The Environmental Photography of the Year competition showcases photography to inspire change and climate action. In 2023, three of the six category winners were from Bangladesh, a country severely threatened by climate change. Here, in a photo by Shafiul Islam, buffaloes scour parched grasslands for food during a drought in the north of the country.
NEW DELHI: The use of forensic-aided, angle-wise photography techniques has gone up in crime investigations. Angle-wise photography involves capturing the suspects in the postures that they were seen in during the commission of a crime as captured by CCTV or videos. The technique helps match apprehended suspects with the actual perpetrators.
Data accessed by TOI shows that experts of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) have employed the technique in more than 200 cases this year, compared with just over 80 last year, after a separate division was formed at the laboratory.
Deepa Verma, director, FSL, said forensics was a dynamic field. “There was a need for subject-wise photography, so we developed a division to handle it.” According to officials, the division named Suspect Identification Photo Division comprises three units with two experts in each. “We receive orders from courts, while police also often seek our assistance with photographs,” an official said.
Explaining how the process works, the official said that police officers bring CCTV footage that has captured the suspects. “Experts evaluate and analyse the footage to determine the appropriate angle for photographing the suspect. Then the cops bring the apprehended suspects to FSL, where the experts photograph and videotape them from the same angle as shown in the crime footage. The experts then compare and assess the results and submit their reports within a week for further examination,” the official said.
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta, head, photo division, FSL, said, “Photographing evidence is a crucial aspect of crime scene documentation and must be done to illustrate the location of any scientific evidence. This establishes the relationships of the evidence with the victim and the victim with the place of occurrence.” Assistant director Sarvesh Kumar Singh added, “Photography, especially crime scene photography, is an important tool of forensics and it assists significantly in solving complex cases.”
On what crime scene photography entailed, Dr. Rajnish Kumar Singh, assistant PRO, said, “At any crime spot, the first thing that should be done is to document the scene with detailed photographs and videos. This includes recording all the elements present in the environment and the relative position/location of the pieces of scientific evidence. The second thing is that we have to photograph the scene quickly because environmental factors in the form of rain, onlookers or traffic can make the conditions difficult for photography or they can disturb and wipe out scientific evidence at the scene of crime. The photo experts perform their work quickly and capture as many visuals as possible from the place of occurrence.”
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A kangaroo rocks it out in a field of wildflowers, clearly in the zone by the look on her face — it’s the height of comedy.
Or at least that’s what the judges of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards thought, bestowing their top 2023 prize to photographer Jason Moore for his aptly named photo, “Air Guitar Roo”.
Up against 5,300 entries from 85 countries, Moore’s prize is a safari tour in the Masai Mara, Kenya, where the potential for more animals in hilarious situations awaits.
Here’s his winning image alongside other category winners.
Commenting on the day back in August 2021, Moore said he was attacked by ticks when trying to get the “perfect” image.
“When I saw this roo striking their air guitar pose, it immediately brought a smile to my face, and I knew that I had captured something really special,” he said.
According to the judging panel, the image encapsulated a “happy vibe and feel good factor” — the sole purpose of what comedy wildlife is all about.
Scroll through to see the squirrel’s landing.
A ground squirrel jumped as if he could fly. To his surprise, he fell back down. (Timea Ambrus: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023)
Here are a few of the highly commended images to have a giggle at.
You know what we should see more of? Photobombing kangaroos. That’s our primary conclusion after guffawing at all the whimsical winners of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
The highly commended cheeky ‘roo (which you can see below) is joined by many other animals caught in moments they’d rather forget. These include a white-winged dove flying straight into a tree, a very moody owl, and a long-tailed macaque monkey posing like Kate Winslet on a Titanic sofa. There really is something for everyone.
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A photo of a kangaroo channeling its inner Jimi Hendrix has been crowned the winner of the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2023. Taken by Australian photographer Jason Moore, Air Guitar Roo was up against over 5,000 entries from 85 countries but the perfectly timed capture was unanimously voted as the judge’s top pick.
Landing him not only the overall prize but the Creatures of the Land category too, Jason’s kangaroo shoot was completely unplanned. His winning image was taken after a disappointing morning trying to shoot waterfowl at a nearby lake. On his way home Jason pulled over at a spot he knew was popular among a mob of Eastern Grey kangaroos so crouched down in the tick-infested grasslands to capture the roos and joey’s.
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Sometimes it’s the unexpected shots that turn out the best and looking back on that day Jason remarks, “The shoot turned out to be a great session and I am quite fond of several images that I captured. Not many people know that kangaroos are normally fairly docile and even a bit boring most of the time if I’m honest. However, when I saw this roo striking the air guitar pose it immediately brought a smile to my face and I knew that I had captured something really special.”
He took the shot on his Sony A1 with an FE 600mm f/4 GM OSS telephoto, with a 1.4x teleconverter. The exposure was 1/1000sec at f/5.6, ISO 2500.
In total six category winners were recognized for their wildlife capture including Vittorio Ricci who claimed the Creatures of the Air award for her image Unexpected Plunge showing a striated heron falling out of the sky and into water. A photo of a charming Ballerina Otter taken by Otter Kwen in Singapore won the Under Water category while Timea Ambrus won the portfolio award for his series of four images taken of a ground squirrel launching into the air.
The video category was awarded to Lily Bernau for her brilliant film ‘Too Cold’ which documented a penguin refusing to jump in the sea while the young photographer award went to Jacie Stankiewicz for his photo of two green finches engaged in an “argument”. Titled Dispute, the photo also won the public vote in the Affinity Photo People’s Choice award marking the first time it’s been won by a young photographer.
Tom Sullam, co-founder of the competition describes seeing the immense talent combined with humor as one of the greatest pleasures that he and co-founder Paul Johnson Hicks get to experience. “This year’s People’s Choice Award winner is like the cherry on the cake. To have a junior entrant win this major prize is extremely rewarding for us. We want more juniors to enter, we want to take our conservation message and our love og photography to the younger generation and this result proves that tongue photographers have as much of a chance of winning as anyone else.”
Alongside the winning mages, 10 entries were also highlighted and commended including a shot of a very fed-up owl, a monkey showing you the way and my personal favorite, a happy turtle with a dragonfly resting on its mouth.
Jason Moore, this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photographer of the Year wins a one in a one-in-a-lifetime safari to the Masai Mara, Kenya with Alex Walker’s Serian plus a unique handmade trophy from the Wonder Workshop plus two stylish Retrospective camera bags from Think Tank. To view the full gallery of winning and highly commended images head to the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards website.
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The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, “the funniest and most popular photography competition in the world,” according to the award organizers, “has reached its conclusion and is proud to announce the overall and category winners” for this year.
Chosen from 5,300 entries from 85 countries, the image below by photographer Jason Moore of a female Western Grey Kangaroo practicing its air guitar was voted the funniest photo of the 2023 Comedy Wildlife Awards.
The overall winning image, entitled ‘Air Guitar Roo’, shows the little roo intent on practicing her musical technique in a field abundant with wildflowers in the outer suburbs of Perth, Australia.
“Not many people know that kangaroo are normally fairly docile and even a bit boring most of the time, if I’m honest,” Moore explained. “However, when I saw this roo striking the air guitar pose, it immediately brought a smile to my face and I knew that I had captured something special.”
The shot also won the Creatures of the Land category.
Moore wins a safari in the Masai Mara, Kenya, with AlexWalker’s Serian and a handmade trophy from the Wonder Workshop in Tanzania.
The Comedy Wildlife popular competition, which also organizes the Comedy Pet Photography Awards, was founded in 2015 by Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, both professional photographers and passionate conservationists intent on creating “a refreshing, fun and free-to-enter photography competition unlike any other, showcasing seriously funny images of the earth’s most amazing wildlife.”
Celebrating the hilarity of our natural world and highlighting what we need to do to protect it, the contest is open to novices, amateur and professional photographers.
This year, the award is championing the work of the Whitley Fund for Nature, a British charity that supports conservation leaders working in their home countries across the global south.
For more than 30 years, the fund has channelled £20 million to more than 200 conservationists in 80 countries.
The announcement includes the winners and highly commended images in six categories.
Air Guitar Roo, Overall winner and Creatures of the Land winner. Location: Perth, Australia
Photo: Jason Moore, Australia – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
The winning image “encapsulates a proper ‘happy vibe and feel-good factor’ – the very essence of what Comedy Wildlife is all about,” the judges said.
Unexpected plunge, Winner, Creatures of the Air category. Location: Zimanga Private Game Reserve, … [+]
Photo: Vittorio Ricci, Italy – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
Vittorio Ricci won the Creatures of the Air Award for ‘Unexpected Plunge’. her photo of a striated heron ironically falling out of the sky and into the water.
An unusual and almost miserable end of a perfect moment, previously prepared, for a successful fishing plunge.
Don’t look down, Highly Commended, Creatures of the Air category. Location: Farne Islands, … [+]
Photo: Brian Matthews, UK – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
A puffin does an inverted snoopy impression while watching jelly fish.
Snowball! Highly Commended. Location: Spitzberg
Photo: Jacques Poulard, France – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
This is a white grouse – not a snowball – in a very cold winter.
That wasn’t here yesterday!, Highly Commended. Location: Buckeye, Arizona, USA
Wendy Kaveney, U.S. – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
A white-winged dove appears to fly head-on into a cholla cactus skeleton.
One for the family album, Highly Commended. Location: Yorkshire, U.K.
Photo: Zoe Ashdown, U.K – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
As one had just returned to the nest, the Northern Gannets greeted each other with normal beak rubbing. Then, they stopped and looked over and at that moment this image was captured. They seem very proud of their progeny.
Dispute, Winner, Junior category and People’s choice Award. Location: Bialowieza Forest, Poland
Photo: Jacek Stankiewicz, Poland – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
With this image of two greenfinches called ‘Dispute’, young photographer Jacek Stankiewicz won not only the JuniorAward but also the Affinity Photo People’s Choice Award – the first time that the award has been won by a junior entry.
“I caught this scene while watching birds in the Bialowieza Forest. The young greenfinch was still fed by parents. However, from time to time the birds looked like they were having an argument.
Either the young naughty kid is arguing with a parent or one kid is reporting to the parent that its brother did something wrong, like: “Look, he broke a window!”
Otter Ballerina, Winner, Underwater category. Location: Singapore
Photo: Otter Kwek Singapore – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
These image a charming Ballerina Otter taken in Singapore topped the Underwater category.
“Excuse me sir but I think you’re a little too young to be smoking,” Highly Commended. Location: … [+]
Dakota Vaccaro, U.S. – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
While the photographer was working deep in the Virginian woods, a family of grey foxes took up residence under the deck of the abandoned cottage next door. “One day while practicing their hunting skills on bits of moss and branches, one of the kits lunged at a small chunk of wood and started rolling around with his prize,” Vaccaro recalled. “Tired after his hunt, the kit lounged on his belly — still holding the wood, which gave the strong resemblance of a cigar.”
Boing!, Highly Commended. Location: Westerfolds Park, Melbourne, Australia
Lara Mathews, Australia – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
The image was taken at Westerfolds Park, a beautiful and surprisingly wild pocket of land in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, famous for its kangaroo population. The mom was enjoying some morning sunshine when this joey decided to get silly and try his hand at boxing.
The rainforest dandy, Highly Commended. Location: Bali (Indonesia)
Photo: Delphine Casimir, Belgium – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
This picture was taken in the monkey forest in Ubud, Bali, a place where monkeys are king. Sometimes they give a show; sometimes they climb on visitorrs to look for fleas or steal a piece of biscuit. This one poses like a dandy for the photo.
I finally learned to fly…or not!? Winner, Portfolio category. Location: Austria
Photo: Tímea Ambrus, Hungary – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
These two photos are part of a series that won the Portfolio category.
The ground squirrel jumped as if he could fly.
I finally learned to fly…or not?! Winner Portfolio category. Location: Austria
Photo: Tímea Ambrus, Hungary – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
Unfortunately, he lacks wings. To his surprise he fell back to the ground.
The Happy Turtle, Highly Commended. Location: Jezreel Valley, Israel
Photo: Tzahi Finkelstein, Israel – Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023
The swamp turtle is surprised and smiles when a dragonfly lands on its nose.
