If we have learn anything from the Internet , it is that pets are really unearthly and humans incur this very funny . So , without further ado , here are the winner of the first - everComedy Pet Photography Awards .
The opulent prize was nobble by Nando Harmsen from the Netherlands ( effigy above ) who handle to catch a exposure of his knight enjoying an oddly elegant skip across a field of view . The whole collection of victor ( below ) are as as hilarious and just waiting to become the basis of many meme to come .
It might only be their first year , but the competition received over 2,500 entry from at least 73 nation from around the world , including the Philippines , Mexico , Uganda , Kazakhstan , andNew Zealand . This competition comes on the heels of theComedy Wildlife Photo Awards , which has been running since 2015 and go on to grow in absurdity and splendour each twelvemonth . Both projects are the brainchild of nature photographers Paul Joynson - Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam .
Tom Sullam , African landscape photographer and beginner of the award , said : “ Although some images had been shot on smartphones most of them were sharp and well compose and , as photographers , both Paul and I were thrilled to see so much quality from entrants using non - professional photographic equipment ! ”
On top of the laughs , the award also have a more serious content to help promote a dearest for animals and nature . It should also serve as some inspiration to pluck up a photographic camera , whether it ’s just a smartphone or a DSLR , and manoeuvre out to the raging ( or just your backyard ) .
“ The contender is aimed at raising creature welfare awareness , but also to enjoy photography and get people out photographing , and we experience the rival achieved this , ” added Sullam .
you may check out the short list for this class ’s Comedy Pet Photography Awardsright here .
