(CNN) – An image of a monkey with a pained expression won the overall award at this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.
The photograph is the work of British fan Ken Jensen, who prevailed in competition with 7,000 other nominees, according to a statement from the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards released Wednesday.
Jensen took the image on a bridge over the Xun River in Yunnan, southwest China, in 2016, capturing the moment when the male monkey sat on one of the bridge’s support cables.
“I was absolutely overwhelmed to learn that my work had won, especially when there were a large number of wonderful photos submitted,” Jensen said in the statement.
“The publicity my image has received in recent months has been incredible, it is such a good feeling to know that your image is making people all over the world smile, as well as helping support some worthy conservation causes. pain”.
This year’s contest will donate 10% of its total net proceeds to Save Wild Orangutans, which works to safeguard wild orangutans in Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo.
John Speirs won the Affinity Photo People’s Choice award for his image of a dove with a leaf on its face, and Arthur Trevino won the Animals of the Land category with his photo of a little prairie dog taking on a bald eagle.
An image of a mother otter playing tough with her cub took home the Water Creatures award for Chee Kee Teo, and Vicki Jauron won the Portfolio award for a set of four images of a young elephant having fun in the mud at the Park Matusadona, Zimbabwe.
And the winner of the video category was Rahul Lakhmani, whose work shows a white-throated kingfisher who appears to take down another bird with an overly enthusiastic hug.
Last year, Mark Fitzpatrick’s photo of a turtle that seems to raise its middle finger towards the camera was the winner, and two years ago Sarah Skinner came in first place with her photo of a lion cub swooping down. of a bigger cat.
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