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Ready For Another Break? Here Are This Year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Finalists

Ready For Another Break? Here Are This Year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Finalists

byGil Caparas
October 20, 2022
5 minute read

Yes, you heard that right: another year, another time to sit back and maybe hold your chuckles in, as this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists are in. I mean, sure, the awards themselves have been around since 2015, and we were a little bit late when we covered last year’s winners—yet here we are, at the final quarter of 2022, and arguably the world’s best nature photos (very much a personal opinion) are here once again.

Yes, you better take a peek once. Or twice. Or thrice. (The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Paolo Mignosa, 2022)

You can see some of the Modern Sciences Team’s favorite picks down below—but you are most welcome to view the rest of the finalists over on the event website. You can even vote for this year’s Affinity Photo People’s Choice Award in there. Go ahead—we won’t mind! (But just make sure to head on back here once you’re done.)

Go ahead and peek at the awards’ website! Just make sure to bring yourself back here. Perhaps as fast as this zebra? (The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards/Vince Burton, 2022)

Now, without further ado, here are Modern Science’s personal favorites among the finalists:

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Jennifer Hadley Raleigh United States Title: Talk To The Fin! Description: 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. Animal: Gentoo Penguin Location of shot: Falkland Islands
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Michael Eastwell Southampton United Kingdom Title: It’s all kicking off! Description: Apart from its beauty, Cape Hillsborough is renowned for its resident kangaroos and wallabies. I visited the area for three consecutive sunrises, but it was on my final morning that I captured this beautiful spectacle, two wallabies playing / fighting on the beach as the sun burst through the surrounding clouds. Animal: Wallabies Location of shot: Cape Hillsborough, Queensland
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Alison Buttigieg Helsinki Finland Title: What do you mean smile?! I am smiling! Description: I spent a whole morning with this lion pride. One of the lionesses made some funny facial expressions after yawning, luckily for me she looked straight into the camera for a moment and I caught this fake smile. Animal: African Lion Location of shot: Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Kevin Lohman Santa Cruz United States Title: The Wink Description: An American Red Fox casually walked up to the edge of the woods and sat down, then turned around and gave a wink. Moments later, this sly fox disappeared into the trees. Animal: American Red Fox Location of shot: San Jose, California
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 JAGDEEP RAJPUT DELHI India Title: Pegasus, the flying horse. Description: Actually this is Indian Saras Crane attacking a Bluebull from behind, the bull happened to venture close to Saras’s nest, where in, it had laid a single egg. The Saras Crane, which is tallest flying bird in the world, opened it’s huge wings and attacked the bull from behind, driving the bull away from the nest. Animal: Bluebull and Indian saras Crane. Location of shot: Keoladeo National Park, India.
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Vince Burton North Tuddenham United Kingdom Title: Buck-a-roo! Description: A zebra does a great impression of the 80’s children’s game Buck-a-roo. It also looks like its been fart-powered 🙂 Animal: Zebra Location of shot: Amboseli, Kenya
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Valtteri Mulkahainen Sotkamo Finland Title: Can I borrow honey from you until tomorrow? Description: Photographed in taiga Finland, in the town of Martinselkonen. Animal: Brown bear Location of shot: Martinselkonen, Finland
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Ryan Sims Kirkland United States Title: Excuse Me… Pardon Me! Description: A duckling walking/waddling across a turtle covered log at the Juanita wetlands, the duckling fell off after a few turtle crossings, it was cute. Animal: a duckling and turtles Location of shot: Juanita Bay Park, Lake Washington, Kirkland, WA
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Mark Schocken Tampa United States Title: Tight Fit! Description: I was going to see and photograph this eastern screech owl nest in a local park in Florida. One morning, a few days before the two owlets fledged, one owlet tried to squeeze into the nest hole with Mom, maybe to see the outside world for the first time. It was hilarious and I was glad I was there that morning to photograph it. The moment lasted only a few seconds as Mom didn’t seem very happy with the arrangement. Check out the expression on her face. Animal: Eastern Screech Owl and Owlet Location of shot: Largo, Florida, USA
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Paolo Mignosa Felino Italy Title: Three headed (“Kerberos”) Description: The three cubs seem to form a ‘Kerberos’, the three –headed dog of Greek mythology. Animal: Kamckatka brown bear cubs Location of shot: Kuril lake, Kamchatka, Ruissia
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Lincoln Macgregor Sydney Australia Title: Your Picnic’s Mine! Description: When this Southern Cassowary sat confidently down on a picnic blanket, it scared all of the picnickers away and start eating up the fish and chips that were laid out before it. I captured this photo just as this cassowary swallowed some food, lending the bird a cheeky and mischievously satisfied look! Cassowaries, touted as the ‘most dangerous bird in the world’, roam the beachfront of Etty Bay on most afternoons, raiding picnics and frightening many unaware tourists. Armed with dagger-like claws and often being territorial and aggressive towards intruders, cassowaries command respect and most people keep a safe distance from them. I spent several days photographing and documenting their behaviour at Etty Bay, where these wild birds regularly come into contact with humans and have become comfortable approaching people. Picnickers in this area often inadvertently attract these birds with food, however human food can have a negative effect on their health. Cassowaries are well known for being important seed dispersers in their rainforest ecosystems, and when their diet strays from natural seeds and fruits, their important seed dispersal role diminishes. Animal: Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) Location of shot: Etty Bay, Queensland, Australia
The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 Lukas Zeman Pardubice Czech Republic Title: You can’t see me, can you? Description: A little owl hides in the chimney of a collapsed house in Bulgaria Animal: Little owl Location of shot: Senoklass, Bulgaria
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