This month: Improve composition Compose yourself for photographs that are worth looking at more than once

Charlotte Beutler’s still-life photo comes under our microscope

Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

Still raining outside? Then it’s time to get creative with overlay shooting modes and Wendy Evans

Master creative use of long exposure to capture the dynamics of nature, says Karolina Konsur

Find out which early species to watch for, how to make your patch more butterfly-friendly and where to record your sightings for science