Each year, students of Simon d’Entremont’s Wildlife Photography Essentials course take part in the 10-Photo Challenge — an annual competition designed to turn learning into real-world results.

Participants submit one image in each of 10 creative categories, from clean backgrounds and tight portraits to action, flight, behavior, and storytelling. Every photo represents a lesson applied in the field.

At the end of the year, Simon and a panel of judges review all entries and select one winner per category.

The photographs below are the winning images from the 2025 10-Photo Challenge.

Click on each winning image below to view the full image, read about the category, and learn what made the photograph stand out.