December 17, 2015 at 4:23 pm

And the Winners of the 2015 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Are… (13 Photos)

by twistedsifter

 

The first annual Comedy Wildlife Awards recently announced their inaugural winner, Julian Rad, who earned himself a 7 day photo safari in southern Tanzania with wildlife photographer Paul Joynson-Hicks as his guide. The prize also includes round-trip airfare from the UK and a Nikon D750 camera.

The second place winner was awarded a Nikon 1 AW1 kit, while the third place winner received a Nikon COOLPIX P900 from Nikon UK.

The winners were selected by a panel of judges that included: comedian Hugh Dennis; wildlife tv presenter Kate Humble; African landscape photographer Tom Sullam; wildlife photographer Will Burrard Lucas; wildlife expert and president of Born Free USA, Will Travers; Telegraph online travel editor Oliver Smith and Comedy Wildlife Awards Founder, Paul Joynson-Hicks.

For all contest info, visit the official website at comedywildlifephoto.com.

Sponsors: Nomad Tanzania, Natural High Safaris, Nikon UK, Kenya Airways, One Vision Imaging and Born Free Foundation

 

WINNER – 2015
“Rush Hour” by Julian Rad.

WINNER---Julian-Rad

 

 

SILVER Runner-up
“You haven’t seen me…” by Liam Richardson

SILVER-RUNNER-UP---William-Richardson

 

 

BRONZE Runner-up
“Nearly got it” by Oliver Dreike

BRONZE-RUNNER-UP---Oli-Dreike

 

 

Honourable Mentions

Highly-Commended---Alison-Buttigieg

 

 

Highly-Commended---Charlie-Davidson

 

 

Highly-Commended---Graham-McGeorge

 

 

Highly-Commended---Julie-Hunt

 

 

Highly-Commended---Marc-Mol

 

 

Highly-Commended---Megan-Lorenz

 

 

Highly-Commended---Tony-Dilger

 

 

Highly-Commended---Yuzuru-Masuda

 

 

Highly-Commended--Mohammed-Alnaser

 

 

Highly-Commended--Julian-Rad