and the overall winner of the Buglife Bug Photography Awards 2021.

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Olympus

Sponsors of the 'Butterflies and Moths' category

The lucky winner of the Olympus-sponsored 'Butterflies and Moths' category will take home an Olympus E-M5 Mark III camera (worth £1,099.99 GBP), and an Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f2.8 Macro lens (worth £449.99 GBP).

The E-M5 Mark III is one of the most lightweight and compact cameras in its class to date - giving you full freedom of movement. And it has all you need to set off and live out your passion for photography or videography. Although ultra-small in size, it packs a high-level system of advanced technology and shooting features. Letting you get the amazing image quality you crave with ease.

The M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f2.8 Macro lens excels in image quality, versatility and resilience. Easily get shots at a close range in true (1:1) life size with razor-sharp details and circular bokeh. When shooting with the OM-D E-M5 Mark III, the superb image quality is boosted even more thanks to focus stacking: a series of eight images with different focus points is shot and merged to produce an image with increased depth of field. This lens is also dust and splashproof, with a protective coating for the lens elements.

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Fstoppers

Sponsors of the 'Flies, Bees, Ants and Wasps' category

Fstoppers is an online community aimed at educating and inspiring photographers, videographers, and creative professionals. The website reaches over 1.5 million photographers and averages around 6 million pageviews a month. They are giving away $1500-worth of tutorials to winners in the 'Flies, Bees, Ants and Wasps' category, including copies of their acclaimed Mastering Macro Photography with Bug Photography Awards judge, Andres Molines.

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ON1

Sponsors of the 'Snails and Slugs' category

ON1 are giving away 10 copies of The ON1 Professional Plugin Bundle 2021.5 (valued at $149.99 USD), and 10 copies of ON1 Photo RAW 2021.5 (valued at $99.99 USD) across all Bug Awards categories.

What’s the difference between ON1 Photo RAW and The Professional Plugin Bundle?

ON1 Photo RAW is our all-in-one photo editor that contains all of the modules that we offer. The ON1 Professional Plugin Bundle 2021 is a bundle containing the five individual applications: ON1 Effects 2021, ON1 HDR 2021, ON1 Portrait AI 2021, ON1 Resize 2021 and the upcoming ON1 NoNoise AI 2021 (coming in late June 2021).

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MIOPS

Sponsors of the 'All the Other Bugs' category

MIOPS products enable photographers from all skill sets to take better pictures with their already existing equipment.

1st place in the 'All the Other Bugs' category will win a MIOPS Capsule Slider. The Capsule Slider slides your camera automatically with a great precision per your settings. You can fully control it over the smartphone. It is available in 3 different sizes, Small (30cm), Medium (50cm) and Large (70cm).

2nd place will win a MIOPS Smart+. The Smart Trigger is a versatile camera trigger in a single unit and provides advanced triggering modes like Lightning, Sound, Laser, Timelapse, HDR and more. Take almost impossible photos by turning your camera into a high-speed capture device!

3rd place will win a MIOPS Splash. The New Splash Water Drop Kit controls every drop and your equipment with a great precision. It's the world’s first smartphone controllable and standalone water drop kit designed to deliver the perfect water drop photography experience, with every drop and every splash!

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Adaptalux

Sponsors of the 'Extreme Close-up' category

Adaptalux strives to create high-quality, customisable and adaptable lighting products to raise the standard people expect from contemporary LED lighting. In the 'Extreme Close-up' category, they'll be giving away the following prizes:

1st place will win an Adaptalux Studio LED Combo pack. 1 x Pod, 5 x Lighting Arms, and 5 Filters included. You'll have the opportunity to talk with Sam, the owner of Adaptalux, to build your perfect Adaptalux pack. Total value up to £400 GBP

2nd place will win an Adaptalux Studio LED Starter pack. 1 x Pod, 2 x Lighting Arms of choice and 2 Filters of choice. You'll have the opportunity to talk with Sam, the owner of Adaptalux, to build your perfect Adaptalux pack. Total value £249.55 GBP.

Adaptalux will also give a 100mm macro phone lens worth £30.00 to the winner of the 'Young Bug Photographer' category.

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MPB

Sponsors of the 'Young Bug Photographer' category

MPB trades thousands of cameras and lenses every week, across Europe and the US. They focus only on used, providing unrivalled access to a vast range of photo and filmmaking
kit. Better value, better gear, better photos.

MPB are giving away a £500 GBP voucher to the winner of the 'Young Bug Photographer' category.

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