This year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards featured a salmon punching a bear in the face, a penguin that seems to have no head, and much more.
John Chaney/Comedy Wildlife 2022John Chaney's photo of a salmon appearing to punch a bear in the face at Alaska's Brooks Falls.From late June to September, mature salmon make an arduous upriver journey from the ocean to the gravel beds of their birth to spawn every two to three years. The National Park ServiceChaney said bears planted themselves at the top and bottom of Brooks Falls to feed on the flapping salmon.
"Wherever wildlife is happening, you try to stake out a good spot and you just take pictures for hours trying to get the best image, whether it's a unique facial expression or an animal doing something unique to make the picture special," he told NPR."It's just luck," he said. Jean Jacques Alcalay's photo of a hippo yawning next to a heron. The photo won the Spectrum Photo Creatures in the Air Award.Jean Jacques Alcalay/Comedy Wildlife 2022
Jean Jacques Alcalay's photo of a hippo yawning next to a heron. The photo won the Spectrum Photo Creatures in the Air Award.Arturo Telle Thiemann's photo of a couple triggerfish looking into the camera. The photo won the Creatures Under the Sea Award.Arturo Telle Thiemann/Comedy Wildlife 2022 Arturo Telle Thiemann's photo of a couple triggerfish looking into the camera. The photo won the Creatures Under the Sea Award.Jennifer Hadley's photo of two penguins on the Falkland Islands. The photo won the Affinity Photo 2 People's Choice Award.Jennifer Hadley's photo of two penguins on the Falkland Islands. The photo won the Affinity Photo 2 People's Choice Award.Arshdeep Singh's photo of an owlet in a pipe in Bikaner, India. The photo won the Junior Award.
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