Animal Behaviour Photography Competition
🌍 Animal Behaviour
📸 £1 per image - Enter as many as you like!
This category celebrates images that reveal the fascinating ways animals interact, communicate and adapt to their world.
From moments of connection and cooperation to displays of instinct, survival, competition and emotion, we are looking for photographs that tell a story beyond a simple animal portrait.
Entries may capture feeding, hunting, courtship, parenting, play, social interactions, movement, communication or other unique behaviours that reveal the character and lives of animals.
This competition invites photographers of all levels to capture:
We encourage every creative photographer to enter this competition and share their talents amongst our passionate community.
- 🦅 Wildlife
- 🏔️ Landscapes
- 🌿 Ecosystems
- 🤝 The relationship between people and nature
“No one will protect what they don't care about, and no one will care about what they have never experienced” - David Attenborough.
Through powerful visual storytelling, we aim to inspire appreciation and protection of our planet.
🚀 Ready to showcase your talent?
📸 £1 per image - Enter as many as you like!
Entry to the competition is the nominal fee of £1 (GBP) per image. Once you have completed the entry form you will be guided to the payment option for additional images. We look forward to seeing your entries.
Prize
- Overall Winner - One year Free Digital Membership of any of our Societies - which includes: entry to all of our membership only competitions - unrestricted access to our members' photography forum - access to our members only Facebook group - listing on our directory - *qualifications and distinctions through submission of images.
2nd and 3rd place - 6 months Free Digital Membership of any of our Societies - which includes: entry to all of our membership only competitions - unrestricted access to our members' photography forum -access to our members only Facebook group - listing on our directory - *qualifications and distinctions through submission of images.
No cash alternatives will be given
The Rules
- Enter as many images as you like!
- The work must be that of the entrant
- State which competition name in file or zip file name
- No entry will be eligible that has been made under the supervision of an instructor or as a class assignment
- Images submitted must be no larger than 2000 pixels wide
- All entrants must be able to supply a high resolution image (300dpi)
- No distinguishing marks on the images
- Copyright of the images remains with the photographer - The Society's recognises that the entrant, the author of the photograph, retains complete and full ownership of the copyright in each submission
- Entries can be used for publicity purposes only by The Society's and may be included in our digital magazine Professional Imagemaker, also other promotional purposes.
- Competition August 31 2026
- The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
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