Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Release Their Shortlisted Photos for This Year's Competition! (PART 1) 1

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards have released the shortlisted images for the 2022 edition of the competition!

Co-founded in 2015 by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam, this competition focuses on the lighter side of wildlife photography and helps promote the conservation of wildlife and habitats through humour.

It also supports a sustainable conservation organisation every year, and this year, it will be donating 10% of its total net revenue to the Whitley Fund For Nature.

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T​his year’s shortlist consists of 40 hilarious photographs from all over the world, of which the initial 20 have been listed below. We will release the remaining 20 pictures in the second part of this series next week.

Just scroll below for a guaranteed dose of wholesome laughter!

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Talk To The Fin!(©Jennifer Hadley/comedywildlifephoto.com)

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It’s all kicking off!(©Michael Eastwell/comedywildlifephoto.com)

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Andy Evans
kent
United Kingdom

Title: Stop and stare
Description: After hearing Borneo's borders would reopen again in April 2022 I couldn't wait to visit and photograph some of the weird and wonderful wildlife on the island. After 2 years with no tourists it seemed like the wildlife was just as shocked to see me as I was to see them. This young proboscis monkey watched in amazement as I cruised by on the kinabatangan river.
Animal: Probiscis monkey
Location of shot: Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Borneo
Stop and stare(©Andy Evans/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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What do you mean smile?! I am smiling!(©Alison Buttigieg/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Kevin Lohman
Santa Cruz
United States

Title: The Wink
Description: An American Red Fox casually walked up to the edge of the woods and sat down, then turned around and gave a wink. Moments later, this sly fox disappeared into the trees.
Animal: American Red Fox
Location of shot: San Jose, California
The Wink(©Kevin Lohman/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Hello everyone(©Miroslav Srb/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Arthur Telle Thiemann
Telde
Spain

Title: "Say cheeeese"
Description: A couple of triggerfish looking into the camera, captured at the Azores.Even they may look funny, these fish can be quite aggressive. In this case they didn't attempt to bite me, but the domeport of my camera housing ended up with some scratches... life is hard... at least it wasn't me who was hurt
Animal: Grey triggerfish, Ballistes capriscus
Location of shot: Faial, Azores
Say cheeeese(©Arturo Telle Thiemann/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Federica Vinci
Fasano
Italy

Title: Monkey wellness center
Description: Walking near a cambodian temple where groups of wild monkeys lived, I came across this scene: a wild monkey in total relax, while its friend was taking care of it.
Animal: Monkey
Location of shot: Cambodia, Baphuon Temple
Monkey Wellness Centre(©Federica Vinci/comedywildlifephoto.com)

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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022
JAGDEEP RAJPUT
DELHI
India

Title: Pegasus, the flying horse.
Description: Actually this is Indian Saras Crane attacking a Bluebull from behind, the bull happened to venture close to Saras's nest, where in, it had laid a single egg. The Saras Crane, which is tallest flying bird in the world, opened it's huge wings and attacked the bull from behind, driving the bull away from the nest.
Animal: Bluebull and Indian saras Crane.
Location of shot: Keoladeo National Park, India.
Pegasus, the flying horse(©Jagdeep Rajput/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Jennifer Hadley
Raleigh
United States

Title: Not so cat-like reflexes
Description: This 3 month old cub and his sibling were in a tree. The other lionesses were in other trees and on the ground. He wanted to get down and walked all over the branches looking for the right spot and finally just went for it. It was probably his first time in a tree and his descent didn't go so well. He was just fine though after landing on the ground. He got up and ran off with some other cubs.
Animal: Lion
Location of shot: Serengeti Tanzania
Not so cat-like reflexes(©Jennifer Hadley/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Cute(©Ahmed Alahmed/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Vince Burton
North Tuddenham
United Kingdom

Title: Buck-a-roo!
Description: A zebra does a great impression of the 80's children's game Buck-a-roo. It also looks like its been fart-powered :)
Animal: Zebra
Location of shot: Amboseli, Kenya
Buck-a-roo!(©Vince Burton/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Thomas Vijayan
Ontario
Canada

Title: Happy Feet
Description: This chick has grown old enough to take to the seas and fish for their own food.
Animal: Emperor Penguin
Location of shot: Antarctica
Happy Feet(©Thomas Vijayan/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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I’m gonna strangle you!(©Emmanuel Do Linh San/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Can I borrow honey from you until tomorrow?(©Valtteri Mulkahainen/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Saverio Gatto
Salerno
Italy

Title: Maniacs
Description: Lappet-faced Vultures in display
Animal: Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)
Location of shot: Kruger National Park (South Africa)
Maniacs(©Saverio Gatto/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Ryan Sims
Kirkland
United States

Title: Excuse Me... Pardon Me!
Description: A duckling walking/waddling across a turtle covered log at the Juanita wetlands, the duckling fell off after a few turtle crossings, it was cute.
Animal: a duckling and turtles
Location of shot: Juanita Bay Park, Lake Washington, Kirkland, WA
Excuse Me… Pardon Me!(©Ryan Sims/comedywildlifephoto.com)
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Andrew Peacock
Santa Barbara
United States


Title: Uncomfortable pillow
Description: These elephant seal weaners were practising their jousting skills for many minutes before they collapsed in exhaustion. One looks to be resting far more comfortably than the other!
Animal: Southern elephant seal
Location of shot: Snow Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Uncomfortable pillow(©Andrew Peacock/comedywildlifephoto.com)

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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022
Arshdeep Singh
Jalandhar City
India

Title: I CU boy !
Description: Few hundred miles away we went to explore wildlife of a small town named ‘Bikaner’. It was after almost a year I travelled because of covid. We hired a guide to explore places around. During last day of our trip we came across a pipe in a city where we spotted an owlet. I have earlier clicked owls in a pipe before so I was sure that I wasn’t mistake. We waited for a short while and it didn’t take a long time and one of the spotted owlet came out of the pipe. It was really funny when he came out and looked at me straight, before going inside he closed one of his eyes and felt like he wanted to say I CU boy ! and I immediately snapped a picture when he gave this pose.
Animal: Spotted Owlet
Location of shot: Bikaner, India
I CU boy!(©Arshdeep Singh/comedywildlifephoto.com)

R​evisit out platform tomorrow for Part 2 of this chucklesome shortlist!

NOTE – This article was originally published in weather and can be viewed here

 

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