Amateur photographer of the year

Your chance to enter the UK’s most prestigious competition for amateur photographers

If you’re planning to enter our Night and Low Light round, which launches next week, take these tips from three of last year’s top ten photographers

Each round, we shine a spotlight on a selection of excellent entries from the many camera clubs that enter APOY

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Three, Close-ups and Details, with comments by the AP team and our guest judge

Our favourite photos posted by readers on our social media channels this week