If you’re planning to enter our Urban Life round, which launches next week, take these tips from four of last year’s top ten photographers

Jonathon Isola, Chandler, Arizona, USA

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

Andy Westlake assesses a unique telephoto lens for extreme close-up photography

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

This friendly Somerset group are at all skill levels, and focus on a love of taking pictures, not kit