Finalists for the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards recently announced its 44 top images for 2020. Finalists include a smiley fish, a fox in negotiations with a mouse, and a photobombing giraffe. Founded by photographers and conservationists Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, the global competition is free to enter and aims to showcase the funniest takes on animals in the wild.
The top prize includes a week-long safari in Kenya. There is also a People’s Choice Award that anyone can vote for by clicking on their favorite image. Category and Overall Winners, chosen by a panel of judges including the competition founders, along with the Telegraph’s online travel editor, Oliver Smith, will be announced October 22nd.
Finalist: ‘Smiley’ by Arthur Telle Thiemenn
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Animal: Sparisoma cretense
Location of Shot: El Hierro, Canary Islands
Finalist: ‘Tough Negotiations’ by Ayala Fishaimer
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Animal: Fox
Location of Shot: Israel
Finalist: ‘Spreading the Wildlife Gossip’ by Bernhard Esterer
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Animal: Lions
Location of Shot: Kalahari Desert
Finalist: ‘Crashing into the Picture’ by Brigitte Alcalay Marcon
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Animal: Giraffe
Location of Shot: Etosha National Park, Nambia
Finalist: ‘I Could Puke’ by Christina Holfelder
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Animal: Gentoo penguin
Location of Shot: Falkland Islands
Finalist: ‘The Inside Joke’ by Femke van Willigen
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Animal: Eurasian red squirrel
Location of Shot: Espelo, the Netherlands
Finalist: ‘Lamentation!’ by Jacques Poulard
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Animal: Polar bear
Location of Shot: Spitzberg, Germany
Finalist: ‘Like Mother, Like Daughter’ by Jagdeep Rajput
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Animal: Asian elephant
Location of Shot: Corbett National Park, India
Finalist: ‘Just Chillin” by Jill Neff
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Animal: Racoon
Location of Shot: Jackson, Ohio, USA
Finalist: ‘I Think this Tyre’s Gonna be Flat’ by Kay Kotzian
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Animal: Grizzly bears
Location of Shot: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
Finalist: ‘Having a Laugh’ by Ken Crossan
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Animal: Common seal
Location of Shot: Caithness, Scotland
Finalist: ‘Wait up Mommy, Look What I Got for You!’ by Kunal Gupta
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Animal: Elephant
Location of Shot: Kaziranga, India
Finalist: ‘Terry the Turtle Flipping the Bird’ by Mark Fitzpatrick
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Animal: Turtle
Location of Shot: Lady Elliot Island, Queensland Australia
Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)