We've reached the penultimate challenge of Embark 2025 and this one is called Splash!

There's just something about playing in the water that screams fun and our best furry buddies seem to agree.

Whether it be swimming, leaping, splashing, playing fetch or jumping waves, water play offers great opportunities for exciting and dynamic action shots of doggy water babies.

So for this challenge, we sent our challengers out to capture dogs interacting with water.

These, in no particular order, are the top 10 images of the challenge.

Congratulations to the photographers, fabulous work as always.

We'll be back in two weeks with our final challenge, 'Party Time'.

Charlotte & Craig 🐶 📸 ✨

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!

Amanda Friedrick

What a leap! The splash from below is fabulous and the formation of splashes around the dog forms a love heart shape, which is a nice touch of serendipity.

Camilla Johannessen | Hundefoto.nu

This low-angle, reflection and golden light give the image a fantastic feeling. The moment of action is well-timed and captured with technical excellence.

Erica Harvey | Erica Lane Photography

This is a lovely, soft moment; the arcs of water are mirrored in other areas of the composition to give the overall result a nice flow.

Jordyn Bobo | Golden Atlas Photography

A really fun moment that is joyful. The super low angle emphasizes the splashes of water.

Kate Westfall | Kate Westfall Photography

A fantastic moment with great intensity. The depth created by the foliage is lovely and the colours all work in harmony.

Krystal Annetts | @_tinky_the_border_collie_

Great low angle and the direct eye contact is powerful and engaging. The splashes of water with kicked-up sand feel dynamic.

Lina Hoggren | Liljeros Design

A fantastic splash moment, great intensity in the dog's expression. The vertical lines in the background are pleasing to the eye and help draw you to the subject.

Nikki Jennifer | Nikki Jennifer Photography

What a great shake! Taken from a super low angle, lovely colour harmony and those water droplets a splashing everywhere and completely filling the frame!

Ranmali Dinwoodie | The Snoot Pet Photography

This is an outside-the-box, creative take on the Splash challenge. It has been captured well, great timing, sharp where it needs to be, with some motion blur that helps add emotion.

Sarah DeRemer | Sarah DeRemer Photography

This light dog stands out beautifully against the dark rocks; the action is perfectly captured too. Overall, this is an excellent Splash submission.

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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