Wildlife Photography How To

We always look forward to this time of year when the finalists for the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are announced. And 2020 is no exception with dozens of hilarious wildlife photos selected as making the finals of this sidesplittingly funny competition.

Whether you’re shooting portraits of a beautiful model, or wildlife in the field, one way to turn a good image into a great one is to capture some life in your subject’s eyes. While that’s not always possible when photographing animals in the field under difficult light, it’s easy to add a bit of eye-popping sparkle when editing your images later.

The incredible viral video below has made the rounds of various websites in the past week, but if you haven't checked it out already (and even if you have), it's definitely worth watching. The video, captured by wildlife photographer Robert Bush Sr, is comprised of a year's worth of trail camera footage that has been edited down intoto one mesmerizing 5:20-minute clip.

Back in September we shared with you some of the finalists in the 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards and now an overall winner has been announced. The above winning image, titled "Grab life by the …!"  was shot by Sarah Skinner in Botswana, Africa.

On my recent visit to Africa as a photo tour pro, I decided to capture the beauty and the wildlife of the Serengeti totally mirrorless. Considering my recent move to the format, the trip was confirmation of how committed I am to it, as I took only my mirrorless Nikon Z cameras—three of them, in fact: my Z6, Z7, and the Z7 I had converted to infrared. Yes, I'm all in.

Every year the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards gives us a good chuckle and this year is no exception. The annual competition recently released its finalists for the 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards and we've selected ten of our laugh-out-loud favorites and included them in this story.