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Photo: Ayala Fishaimer, Israel - CWPAComedy Wildlife Photography Awards, the photo competition celebrating funny antics of animals in the wild and comic scenes in their lives, has announced the amusing winners for this year.
The overall winner for 2020, @ComedyWildlife has been awarded to Mark Fitzpatrick for the photo ‘Terry the Turtle flipping the bird’, which was selected from more than 7,000 entries.
The image was taken on Lady Elliot Island in Queensland, Australia. “In a stroke of brilliance, Mark managed to catch the moment when Terry’s flipper is pulling back as he swims towards the camera, which makes it appear as if the turtle is indeed flipping Mark the bird and really means it!” the Comedy Wildlife Photography judges explain.
'Overall Winner and Creatures Under Water category winner: 'Terry the Turtle flipping the bird', ... [+]
Photo: Mark Fitzpatrick, Australia - CWPA“My photo of Terry the Turtle flipping the bird, with Terry giving people a laugh in what has been a difficult year for many, hopefully will also encourage more people to take a moment and think about how much our incredible wildlife depend on us and what we can do to help them,” the photographer said. “Flippers crossed that this award puts Terry in a better mood the next time I see him at Lady Elliot Island!”
The winner of the photo competition also won a safari in the Masai Mara, Kenya, with Alex Walker’s Serian, a unique handmade trophy from the Wonder Workshop in Tanzania, a photography bag from Think Tank, and a Nikon camera.
Highly Commended winner: 'The race', Langurs, Hampi, India. At a bicycle parking lot in the small ... [+]
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Photo: Luis Burgueno, Argentina - CWPAThe contest also awards various category winners (people’s choice, animals in the land, creatures of the air, internet portfolio, junior and video) and 10 Highly Commended Winners.
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, founded by Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, both professional photographers and conservationists, is a global, online and free-to-enter photography competition showcasing amusing images of the earth’s amazing wildlife.
In addition to providing some light-hearted relief, the competition aims to highlight the desperately vital message of wildlife conservation in an engaging and positive way, working with The Born Free Foundation, the main competition partner.
Highly Commended winner: 'Fun For All Ages' Langurs, Kabini, India.
Photo: Thomas Vijayan, Canada - CWPA“Shooting the most common is the most challenging thing,” says Thomas Vijayan. “Langurs are very common, but waiting for a right moment needs lots of patience. A playful monkey with its family is a special frame for me.”
Highly Commended winner: 'Social distance, please!', Rose Ringed Parakeet, Kaudulla National Park, ... [+]
Photo: Petr Sochman, Belgium - CWPAThis photo is the beginning of a scene that lasted about a minute and during which each of the birds used a foot to clean the partner's beak. While the whole scene was fascinating, this first photo with the male already holding his foot high in the air was begging to be taken out of context.
People's Choice category award winner, 'O Sole Mio', Spermophile, Hungary.
Photo: Roland Kranitz, Hungary - CWPAThe Affinity Photo People’s Choice Award voted for by the public went to this charming shot of a singing Spermophile taken in Hungary and entitled ‘O Sole Mio!’ “It's like he was just ‘singing’ to me!” Roland Kranitz said. “She had a very nice voice.”
Highly Commended winner: 'Seriously, would you share some', Atlantic Puffin, Scotland.
Photo: Krisztina Scheeff, UK - CWPAAtlantic Puffins are amazing flyers, according to photographer Krisztina Scheeff, “and their fishing talents are - well - as you see some do better than others! I just love the second Puffin's look: ‘Can I just have one please?’”
Creatures of the air category winner: 'Hide and Seek', Azure Damselfly, UK.
Photo: Tim Hearn, U.K - CWPAThe ‘Hide and Seek’ shot of an Azure Damselfly doing a brilliant impression of Beaker from The Muppets, hiding behind a stem of marsh grass won the Spectrum Photo Creatures of the Air Category Award.
“As this Azure damselfly slowly woke up, he became aware of my presence,” explains Tim Hearn. “I was lined up to take a profile picture of his wings and body, but quite sensibly the damsel reacted to the human with the camera by putting the Marsh grass stem between us. I took the shot anyway. It was only later that I realized how characterful it was. And how much the damselfly looks like one of the muppets.”
Highly Commended winner: 'Smiley', Sparisoma cretense, El Hierro, Canary Islands.
Photo: Arthur Telle Thiemenn, Spain, - CWPA“Among a group of parrot fish I saw this one, with a crooked mouth, looking like it was smiling,” explains Arthur Telle Thiemenn. “I don't know if it was caused by a fishing hook, or just something hard that it tried to bite. It took me several minutes until I got this frontal shot...and yes, it made my day!”
Highly Commended winner: 'Monkey Business', Pig-Tailed Macaques, Kinabatangan River in Borneo, ... [+]
Photo: Megan Lorenz, Australia - CWPA“These Pig-Tailed Macaques showed me a bit more than I bargained for!” explains the Photographer. “Don't blame me, I just take the photos. I can't control the wildlife. So many titles came to mind for this photo but I went with the safe option and called it "Monkey Business."
Creatures of the land category winner: 'Almost time to get up', Raccoon, Newport News, Virginia, ... [+]
Photo: Charlie Davidson - CWPAThe Animals of the Land Category Award was won by Charlie Davidson with ‘Almost time to get up,’ of the rear end of a raccoon seemingly stuck in the entrance of his nest in a hollow tree trunk. The animal was in fact “just waking up and stretching,” the photographer explains.
Highly Commended winner: 'Sun Salutation Class', Sea Lion, Galapagos Islands.
Photo: Sun Salutation Class, Australia - CWPASurprised to see that sea lions actively practice yoga? Looks like they need to get their Zen as well.
Highly Commended winner: 'It's a Mocking Bird' Kingfisher, Kirkcudbright, U.K.
Photo: Sally Lloyd-Jones, UK - CWPA“I was hoping a Kingfisher would land on the ‘No Fishing’ sign,” says Sally Lloyd-Jones. “But I was over the moon when it landed for several seconds with a fish. It appeared to be mocking the person who erected the sign.”
Junior Category Winner: 'I've got you this time!' Lion cubs in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
Photo: Olin Rogers, U.S - CWPAThe Think Tank Photo Junior Category went to Olin Rogers for his shot of two lion cubs playing in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe entitled ‘I’ve got you this time’.
Amazing Internet Portfolio Award winner, 'Deadly Fart' Brown Bear, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, ... [+]
Photo: Daisy Gilardini, Canada - CWPADaisy Gilardini was awarded the Amazing Internet Portfolio Award for ‘Deadly Fart’, a series of four images depicting a playful brown bear having fun in Alaska. “A brown bear is lifting its leg to smell after a fart, then collapses,” according to the photographer.
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