Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2024 winners announced here are the hilarious winning images

Date:
Tue, 10 Dec 2024 20:00:20 +0000

Description:
Italian photographer Milko Marchetti beat over 9,000 other entries with their cracking image of a red squirrel seemingly stuck in a tree.

FULL STORY ======================================================================10th year of the awards sees a record 9,000+ entries 45 shortlisted finalists on display in Gallery@Oxo in London, 11-15 December Italian photographer Milko Marchetti scoops top award

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2024 has unveiled this year's winners, selected from over 9,000 images of animals captured in a variety of entertaining situations and expressions the most in the contest's 10-year history. Italian photographer Milko Marchetti scooped the overall winner
award with their perfectly-timed image of a red squirrel seemingly stuck in a tree (see below).

Milko wins a safari trip to the Maasai Mara game reserve in Kenya, while Nikon's Young photographer category winner, Kingston Tam, walks away with a Nikon Z8 mirrorless camera and 24-120mm zoom lens for their closeup image of
a frog.

There were 45 shortlisted finalists in all, and TechRadar got to see the images at the awards evening in London. The exhibition runs from 11-15 December in the Gallery@Oxo in London, and entry is free.

If you're not in or visiting the UK, all of 2024's finalists can be seen on the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards website , and you'll find the category award winners below try not to smile! Overall winner Milko Marchetti Stuck squirrel, Milko Marchetti. (Image credit: Milko Marchetti)

Milko's photograph of a red squirrel was taken in 2022 in the Podere Pantaleone park in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, Italy. Milko uses a hide during the months that the park is closed to the public his access is granted in exchange for his photos. Sitings of such squirrels are generally rare in Italy, but in the park they are more confident.

Milko says, Nature photography has been my passion, ever since I was a boy, and Ive always put all my free time and energy into it. I think that nature offers so much beauty and variety, and with a camera, the photographer has this ability, this superpower to freeze a moment and make it last forever in the form of a photograph. The emotion I experience at the moment when I click the camera button is pure adrenaline, and my hope is always to be able to convey at least one natural emotion through my photography. It seems it
really worked this time! Category winners Nikon young photographer category winner Kingston Tam Awkward smiley frog , Kingston Tam (Image credit: Kingston Tam) People's choice category winner Tapani Linnanmki Shake ruffle rattle and roll , Tapani Linnanmki (Image credit: Tapani Linnanmaki) Insect category winner Jose Miguel Gallego Molina Mantis Flamenca , Jose Miguel Gallego Molina (Image credit: Jose Miguel Gallego Molina) Reptile category winner Eberhard Ehmke Frog in a balloon , Eberhard Ehmke (Image credit: Eberhard Ehmke) Bird category winner Damyan Petkov Whiskered Tern crash on landing, Damyan Petkov (Image credit: Damyan Petkov) Fish & other aquatic animal category winner Przemyslaw Jakubczyk Unexpected role swap ,
Przemyslaw Jakubczyk (Image credit: Przemyslaw Jakubczyk) Nikon junior photographer category winner Sarthak Ranganadhan Smooching owlets , Sarthak Ranganadhan (Image credit: Sarthak Ranganadhan) You might also like You
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