Comedy wildlife photography is the best wildlife photography
Comedy wildlife photography is the best wildlife photography (original article)
by James Vincent -- The Verge
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A lot of wildlife photography competitions focus on animals looking majestic or human or weird. But not many pay credit to them looking funny. Enter, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards , which is all about animals looking, well, comedic. This is the first year the competition has run, with the judges sending out requests a few months ago for images that are "funny, creative, dynamic, and interesting [...] as well as technically proficient." This sounds pretty dull, but listen, there's this picture of a hippo running away from some birds just below and believe me, it is amazing .
The top prize in the competition went to Julian Rad for their picture "Rush Hour" (above) of a hamster running full tilt with its cheeks even fuller. Second place went to William Richardson, who captured a well-disguised deer in London's Richmond Park, and in third place was Oliver Dreike, who photographed one of the most beautiful sights in the animal kingdom: a gorilla picking its nose. All three winners collected Nikon cameras, with Rad also receiving a one-week photography safari in Tanzania.
“The number and quality of the entries was fantastic,” said British comedian Hugh Dennis, one of the award's judges. “The finalists should be very proud of themselves, as should the animals they photographed, simply for looking so funny. Sadly there is no way of telling them.”
All images credited to their respective owners and the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Silver Runner Up, William Richardson / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Bronze Runner Up, Oli Dreike / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Alison Buttigieg / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Charlie Davidson / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Graham McGeorge / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Mohammed Alnaser / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Julie Hunt / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Marc Mol / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Tony Dilger / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Yuzuru Masuda / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Highly Commended, Julian Rad / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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Adorable
Wonderful photos, you can't help but smile viewing them.
Awesome and fun. Thanks Bob!
The Lemur looks like he's doing a line outta Shakespeare!
:~)
These are outstanding!
Exceptional shots
Thanks for sharing
The first picture (IMHO) is far and away the best. I used to own more then a dozen Hamsters at a time as pets and can't count the number of times I've seen that look!
They make fantastic and gentle pets if raised from pups, but sadly rarely live more then three years, so they may not be a good choice for children or those with soft hearts like myself.
Great photos.
Thanks for the smile - It's hard to go wrong with animals pics.