Entrance runners of the 2025 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
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The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards are revealing among the greatest entries thus far within the 2025 contest. Over a thousand entries have already been obtained from around the globe. The competition was based in 2015 by skilled photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam to concentrate on “the lighter aspect of wildlife pictures” and to assist promote conservation with humor.
According to its mission, the Comedy Wildlife Awards help a conservation group annually. This yr’s associate is the Whitley Fund for Nature (WFN), a UK charity that helps conservation leaders working of their house nations all through the World South. The charity has been funding conservation for over 30 years, serving to greater than 220 conservationists in 80 nations.
The favored competitors remains to be open for submissions by June 30, so there’s nonetheless time to submit when you’ve got your individual humorous wildlife captures. There are 9 completely different classes, together with Alex Walker’s Serian Mammals Class, Spectrum Photograph Birds Class, Fish and Different Aquatic Species, Nikon Younger Photographer, Nikon Junior Class and extra. It is free to enter, and winners will earn prizes like a safari within the Maasai Mara in Kenya for the highest prize, a Nikon Z50II with 16-50mm VR equipment for the Junior Class winner and a Nikon Z6II with 24-120mm equipment for the Younger Photographer Class winner. All class winners will obtain a ThinkTank bag. You possibly can study extra and submit your photos on the contest web site.
Go away
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Photographer: Annette Kirby
Title: Go away
Animal: White Tailed Sea Eagle
Location of picture: Hokkaido, Japan
Description: This was taken in Japan the place I used to be observing a White-Tailed Sea Eagle placing their fish in a gap and defending it. This one had a fish and noticed one other Eagle coming in to attempt to steal it.
Go give it a strive!
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Photographer: Bhargava Srivari
Title: Go give it a strive!
Animal: Lion
Location of picture: Masai Mara Nationwide Reserve, Kenya
Description: The picture exhibits Lion siblings at play, the place one of many siblings appears to pushing the opposite one to do stuff that annoys their mother. Lions aren’t pure climbers, so it appears to be like like one sibling is encouraging the opposite to do one thing naughty!
I hate Ikea
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Photographer: Brian Hempstead
Title: I hate Ikea
Animal: Frequent Myna Nest Construct
Location of picture: Kruger NP South Africa
Description: Photograph taken at Kruger NP South Africa exterior Skukuza Camp on Decrease Sabie Rd at Sundown Dam in October and November throughout a self driving birding journey round Nationwide Parks of South Africa
Chuckle like no-one is watching
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Photographer: Emma Parker
Title: Chuckle like no-one is watching
Animal: Blue Noticed Mudskipper
Location of picture: Western Australia
Description: Two joyful mudskippers look they’re having the perfect time within the mud – I simply want I knew what the joke was! Mud is enjoyable
Glad deer
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Photographer: Jeremy Duvekot
Title: Glad deer
Animal: Roedeer
Location of picture: The Netherlands
Description: This roedeer was yofull working round and all of a sudden coming my approach. Had only one likelihood and nailed it.
Aaaaaww Mum!
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Photographer: Mark Meth-Cohn
Title: Aaaaaww Mum!
Animal: Gorilla
Location of picture: Rwanda
Description: Caring Gorilla mum giving her toddler an enormous sloppy kiss!
Queueing for the polar plunge
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Photographer: Martin Schmid
Title: Queueing for the polar plunge
Animal: Gentoo Penguins
Location of picture: Neumayer Channel, Antarctica
Description: A extremely spontaneous shot from an expedition ship in Antarctica. These gentoo penguins appeared to orderly wait in queue to lastly leap into the ocean. Taken in January 2025.
Commandeer
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Photographer: Rachelle Waterproof coat
Title: Commandeer
Animal: Galapagos marine iguana and lava lizard
Location of picture: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Description: A lava lizard takes cost of a Galapagos marine iguana and units off on a journey. Judging by the iguana’s possessed eyes, lava lizard could have taken over its soul, too. These two foolish billies have been hanging out with an enormous bunch of marine iguanas on a rocky seashore. Photographed handheld on Fernandina Island within the Galapagos Islands in Oct 2023.
Waving Dragon
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Photographer: Trevor Rix
Title: Waving Dragon
Animal: Gippsland Waterdragon
Location of picture: Murrumbidgee River close to Canberra, ACT, Australia
Description: Wandering alongside the Murrumbidgee River we noticed a number of lizards sc urrying below the rocks searching for lunch, subsequent factor this junior Gippsland Waterdragon popped up and gave us a pleasant wave.
The wig
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Photographer: Yann Chauvette
Title: The wig
Animal: Higher One-Horned Rhino
Location of picture: Chitwan Nationwide Park, Nepal
Description: A Higher One-Horned Rhino feasting on aquatic positive eating, diving underwater and getting again up with a brand new wig made out of his scrumptious meal.
