Every owner has undoubtedly done it before: your pet does something crazy and you capture it on camera. It is also a daily activity for the participants in the annual Comedy Pet Photo Awards. A yawning ferret, a crazy dog that jumps up or a puppy that is stuck by the cushions in the seat. These photos all won awards at the Comedy Pet Photo Awards.
Pets are not only cute and super pretty, they are also the biggest jokers. They don’t do it consciously, but often put a smile on our face. The Comedy Pet Photo Awards, a competition for the most hilarious pet photos, were created by two professional photographers to highlight the important role pets play in our lives and raise awareness for animal welfare.
Photographers from different countries around the world submitted their gems and a four-person jury chose the ones that made them laugh the most.
The big winner is Lebanese nature photographer Michel Zoghzoghi. The photo shows kitten Alex getting ready to pounce on his unsuspecting sibling. The photographer wins a cash prize of around 600 euros.
“Max and Alex are a really cute duo. I had more fun photographing these two slobs than on my most adventurous trips capturing wildlife,” said winner Michel Zoghzoghi.
Overall winner: The photo of the black and white felines Max and Alex was taken by professional wildlife photographer Michel Zoghzoghi. ©Michel ZoghZoghi/Comedy Pets
‘Yawning ferret’ on her first walk outdoors
Other winners included Boudicca the yawning ferret on her first outdoor walk, captured by Darya Zelentsova, who is originally from Kiev, Ukraine.
“I am so happy that I can promote ferrets as pets with my photo,” she says. “They are intelligent, fun-loving, social creatures with great personalities and an overdose of cuteness.”
Winnaar categorie ’All Other Creatures’: Darya Zelentsova met ‘The First Outdoor Walk’. © Darya Zelentsova/Comedy Pets
Category ‘animals that look like their owners’
In the category ‘animals that look like their owners’, Klaus-Peter Selzer took home the winner with his photo called ‘The Three Grays’.
Category ‘animals that look like their owners’ category winner: Klaus-Peter Selzer with ‘The Three Greys’. © Klaus-Peter Selzer/Comedy Pets
Category ‘dogs’ & audience award
A chance photo of a dog jumping in front of astonished onlookers in a New York park is the winner in the “dogs” category and is also the crowd favorite.
“As a street photographer, I already walked a lot, but this still remains my very best photo,” says amateur photographer Chris Porsz.
Amateur photographer Chris Porsz from the United Kingdom is the winner category ‘dogs’ & audience award with his photo ‘Barking’. © Chris Porsz/Comedy Pets
Category ‘junior’
The photo in which a puppy is so eager to get the ball that gets him stuck in the cushions is the winner in the junior category. Young people up to the age of 16 can participate in this category and this time the prize went to 13-year-old Monyque Macedo Dos Santos from Brazil.
Winner category ‘junior’. A photo of 13-year-old Brazilian Monyque. © Monyque Macedo Dos Santos/Comedy Pets
Six photos that we should not forget
In addition to these winners, the jury chose six photos as ‘Highly Commended’, so they just fell out of the prizes, but still wonderful to look at.
Categorie ‘Highly Commended’. © Kazutoshi Ono/Comedy Pets
Categorie ‘Highly Commended’. © Karl Goldhamer/Comedy Pets
Categorie ‘Highly Commended’. © Gill Woodcock/Comedy Pets
Categorie ‘Highly Commended’. © Kenichi Morinaga/Comedy Pets
Categorie ‘Highly Commended’. © Sophie Boynton/Comedy Pets
Categorie ‘Highly Commended’. © Kenichi Morinaga/Comedy Pets
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2023-08-13 15:00:46
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