Judges pick the best pictures in the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
Milko Marchetti’s photo titled Stuck Squirrel won the overall prize in the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. (Supplied: Milko Marchetti)
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A photo of a red squirrel seemingly stuck in a tree has taken out the top prize in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards.
The competition, which has been going since 2015, offers a place for nature photographers to show off the amusing snapshots they’ve captured while documenting the natural world.
More than 9,000 entries were submitted to judges this year, the largest number of photos ever entered in the contest.
There were only a few points between the top five entries, but in the end Milko Marchetti’s photo Stuck Squirrel was declared the overall winner.
“I have taken many, many photographs of squirrels, in many situations over the years in Italy,” Marchetti said.
“But this one struck me as really funny and such a strange position, because it is that exact moment when the squirrel is detaching its back legs from the trunk to enter its hide.
“Whenever I show this image at the nature seminars at my local photography club, the audience always explodes with raucous laughter, so I had to enter it!”
Here’s a selection of the other category winners.
Insect category winner:
Mantis Flemenca by Jose Miguel Gallego Molina. (Supplied: Jose Miguel Gallego Molina)
Reptile category winner:
Frog in a balloon by Eberhard Ehmke. (Supplied: Eberhard Ehmke)
Bird category winner:
Whiskered tern crash on landing by Damyan Petkov. (Supplied: Damyan Petkov)
Fish and other aquatic animals category winner:
Unexpected role swap, by Przemyslaw Jakubczyk. (Supplied: Przemyslaw Jakubczyk)
Nikon Junior Photographer Category winner:
Smooching owlets by Sarthak Ranganadhan. (Supplied: Sarthak Ranganadhan)
Nikon Young Photographer Category Winner:
Awkward smiley frog by Kingston Tam. (Supplied: Kingston Tam)
People’s Choice category winner:
Shake ruffle rattle and roll by Tapani Linnanmäki. (Supplied: Tapani Linnanmäk)
Highly commended:
Andy Rouse called this photo Alright mate, back off. This is my bird. (Supplied: Andy Rouse)
Artur Stankiewicz titled this photography I’m too sexy for my love. (Supplied: Artur Stankiewicz)
The Contemplative Chimpanzee by Arvind Mohandas. (Supplied: Arvind Mohandas)
Jan Piecha called this photograph I’ll tell you a secret. (Supplied: Jan Piecha)
Hide and seek, by Leslie McLeod. (Supplied: Leslie McLeod)
Are you kidding by Marti Phillips. (Supplied: Marti Phillips)
Gang of four by Ralph Robinson. (Supplied: Ralph Robinson)
You’re not my mother by Randy Herman. (Supplied: Randy Herman)
Sanjay Patil called this one The rock star. (Supplied: Sanjay Patil)
Mafia boss by Takashi Kubo. (Supplied: Takashi Kubo)
