The shape of you

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

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

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

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

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

From Lensbaby optics to binoculars and sandals, 27 photographers talk to CUPOTY co-founder Tracy Calder about their go-to gear for prize-winning close-up pictures