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Wednesday 14 December 2022

Some Wildlife Photography To Make You Smile

From time to time we post something completely different …
Like these photographs from the 2022 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards


Jean Jacques Alcalay
Misleading African viewpoints 2
“Hippo yawning next to a heron standing on the back of another hippo”


Jennifer Hadley
Talk To The Fin!
“This was shot on the Falkland Islands.
These two gentoo penguins were hanging out on the beach
when one shook himself off and gave his mate the snub.”


Miroslav Srb.
Hello everyone
“I photographed raccoon on a Florida beach, where I fed him shrimps.
Then he thanked me like that.”


Martin Grace
Keep Calm and keep your head
“Two King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) at Volunteer Point in the Falklands. 
The right hand bird may have an inscrutable expression
but it must be wondering where its mate's head has gone.
Perhaps it is a Rudyard Kipling scholar:
'If you can keep your head when all about you.
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you ...”

~ xxx ooo xxx ~

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards was co-founded in 2015 by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam who wanted to create a competition that focused on the lighter side of wildlife photography and help promote wildlife conservation through humour.

This year, the competition is supporting Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) by donating 10% of its total net revenue to the charity. Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN) is a UK fundraising and grant-giving charity, which supports conservation leaders working in their home countries across the Global South. Over 29 years we have channelled £20 million to more than 200 conservationists in 80 countries.

Read more, and see other, amazing photographs here

All the best Jan

40 comments:

The Happy Whisk said...

Comedy wildlife! I love that idea. Never saw these before. Very fun.

Tom said...

...comedy is a wonderful thing.

Aritha V. said...

I love it. They are so cute.

J.P. Alexander said...

Lindas imagenes. Te mando un beso.

My name is Erika. said...

These are fun!

Anonymous said...

Thanks, these are fun! I have never seen these before. Have a merry Christmas. All the best in 23

kathyinozarks said...

I Loved the photos-thanks so much

happyone said...

And it did make me smile. :)

Lorrie said...

A fun post!

Anonymous said...

Haha -cute! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

stardust said...

This post surely made me smile. I love wildlife and their cute, funny poses.

Yoko

Elephant's Child said...

Thank you.

Crafty Green Poet said...

I love these!

bread&salt said...

They look so cute. I love it. Happy December. Greetings.

Valerie-Jael said...

Fabulous photos, loved them all! Valerie

eileeninmd said...

Cute critter photos. I love the penguins.
Take care, enjoy your day!

Jo said...

I always enjoy these posts. Some brilliant photos there.

Bill said...

Funny and cute. :)

OLga said...

Grazie per queste bellissime immagini!

Teresa said...

Las fotografías son preciosas, me gustan todas. Besos.

Martha said...

Amazing images!

amparo puig said...

Fascinantes fotografías. La primera, muy inquietante.

Snowbird said...

Wow what amazing photos! Especially the headless penguin.xxx

William Kendall said...

These are good ones.

Jeanie said...

I love all of these!

Chatty Crone said...

Oh my gosh I just L O V E those photographs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sue said...

These are brilliant, such fun! xx

This N That said...

Great pictures..You were in the right place at the right time..Fun

Ananka said...

These are all super. Made me smile :-D

It's me said...

This is nice wowww!….🍀🍀🍀

Phil Slade said...

I do think that a few or more of those photos have been "photoshopped". But they did make me smile.

Shari Burke said...

These are great! Thanks for the smiles!

Laura. M said...

Me gustán, son muy buenas y divertidas.
Un abrazo.

Marco Luijken said...

Hello Jan
Great pictures. Sometimes when you photograph animals, you can see very funny moments.
I like that so much and it gives you nice feelings. Sometimes we as human looks like very much as funny animals.
Nice post!!

Greetings, Marco

carol l mckenna said...

Adorable wild life photos ~ Xo


Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)

https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com said...

They certainly made me smile.

Debbie said...

WoW!!! these are awesome!!!

Iris Flavia said...

Cute ones...

baili said...

I really loved the idea and thank you so much for sharing them with us.
They made my day instantly :)
First one is hilarious second illustrative third so sweet and last bit traumatic lol

Conniecrafter said...

Love all these great ways people have found these animals!