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.
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