Winners of the competition Royal Photographic Society

• The winners Royal Photographic Society

Founded in 1853 in London Royal Photographic Society (Royal Photographic Society) is one of the oldest in the world. In a special contest for members of the public the best photos in the past year were selected from around the world. The winner was Steve Jones a photo "cheerfulness", which depicted a young stallion named Lustitano. Photographers from 16 countries submitted to the competition of more than 3300 photos.

See the best pictures of the year by the Royal Photographic Society.

The first place was taken by the photo "Cheerfulness" or "Joie de Vivre" Steve Jones from the UK. (Photo: Steve Jones).

The runner-up photo "Louis Smith" Mark Asplenda from the UK. (Photo: Marc Aspland).

The third place - "The last taxi home" Bohuslav Maslyak from the UK. (Photo: Boguslaw Maslak).

Photographer - Ashraf Talaat from Egypt.

Image copyright - Ching Chuan Heng from Malaysia.

Photos - Coco Bordeos Philippines.

author - David Cantrille England

Author - David Ellwand, England.

image Author Gagan Singh Sadana, England.

Haixing Liu, China.

Jane M Lines, England.

Lawrence Cheung, Hong Kong.

Thread - Lota Dascioraite.

Wayne Grundy, England.

Ronaldo Aguiar, Brazil.

Ming Zhong, China.

Laura Corrado, Italy.