Down to the essence

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

When everything comes together, there’s no better feeling, as Michael Topham experienced in Croatia

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round One, Black & White, with comments by the AP team and our guest judges

Wildlife photography isn’t all about attention-grabbing species, writes Rob Read

SOMETIMES THE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR NEXT PAINTING can be right in front of you – literally. Trying to find the correct subject with great lighting and composition is quite an art: a lot of images won’t

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Black & White category