Mick Hartley

I’m not normally a fan of these comedy animal shots – the tacky anthropomorphism – but these, I’ll admit, are pretty good. Some competition finalists from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025, at the Times:

_{RALPH ROBINSON/NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025}

_{GEOFF MARTIN/ NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025}

_{MARK METH-COHN/NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025}

_{HIKKADUWA LIYANAGE PRASANTHA VINOD/ NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025}

_{MICHAEL STAVRAKAKIS//NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025}

_{DIANA REBMAN/NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025}

_{MIKE LANE/NIKON COMEDY WILDLIFE AWARDS 2025}

Mind you, I’m not sure that bird, second down, would see the funny side. Poor thing looks like it’s running for its life from that looming bird of prey.