Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2017: The funniest entries so far [Gallery]
The funniest animal photos of the year so far.
This gallery is also published on our website: adaptnetwork.com. My thanks to The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards for allowing us to curate these photos.
An owl shows off its eye patch in Andres Vejar's "Pirate In Disguise" taken in Metropolitana, Chile.
A red kangaroo starts his day with some martial arts in Andrey Giljov's "Kung Fu Training - Australian Style" taken on August 16, 2013 in Fowlers Gap, Australia.
A red fox surveys his shot in Douglas Croft's "Must Have Three-Putted", on January 25, 2017 in San Jose, California.
A young elephant seal looks shocked at his friend's revelation in George Cathcart's "WTF?!", taken on December 13, 2016 in San Simeon, California.
A lion does his best Carry On impression in Gill Merritt's "Oooh matron - carry on up the jungle!" taken on June 1, 2012 in Tanzania.
A giraffe checks plane safety in Graeme Guy's "Outsourcing Seatbelt Checks" on November 17, 2008 in Masai Mara, Kenya.
An eastern grass owl stops traffic in Katarina Denesova's "Stopped By A Toll Collector", taken on January 10, 2015 in Queensland, Australia.
One finch uses its neighbour to snooze while another peers over their shoulder in Kristine Mayes' "Hello? Are You Awake?", on August 17, 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A springtail says hello in Nadav Bagim's "Pikachu!" taken on March 8, 2013 in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Two penguins look troubled in Peter Odeh's "Trouble In Parad'ice" on December 13, 2011 in Antarctica.
Three elephant seals put on a show in Roie Galitz's "Three Tanors", taken on January 7, 2016 in South Georgia Island.
An owl struggles to keep his grip as his owl friends look the other way in Tibor Kercz's "Help!!!", on June 1, 2017 in Opusztaszer, Hungary.
A magellanic penguin flaps his wings in Victoria Stanley's "The Operating System Cannot Run", on February 15, 2017 in Isla Martillo, Beagle Channel.
An Indri flashes the A-OK sign in Yamamoto Tsuneo's "I'm OK", on July 25, 2012 in Analamazaotra Special Reserve, Madagascar.
The annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards—a quirky photography competition specialising in hilarious wildlife snaps—is open for entries. Now in its third year, the final shortlist will be judged by the likes of Kate Humble and Hugh Dennis. What’s not to like?
Check out last year’s entries here.
We’re most used to seeing wildlife-themed photography exhibitions from institutions like the National Geographic and London’s Natural History Museum, but this little comp. is a welcome edition and focusses at the not-so-serious side of nature.
Beyond making us laugh, the competition has an important aim and carries the tagline “Conservation through Competition”:
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, ingeniously titled to avoid any confusion, was the result of two factors: Firstly, a need for a photography competition that was light hearted, upbeat, possibly unpretentious and mainly about wildlife doing funny things. After its first year, these objectives seem to have been met. Secondly, and way more importantly, this competition is about conservation.
None of us are perfect, all of us at some point will fly somewhere, drive somewhere, cook something, burn something and probably provide some direct input into the general warming of the globe. Indirectly, we will also have some impact on the animals that share this planet with us. So the end result?
By entering this competition it gives both Paul and Tom and the rest of you talented photographers a chance to do a little bit for conservation. How? Well… you are now obviously going to go to your office, home, pub, club or wherever and talk about the dire need for us all to be conservationists in our own little way. Also, perhaps you will go to Born Free’s website and have a look at the work they do and spread that word as well.
The deadline for the 2017 Comedy Wildlife photography awards is coming up on September 30th, so get your entries in quick.
All photos: Courtesy of Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards – Barcroft Media
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I like the second one :-)
Yeah, that's a good one. I like the elephant seal one :D
Great post Budd
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