Hotshots

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

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

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Close-ups & Details category

Our selection of winning images from the Open Competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2025

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

A new book of bird photography celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eye-catching abstracts, writes Graeme Green