Bears, birds and kangaroos: Comedy Wildlife Photograph Awards

The finalists on this yr’s Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards have been introduced. Here’s a choice of people who have been whittled down from hundreds of entries submitted from skilled and beginner photographers from around the globe, together with remark from the photographers. The winners will likely be introduced on 23 November.

“I used to be driving previous a mob of western gray kangaroos feeding in an open subject that was stuffed with engaging yellow flowers.

“I had my digicam with me, so I finished to seize just a few pictures. I abruptly seen this particular person undertake a humorous pose – to me it appears to be like like he is practising strumming on his air guitar.”

“The swamp turtle is stunned, and smiles on the dragonfly resting on its nostril.”

“I had visited Suffolk for just a few days to try to observe down just a few goal species, however selected a detour to the RSPB’s Minsmere reserve.

“It was a scorching day and I used to be cooling off in one of many hen hides.

“After I seen this Egyptian goose flying to this small island, I instantly targeted on the avocet, realizing that it was going to cost in and see off the goose.”

“I do know it is not a hen, and technically it doesn’t have the college of flight, however you can not fault this leopard’s effort to get airborne. Really she was being bothered by three younger cheetahs and in a very poor mood because the pose signifies.”

“This younger chacma baboon is sitting on its mom’s again enjoying the idiot.”

“In late autumn, seals depart the North Sea to provide start to their younger.”

“This photograph was taken within the night in low gentle within the Masai Mara.”

“At Katmai Nationwide Park grizzly bears are in abundance and therefore it’s a photographer’s paradise. Nevertheless, the problem right here is clicking a novel body.”

This image was taken within the monkey forest in Ubud, Bali. It is a loopy place the place monkeys are king.”

“I caught this scene whereas watching birds within the Bialowieza Forest. A younger greenfinch was nonetheless fed by mother and father, nonetheless, infrequently the birds regarded like they have been having an argument.”

“Taken at Westerfolds Park, a lovely and surprisingly wild pocket of land within the jap suburbs of Melbourne, well-known for its kangaroo inhabitants. The mob was having fun with some morning sunshine when this joey determined to get foolish and take a look at his hand at boxing.”

“This image was taken in Spitsbergen throughout a really chilly winter. The white grouse is coming in direction of me and appears like a snowball with eyes.”

“This nice gray owl spent a lot of the afternoon posing majestically and looking out, effectively, clever. However for a second or two after performing some elegant stretching, he/she would stoop and provides a glance of ‘is Monday over but?’.”

“This polar bear cub discovered this wooden fairly amusing and was enjoying with it when it abruptly stopped and stood up, utilizing it nearly like a performer does at occasions.”

“At RSPB Bempton Cliffs, annually between March and October, about half 1,000,000 seabirds use the chalk cliffs towering above the North Sea to nest and lift a household.

“Gannets mate for all times they usually return to the identical nest yr after yr to boost their younger.

“Mendacity safely on the prime of the cliff face, I used to be capable of observe the love proven between the gannets every time one returned to the nest. They’ve a greeting ritual, they rub beaks and entwine their necks; it is how they strengthen their bond. But it surely’s additionally an excellent alternative to catch them in numerous poses.

“I did not realise I might taken this picture till I obtained house, however as quickly as I noticed it I laughed out loud. They appear to be proud mother and father, posing with their child – undoubtedly one for the household album.”

All pictures courtesy of Comedy Wildlife Pictures Awards 2023.