It's time to party! Our fun-loving furry friends spend so much of their time engaging in play. Most dogs are always up for a game and capturing these candid moments of pure joy in your photos can be challenging, but rewarding.

Dogs at play are the best entertainment. Fun-loving, cheeky and mischievous, the best moments often happen when you're least expecting it.

Getting dogs playing freely and acting naturally gives you the best possible chance of capturing the best moments of their party time.

For the final challenge of Embark, we want to see challengers capture those playful moments and celebrate all the joy that dogs (or other pets) bring.

Our challengers finished on a high, the images submitted for Party Time were fantastic, and filled with joy of humour. Here, in no particular order, are our top 10.

- Craig & Charlotte 📸 🐶 ✨

 We provide video feedback on all images submitted for the challenge, and from there, we select our Top 20 and Top 10. Without further ado, here are the Top 10 images for this challenge!

Dawn McBride | Fuzzy Love Photography

It's definitely party time for these bubble chasers! What a great moment of interaction and it has a comical, humorous feeling.

Erica Harvey | Erica Lane Photography

Wow, what a creative image, the main subject isn't really the main subject! The little dogs composited into the various bubbles all doing something different and all having fantastic expressions mean this image is something you can enjoy for a long time and keep finding things to giggle about! This is delightful and, most importantly, it's a party!

Jordyn Bobo | Golden Atlas Photography

This is a lovely warm and cleanly edited image. The moment of play being the final pounce for the toy is whimsical and the light matches that mood nicely.

Katie Romig | Katie Romig Photography

What joy this moment and these colours bring. This has emotional impact and has been beautifully crafted to result in a fun image fitting of the Party Time brief.

Kelly Munce | Heart Dogs

There's 100% Party Time vibes happening here! This playful moment is sharp and the understated colour palette is well handled.

Krystal Annetts | _tinky_the_border_collie_

Silhouettes can be excellent images to tell a story, and this is no exception, the fun these two are having is immediately obvious.

Lyn Nye | Lyn Nye Pet Photography

There's a wonderful use of texture and colour to frame the subject here and the moment is great and has immediate impact.

Marquee Maylum | Marquee Photography & Design

Fantastic colours, great initial impact and the moment of play is really fun.

Ranmali Dinwoodie | The Snoot Pet Photography

The composite work here has been well done and the moments captured with each frame take the viewer on a journey of this bounce and miss! It's quirky, funny and creative.

Roxanne Gura | The Whimsical Leash

This pups gangly legs, all bunched up, adds a bit of humour, but also tells a story of the growth from gangly to elegant that will happen. The playfulness is great and we're definitely feeling the Party Time vibes with this image.

Embark is the foundation 6-month interactive challenge-based online dog photography course in our Unleashed Challenges series, focusing on helping you to learn new shooting skills and create more variety in your work.

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