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Here are the top photos sent in by you, our readers, for the second round of our Photographer of the Year competition. The theme was 'Shape and colour'. The winner voted by you to go through to the final was 'Blue gate' by Sheila Curzon.

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'Taking flight' by Tony Larcombe also qualifies for the final round.

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'Spiral staircase' by Andrew Dopheide came third - the following entries appear in no particular order

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'Old Orchard Beach' by Amy Stein

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'Reflecting on the Storm' by Neil Crick

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'Socks hanging on a clothes line' by Tania Vasallo

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'Jacques, Laurent and Est�e' by Natalie Davison

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'During a burn' by Rahul Bhatnagar

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'Junior wrestling' by Lucy Ray

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'Inversions' by Mark Mobley

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'Cuban shapes and colours' by Jo Brunenberg

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'Dragonfly perched on a reed' by Cindy Germek

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'Preparing for the Olympics' by Caroline Perier

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'Confluence' by Dony Wynn