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Celebrate the Wild - August Wildlife Photography Challenge 2026

SubmissionsAug 1, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026

Voting DeadlineAug 30, 2026

About This Competition

Share your best wildlife photograph and celebrate the beauty of nature through your lens. From birds and mammals to reptiles, butterflies, insects, macro photography, wildlife behaviour, and breathtaking habitats—every wildlife moment is welcome.

Photographs will be judged on Composition, Lighting, Sharpness, Storytelling, Creativity, Technical Quality, and Overall Impact, with community voting deciding the Community Choice Award.

🏆 Compete for recognition, earn your place in the Hall of Fame, and inspire wildlife photographers around the world.

Entries

68 photos

Fighting Feathers

Fighting Feathersby Anuraag Basu

🗳️ 6❤️ 2💬 1

The egret

The egretby Shiv Strot

🗳️ 1❤️ 1💬 0

The white tiger Laxmi

The white tiger Laxmiby Shiv Strot

🗳️ 1❤️ 1💬 0

The hunters yawn

The hunters yawnby Shiv Strot

🗳️ 1❤️ 1💬 0

Close Up Look of Exotic Nymphalidae Butterfly in it's Natural Habitat

Close Up Look of Exotic Nymphalidae Butterfly in it's Natural Habitatby Saru

🗳️ 2❤️ 0💬 0

Defensive Mimicry: Hairy Lepidoptera Larva Displaying False Eyespots

Defensive Mimicry: Hairy Lepidoptera Larva Displaying False Eyespotsby Saru

🗳️ 2❤️ 0💬 0

Catch of the day

Catch of the dayby Kiran Dey

🗳️ 2❤️ 2💬 0

The golden hour

The golden hourby Kiran Dey

🗳️ 3❤️ 1💬 0

Call of the wild

Call of the wildby Kiran Dey

🗳️ 3❤️ 0💬 0

A Praying Bear

A Praying Bearby Abinaya R S

🗳️ 2❤️ 3💬 0

Curious Gaze in Emerald

Curious Gaze in Emeraldby Ananthakrishnan K

🗳️ 1❤️ 4💬 0

Leader

Leaderby Spandan Biswas

🗳️ 1❤️ 3💬 0

Sparrow in a tree

Sparrow in a treeby Syed Afraz Ali

🗳️ 1❤️ 2💬 0

Peacock in Rainy Day.

Peacock in Rainy Day.by Bhagwat Ranawat

🗳️ 2❤️ 2💬 0

Born of the Mountains

Born of the Mountainsby Abhyuday Tiwari

🗳️ 2❤️ 1💬 0

Wild, rugged, and painted in blue

Wild, rugged, and painted in blueby Abhyuday Tiwari

🗳️ 2❤️ 1💬 0

A quiet moment with the White-throated Kingfisher.

A quiet moment with the White-throated Kingfisher.by Abhyuday Tiwari

🗳️ 1❤️ 0💬 0

Mobile Photography

Mobile Photographyby ANTU MONDAL

🗳️ 3❤️ 1💬 1

Mobile Photography

Mobile Photographyby ANTU MONDAL

🗳️ 3❤️ 1💬 0

Team Work

Team Workby ANTU MONDAL

🗳️ 2❤️ 0💬 0

Step by step

Step by stepby Mahesh Pandit

🗳️ 2❤️ 2💬 1

Love

Loveby shaik fasi

🗳️ 12❤️ 12💬 3

Fighting with Snake

Fighting with Snakeby shaik fasi

🗳️ 14❤️ 16💬 4

Bringing Food

Bringing Foodby shaik fasi

🗳️ 12❤️ 5💬 1

The first light belongs to the giants. 🦒☀️

The first light belongs to the giants. 🦒☀️by Prathap Gangireddy

🗳️ 5❤️ 2💬 0

Majestic Crown

Majestic Crownby Prathap Gangireddy

🗳️ 4❤️ 0💬 0

She said, ‘Walk behind me and try to look intimidating.’

She said, ‘Walk behind me and try to look intimidating.’by Prathap Gangireddy

🗳️ 4❤️ 2💬 0

Morning breakfast

Morning breakfastby Sudhindra Hegde

🗳️ 3❤️ 0💬 0

Take off

Take offby Sudhindra Hegde

🗳️ 3❤️ 0💬 0

Morning breakfast

Morning breakfastby Sudhindra Hegde

🗳️ 3❤️ 1💬 0

Kranthi Kumar

Kranthi Kumarby Chandu Studio

🗳️ 2❤️ 1💬 0

THE WASP BUILDING MUD NEST

THE WASP BUILDING MUD NESTby Subhash Purohit

🗳️ 4❤️ 0💬 0

THE TIGRESS WITH TWO CUBS

THE TIGRESS WITH TWO CUBSby Subhash Purohit

🗳️ 3❤️ 2💬 0

THE KINGFISHER FEEDING BABY

THE KINGFISHER FEEDING BABYby Subhash Purohit

🗳️ 4❤️ 0💬 0

The Roller

The Rollerby Krish Anand

🗳️ 3❤️ 3💬 1

Fire in the sky, peace in the moment.

Fire in the sky, peace in the moment.by Krish Anand

🗳️ 2❤️ 1💬 1

Between two worlds

Between two worldsby NIPUN RAJ

🗳️ 4❤️ 2💬 1

The Silent Monarch

The Silent Monarchby NIPUN RAJ

🗳️ 3❤️ 2💬 0

GHOST'S OF THE GRASSLAND

GHOST'S OF THE GRASSLANDby NIPUN RAJ

🗳️ 3❤️ 2💬 0

behind the branches

behind the branchesby suryamitra chaganti

🗳️ 2❤️ 0💬 0

Life by the Forest Stream

Life by the Forest Streamby suryamitra chaganti

🗳️ 1❤️ 1💬 0

Hidden in the Green

Hidden in the Greenby suryamitra chaganti

🗳️ 1❤️ 0💬 0

The Minimalist

The Minimalistby Ravindra Samant

🗳️ 1❤️ 0💬 0

I am watching you

I am watching youby Ravindra Samant

🗳️ 3❤️ 2💬 0

Malabar Starling

Malabar Starlingby Ravindra Samant

🗳️ 3❤️ 1💬 0

Assasin Bug

Assasin Bugby Manas Pratim Sharma

🗳️ 4❤️ 0💬 0

Rhino Mating

Rhino Matingby Manas Pratim Sharma

🗳️ 3❤️ 0💬 0

Trophy

Trophyby SS Suresh

🗳️ 5❤️ 0💬 0

Three is a crowd

Three is a crowdby SS Suresh

🗳️ 4❤️ 0💬 0

Loten's symphony

Loten's symphonyby SS Suresh

🗳️ 4❤️ 0💬 0

Garden Guardian

Garden Guardianby Arit

🗳️ 2❤️ 1💬 0

The Silent Observer

The Silent Observerby Arit

🗳️ 1❤️ 2💬 0

Silent Stalker

Silent Stalkerby Arit

🗳️ 1❤️ 0💬 0

Whisper after rain

Whisper after rainby Jayashree Jayakumar

🗳️ 1❤️ 1💬 0

Red cabbage bug

Red cabbage bugby Jeevan Saravanan

🗳️ 6❤️ 1💬 0

Eyes of the forest

Eyes of the forestby SREERAJ V.R

🗳️ 4❤️ 2💬 0

Echoes from the Damp Earth

Echoes from the Damp Earthby sathvik m

🗳️ 2❤️ 2💬 0

The Silent Hunter

The Silent Hunterby Saru

🗳️ 3❤️ 1💬 0

Silent Strike

Silent Strikeby Chamara Ranathunga

🗳️ 7❤️ 1💬 0

The Wild Duel

The Wild Duelby Chamara Ranathunga

🗳️ 5❤️ 1💬 0

Aerial Ballet

Aerial Balletby Chamara Ranathunga

🗳️ 7❤️ 3💬 0

Father's care.

Father's care.by Saikat De

🗳️ 6❤️ 2💬 1

The shadow of nature

The shadow of natureby Shera Kumar

🗳️ 1❤️ 1💬 0

Golden eyeSilent Hunter in the Wild

Golden eyeSilent Hunter in the Wildby Shera Kumar

🗳️ 5❤️ 2💬 0

The Forest Crown

The Forest Crownby Shera Kumar

🗳️ 2❤️ 1💬 0

baya weaver @ Hoskote bangalore

baya weaver @ Hoskote bangaloreby Ravishankar Paranthaman

🗳️ 0❤️ 0💬 0

Kingfisher @ near Mysore

Kingfisher @ near Mysoreby Ravishankar Paranthaman

🗳️ 0❤️ 0💬 0

Sambar deer @bhadra

Sambar deer @bhadraby Ravishankar Paranthaman

🗳️ 0❤️ 1💬 0