The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Petr Sochman
Brussels
Belgium
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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 | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
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Las bestias al rescate
En una época oscura vale dejarse llevar por las imágenes de la ‘Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2020’. Estas revelan lo humano en la comedia en la vida silvestre y también nos recuerdan que, ante todo, somos animales.
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14 de septiembre de 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Petr Sochman
Brussels
Belgium
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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 | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
En momentos tan complejos como los que vive Colombia no es tan fácil distinguir lo humano de lo animal, un hecho que nos debe llevar a repensar mucho. Y por más que reír es difícil, sigue siendo necesario hacerlo, y usarlo como recurso y recarga.
Para esos efectos cae bien un viaje visual por el reino animal a lo largo y ancho del planeta. Fotógrafos respondieron al llamado de The Comedy Wildlife, una competencia fotográfica cuya bandera es la conservación.
Aquí la mayoría de los finalistas con las descripciones en inglés que hicieron los mismos participantes. Los ganadores serán anunciados el 22 de octubre.
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Manoj Shah
NAIROBI
Kenya
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Title: Laughing Hippo
Description: The baby hippo whispered to the mother's ear: " I had a wonderful dream. Alex invited me for tea so I went to his tent. He pointed to the empty chair and invited me to sit on it. I did so and suddenly the chair broke. I was on the floor. Alex started laughing and went to the adjoining chair to sit down. As soon as he sat down, I heard a loud crack, His char also broke and was thrown on to the floor. We both started laughing with tears coming from our eyes." Then i woke up and started smiling.
Animal: hippopotamus
Location of shot: Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Vicki Jauron
Downingtown
United States
Title: Abracadabra!
Description: A pelican appears to be putting a magic spell on the one in front of him. Maybe, hoping to make him disappear.
Animal: Brown Pelican
Location of shot: Fort Myers Beach, Florida | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Brigitte Alcalay-Marcon
MONTMEYRAN
France
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Title: Crashing into the picture
Description: Giraffes necking near a water point
Animal: Giraffe
Location of shot: Etosha National Park. Namibia | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Kunal Gupta
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
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Title: Wait up mommy, look what I got for you!
Description: At the Kaziranga National Park, this elephant mother and calf seemed completely oblivious to our jeep and went about their stroll through the pond. The mom seemed to be giving her calf lessons on eating the hyacinth - select a lush green bunch, rip them out from the root, pound the stems against the their trunk to remove the mud and then swallow whole - the calf looked like she was thoroughly enjoying the lesson and duly followed her mothers every move. I stood transfixed as the lesson played out in front of us - stopping only to take a photo now and then - the pair occasionally glanced in our direction and must have been wondering what we were ooohing and aaahing about - this particularly photo is my favorite since it has the calf standing stuck to her mother with a trunk full of stems - I was lucky enough to take the shot just at the moment they seemed to give us an enormous smile. It was truly an unforgettable experience - on this trip we saw many of Kaziranga's treasures - One horned Rhino, Royal Bengal Tiger, plethora of gorgeous birds indigenous to this region, yet somehow the simple sight of watching this giant creature preparing her child for the world seemed to stand out and left us all with a remarkable feeling of having experienced nature at it's purest.
Animal: Elephant and calf
Location of shot: Kaziranga, India | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Yevhen Samuchenko
Odessa
Ukraine
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 | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Mike lessel
Dallas
United States
Title: Quiet, please...
Description: On a hike and this kestrel was chasing dragonflies and took a break on a fence
Animal: Kestrel
Location of shot: Huntington Beach, CA | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Bernhard Esterer
Oudtshoorn
South Africa
Title: Spreading the Wildlife Gossip
Description: Two male lions sharing between one another the secrets of the Kalahari Savannah .
Animal: Lions
Location of shot: Kalahari Desert | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Luis Marta
Cancún
Mexico
Title: Macaque Striking a Pose
Description: I was on Bali on vacations. We went to Uluwatu Temple and I saw this young macaque playing around and do silly things. Is like it was posing to the camera. Amazing little animals.
Animal: Macaque
Location of shot: Uluwatu Temple, Bali. | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
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Martin Grace
Kendal
United Kingdom
Title: Socially Uninhibited
Description: I am sure we all know, or have met, little old men like this - leaning on a gnarled walking stick while scratching inappropriate places without inhibition. A bit of a surprise then to see this young Chacma Baboon socially uninhibited before his time!
Animal: Chacma Baboon (Papio cynocephalus ursinus)
Location of shot: River Chobe, Botswana | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Sally Lloyd-Jones
Bodmin
United Kingdom
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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 | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Tim Hearn
Bideford
United Kingdom
Title: Faceplant
Description: This Elephant calf in Namibia was slow to notice when his mother started to move away. When he tried to hurry and catch up, he tripped over his front feet and faceplanted. His mother heard the commotion and immediately came back to help him up and the calf continued on his way with no damage except to his dignity.
Animal: African Elephant
Location of shot: Namibia | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
Tim Hearn
Bideford
United Kingdom
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 | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
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Christina Holfelder
Munich
Germany
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Title: I could puke
Description: This picture was taken on the Falkland Islands at sunrise. A group of penguines went to the shore to go fishing when one stopped and vomitted.
Animal: Gentoo penguine
Location of shot: Falkland Islands | Foto: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020
