{"id":570,"date":"2024-12-11T01:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T01:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2024-12-11T01:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T01:25:28","slug":"stuck-squirrel-photo-wins-the-2024-nikon-comedy-wildlife-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/2024\/12\/11\/stuck-squirrel-photo-wins-the-2024-nikon-comedy-wildlife-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck Squirrel Photo Wins the 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Overall Winner and Mammals Category Winner \u2014 \u2018Stuck Squirrel\u2019 by Milko Marchetti | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/a> winners were announced today at the competition\u2019s Awards Night at the Oxo Gallery in London. Photographer Milko Marchetti is this year\u2019s overall winner, thanks to his excellent and hilarious image of a red squirrel stuck in a tree, aptly named \u201cStuck Squirrel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marchetti bested a record number of photographers this year, as the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards received over 9,000 images, the highest total in its decade of existence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The competition says the final selection was challenging this year, with only a few points separating the top five entries. Ultimately, Marchetti\u2019s hilarious image won out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have taken many, many photographs of squirrels, in many situations over the years in Italy, but this one struck me as really funny and such a strange position, because it is that exact moment when the squirrel is detaching its back legs from the trunk to enter its hide,\u201d the photographer says. \u201cWhenever I show this image at the nature seminars at my local photography club, the audience always explode with raucous laughter, so I had to enter it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For his victory, Marchetti receives a once-in-a-lifetime safari in the Masai Mara, Kenya, with Alex Walker\u2019s Serian, plus a unique handmade trophy from the Wonder Workshop in Tanzania. Marchetti also gets a new photography bag from Think Tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Marchetti received a call from Tom Sullam, co-founder of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards alongside Paul Joynson-Hicks, Marchetti says he shouted, \u201cWow,\u201d over and over while jumping for joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLooking at the beautiful finalists\u2019 photos, I would never have thought I would be the chosen one. What can I say \u2014 I am so, so happy,\u201d the winning photographer adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to celebrate Milko Marchetti\u2019s outstanding achievement in the Nikon Comedy Photography Awards 2024. His image, \u2018Stuck Squirrel,\u2019 brilliantly captures the playful and unpredictable moments that make nature so enchanting,\u201d says Stefan Maier, General Manager of Marketing at Nikon Europe. \u201cThis year\u2019s competition received a record number of entries, each one a testament to the power of photography in evoking emotion. We look forward to continuing to inspire the next generation of wildlife photographers through these wonderful awards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards Category Winners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Alongside Marchetti\u2019s overall winning photo, the judges selected additional category winners, plus special award winners. All these winning images are featured below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Insect Category Winner \u2014 \u2018Mantis Flamenca\u2019 by Jose Miguel Gallego Molina | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reptile Category Winner \u2014 \u2018Frog in a Balloon\u2019 by Eberhard Ehmke | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bird Category Winner \u2014 \u2018Whiskered Tern Crash On Landing\u2019 by Damyan Petkov | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fish and Other Aquatic Animals Category Winner \u2014 \u2018Unexpected Role Swap\u2019 by Przemyslaw Jakubczyk | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon Junior Category Winner \u2014 \u2018Smooching Owlets\u2019 by Sarthak Rangandadhan | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon Young Photographer Category Winner (25 years old and younger) \u2014 \u2018Awkward Smiley Frog\u2019 by Kingston Tam | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Portfolio Category Winner \u2014 Flynn Thaitanunde-Lobb | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People\u2019s Choice Winner \u2014 \u2018Shake, Ruffle, Rattle, and Roll\u2019 by Tapani Linnanm\u00e4ki | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards winners will be on exhibit at the Oxo Gallery in London from December 11-15 and arefeatured on the competition\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re not in or visiting the UK, all of 2024’s finalists can be seen on the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image credits:<\/strong>Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. All photographers are credited in the individual image captions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overall Winner and Mammals Category Winner \u2014 \u2018Stuck Squirrel\u2019 by Milko Marchetti | 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards winners were announced today at the competition\u2019s Awards Night at the Oxo Gallery in London. Photographer Milko Marchetti is this year\u2019s overall winner, thanks to his excellent and hilarious image of a red squirrel … Continue reading Stuck Squirrel Photo Wins the 2024 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions\/571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batterymap.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}