The bestof dark nights

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

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

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

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

AS AN ARTIST, IT’S DIFFICULT TO GET YOUR WORK OUT THERE. Competitions and open exhibitions are a great way to get involved and make new connections, and entering them is a key part of thinking outside

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