Kangaroo playing air guitar wins this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards — see the winning snap
nypost.comComedy Wildlife Photography Awards are back for another year, and the grand prize goes to shutterbug Jason Moore for his photo entitled “Air Guitar Roo.”Moore’s hilarious pic captured the moment a young female Western Grey Kangaroo had a moment to herself where he appeared to be jamming out on an invisible guitar with his eyes closed in bliss.
The shot was taken in the suburbs of Perth, Australia, in a field filled with kangaroos hopping around clusters of flowers. “I had been out with my camera photographing some waterfowl at a nearby lake.
I had been up at sunrise to take advantage of the ‘golden hour’ light, but it turned out to be a disappointing morning on the water,” Moore recounted in a statement.
Begun by photographers for photographers, the awards are chosen from thousands of submissions every year. The picture was chosen from 5,300 entries submitted by 1,842 entrants from 85 countries.
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