{"id":21684,"date":"2022-10-20T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=68941"},"modified":"2022-10-20T07:23:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:23:18","slug":"comedy-wildlife-photography-awards-2022-finalists","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/comedy-wildlife-photography-awards-2022-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2022 \u2013 finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Paul McGuinness\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 20 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards celebrates those lighter and funnier sides of wildlife photography. Now in its eighth year, the competition organisers have released the finalists for 2022.<\/p>\n

About the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards<\/h2>\n

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards<\/a> 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, humorous side of wildlife photography but also had an important role in promoting wildlife conservation at its heart.<\/p>\n

Every year the competition supports a sustainable conservation organisation, and in 2022, they are working with Whitley Fund for Nature<\/a>\u00a0(WFN) a UK charity that supports conservation leaders working in their home countries across the Global South. Over 29 years it has channelled \u00a320 million to more than 200 conservationists in 80 countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith so much going on in the world, we could all use a bumper dose of fun and laughter and this year\u2019s finalists have definitely delivered that!\u201d says Tom Sullam. \u201cWhen you see these amazing photographs like the one of an elephant seal, trying to use his neighbour\u2019s head as pillow (and we\u2019ve all been there) or a wallaby at sunset, seemingly about to launch another wallaby into space, it makes you smile and wonder at the incredible animals that are on this earth with us, and we love that about the competition\u201d<\/p>\n

Voting is now open for members of the public to choose their favourite shot in the Affinity Photo People\u2019s Choice Award. Votes can be cast at www.comedywildlifephoto.com<\/a> until 27 November 2022. And if you vote, you could be in with the chance of winning a cash prize of \u00a3500.<\/p>\n

The Overall Winner, Category and Highly Commended Winners are set to be announced on 8th<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n

More from the Comedy Wildlife Awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n