Animal magic and a camera changed everything for my girl Paula McDonald, 39, Ardrossan, North Ayrshire

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Equine photographer www.carysjonesphotography.co.uk

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

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Conflict photography has been manipulated in a range of ways since the medium began, as Hilary Roberts reveals in her new book. She talks to David Clark