https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/comedy-widlife-2020-competition-winners.php
The Overall Winner Is…
“I was swimming with this turtle at Lady Elliott Island on the Great Barrier Reef when he flipped me the bird!”
Mark Fitzpatrick also won the Creatures Under The Sea Award with this photo
Charlie Davison won the Alex Walker’s Serian Creatures on the Land Award with their picture Almost Time To Get Up
Title: Hide and Seek
Description: As this Azure damselfly slowly woke up, he became aware of my presence. 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 me and it. I took the shot anyway. It was only later that I realised how characterful it was. And how much the damselfly looks like one of the muppets.
Animal: Azure Damselfly
Location of shot: Devon, UK
Title: O sole mio
Description: It’s like he was just “singing” to me! 🙂 She had a very nice voice 🙂
Animal: spermophile
Location of shot: Hungary
Title: I’ve got you this time!
Description: An African lion cub stalks his brother from atop a termite mound.
Animal: African lion cub
Location of shot: Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
“A brown bear is lifting its leg to smell after a fart… then collapses.”
Highly Commended
Photo by Arthur Telle Thiemenn named Smiley
Ayala Fishaimer with Tough Negotiations
Title: Seriously, would you share some?
Description: Atlantic Puffins are amazing flyers 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?
Animal: Atlantic Puffin
Location of shot: Scotland, UK
Title: I had to stay late at work
Description: South sea elephant in patagonia (Isla Escondida) They adopt very curious gestures!
Animal: South sea elephant (Mirounga)
Location of shot: Isla Escondida, Chubut. Patagonia Argentina
Title: Monkey Business
Description: While on a trip to Borneo, I had many opportunities to watch monkeys interacting with each other. These Pig-Tailed Macaques showed me a bit more than I bargained for! 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 “family-friendly” option and called it “Monkey Business”.
Animal: Pig-Tailed Macaques
Location of shot: Kinabatangan River in Borneo, Malaysia
Title: Social distance, please!
Description: This photo from January 2020 is the beginning of a scene which lasted approximately one minute and in which each of the birds used a foot to clean the partner’s beak. While the whole scene was very informative, this first photo with the male already holding his foot high in the air was just asking to be taken out of the context… Processing: cropping, global adjustments (noise reduction, exposure, saturation, contrast, sharpening), local adjustments (vignette)
Animal: Rose-ringed parakeet
Location of shot: Kaudulla national park, Sri Lanka
Title: It’s A Mocking Bird!
Description: I was hoping a Kingfisher would land on the “No Fishing” sign but I was over the moon when it landed for several seconds with a fish. It then flew off with it’s catch. It appeared to be mocking the person who erected the sign!
Animal: A Kingfisher
Location of shot: Near Kirkcudbright
Title: Sun Salutation Class
Description: We were surprised to see that Sea Lions actively practice Yoga. Guess they need to get their Zen as well.
Animal: Sea Lion
Location of shot: Galapagos Islands
Title: Fun For All Ages
Description: Shooting the most common is the most challenging thing. Langurs are very common but waiting for a right movement is very challenging and needs lots of patience. Photography is not about quantity I consider it more of a quality and a story telling frame which can put a smile in someone’s heart. In 2014 I had made 15 trips to India in search of a perfect frame out of these trips, in one of the trip I could only get this frame and I am more than happy with this picture – A playful monkey with its family is a special frame for me. Animal: Langur
Location of shot: Kabini, India
Title: The race
Description: My friends and I walked in the center of the small town of Hampi in India. There was a bicycle parking nearby. Suddenly a flock of langurs jumped on these bicycles and began to frolic. We were afraid to frighten them away, I started taking pictures from afar, but then we came very close to them and the langurs continued to play with bicycles
Animal: Langur
Location of shot: India
