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It's not a photo competition I've heard of before, but the winners in the Comedy Wildlife Photography Award have just been announced.

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The annual awards were founded in 2015 by photographers Paul Joyson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, who wanted to show the lighter side of animal photography. The pair also hoped that using humour would mean people felt more compelled to look after wildlife.

“We were overwhelmed with the number and quality of entries we received this year, with well over 7,000 photos submitted from every corner of the globe,” says Paul Joynson-Hicks.

One of the finalists submitted this photo:

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Title: Draw me like one of your French bears. © Wenona Suydam/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Story and images here:

https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/09/02/draw-me-like-one-of-your-french-bears-these-funny-animal-photos-have-a-serious-message

...and here's a link to a gallery containing images from previous finalists:

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/finalists/

 

 

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3 hours ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

It's not a photo competition I've heard of before, but the winners in the Comedy Wildlife Photography Award have just been announced.

One of the finalists submitted this photo:

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Title: Draw me like one of your French bears. © Wenona Suydam/Comedywildlifephoto.com

Story and images here:

https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/09/02/draw-me-like-one-of-your-french-bears-these-funny-animal-photos-have-a-serious-message

...and here's a link to a gallery containing images from previous finalists:

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/finalists/

 

 

Russell.  It's been going a few years now. Remember a Seal that looked like it was smiling winning it one year 

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On 01/09/2021 at 14:29, Winsford Soul said:

A few from the gloom of Pennington flash this morning. The hides have finally opened after nearly 18 months

Nuthatch.

Willow Tit. Now one of Britain's fastest declining birds and is Red listed as endangered, but Wigan and the surrounding area is the last stronghold in the North of England

Greenfinch with two fledglings

Willow Warbler.

Tufted Duck Juvenile i think

 

 

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Superb Steve, really like the finches 

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This one's for Mal. I don't land every fish. There was about 15 metres of elastic ( 16 hollow ) out when I lost that particular one.  Actually landed 41 carp today upto about 10lb,  it was rather hot sat in the sun all day with no shade. , still 30'C at 5.30pm when I was driving home from Chester 

PS. At the end of the video clip you can see another carp down to the right hand side waiting to be caught . In the last video clip I managed to catch a Carp about 4lb

Swim ended up like a jacuzzi,  had to stop feeding so they would settle down 

 

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On 18/01/2021 at 18:57, Winsford Soul said:

Male Marsh Harrier. There,s more and more of these majestic and still very Rare ( 450 UK breeding pairs ) birds of prey deciding to spend the winter here in the UK instead of flying down to sub- Sahara Africa .

Its a massive privilege to see these birds and even more so to actually manage a photograph  

 

 

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Was two over River Ribble . Thought were Buzzards as local said , due too V shaped tail . However these were quite clearly a pair bonding . Swooping and gliding . Forgot my phone . Failed to capture image . 

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On 08/09/2021 at 20:05, Winsford Soul said:

 

This one's for Mal. I don't land every fish. There was about 15 metres of elastic ( 16 hollow ) out when I lost that particular one.  Actually landed 41 carp today upto about 10lb,  it was rather hot sat in the sun all day with no shade. , still 30'C at 5.30pm when I was driving home from Chester 

PS. At the end of the video clip you can see another carp down to the right hand side waiting to be caught . In the last video clip I managed to catch a Carp about 4lb

Swim ended up like a jacuzzi,  had to stop feeding so they would settle down 

 

 

GET IN!!!     totally missed these 🙂 ever so sorry mate...   so these are with a pole right? or is that your whipping rod?

so folks understand, these match fishermen are mental, a 10lb carp can actually do fair bit of fighting, sometimes when they see the net they go crazy, so the match guys are using effectively a rubber band, that's it... no reel with mono line, no clutch nada, other than them pulling on a band which is connected to a carp that does not want to be caught,...  hats off!!    and 41 carp!!   most I get in my runs water is generally 12 or so..

our local water in Chepstow, they have all put on weight this year, so fish I caught at 18lb are up to 22lb, quite a difference. I was told, but haven't seen the evidence, that 'Stumpy' who is the carp in this lake has been caught after last showing two years ago, he's a mirror carp at 28lb now, and evil with it, has a scar down his left side, to be honest I thought he had been stolen as you can get on a good ticket with a named carp to add to a lake, if you get my meaning... pure theft but guys do it all the time.

Mal

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Mal C said:

GET IN!!!     totally missed these 🙂 ever so sorry mate...   so these are with a pole right? or is that your whipping rod?

so folks understand, these match fishermen are mental, a 10lb carp can actually do fair bit of fighting, sometimes when they see the net they go crazy, so the match guys are using effectively a rubber band, that's it... no reel with mono line, no clutch nada, other than them pulling on a band which is connected to a carp that does not want to be caught,...  hats off!!    and 41 carp!!   most I get in my runs water is generally 12 or so..

our local water in Chepstow, they have all put on weight this year, so fish I caught at 18lb are up to 22lb, quite a difference. I was told, but haven't seen the evidence, that 'Stumpy' who is the carp in this lake has been caught after last showing two years ago, he's a mirror carp at 28lb now, and evil with it, has a scar down his left side, to be honest I thought he had been stolen as you can get on a good ticket with a named carp to add to a lake, if you get my meaning... pure theft but guys do it all the time.

Mal

 

 

All on the pole mate. Which by the way isn't a specialist carp pole it's general all round match pole ,  ( Diawa tournament pro X 16 metre )  I just used a slightly stronger top set with a  reinforced carbon section.  Designed especially for this particular type of fishing . Yeah they do tend to pull back a bit but the pole section I used has a special bit where the elastic comes out of the pole then goes back in . Basically you grab the elastic and pull it tight with your fingers to make the elastic stronger which makes it easier to catch the fish. 

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He's OK rarely goes out . I stopped DJn while ago . Just building up my collection again . Across board . Started buying few modern . Forgotten Mecca stuff . Only go Quality Venues now . Culcheth ( Lowton  ) Ukrainian Club Ashton ♥ 👌  . MVPs at Morecambe  . Blackburn Soul Club . Back over your way in week or so . Tell our lad we're asking after him . Be bit quality modern played Saturday at Blackburn  . Jim Booth is a guest . 

Catch up soon Wally lad .

Hutchy x

Jem Booth 

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Out on the bike to the local nature reserve yesterday on what was probably the last summery day. Not much in the way of pics, but I did have the thrill of briefly watching a sparrowhawk twisting and turning at great speed in pursuit of a finch. What the outcome was, I don't know.

I also saw a buzzard land on a bush about 20 metres away from me, it's wings outspread and flapping as it tried to find its balance on a branch. That would have made for a great photo - if only the buzzard hadn't spotted me and flew away rapidly before I could even get camera to eye.

And the sight of a family of partridges crossing my path unexpectedly added to the day. Again though, the things were too quick and I only managed to fire off one shot, which, unfortunately, came out blurry. I've posted it anyway.

Beyond that, goldfinches were aplenty. They, though, spot you at 100 yards and flit away almost out of reach of my 300mm lens (hence the pics below are heavily cropped). Still, all in all, a fine way to spend an afternoon.

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Courtesy of The Guardian...

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Winners of the 2021 Nature Conservancy photo contest – in pictures

UK photographer Anup Shah won the competition with his photograph of a gorilla walking through a cloud of butterflies in the Central African Republic

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Source: The Guardian / © Anup Shah/TNC photo contest 2021

Check out all the finalists' photos here:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2021/sep/29/winners-of-the-2021-nature-conservancy-photo-contest-in-pictures

 

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