Best reader photos of the week: 21 December 2020, #newscomauphotos

A Sydney-based photographer has captured the most incredible sunset, making it one of the best photos submitted to news.com.au this week.

Sydney showing off one of its best sunsets. Picture: janbreckwoldt_photography/Instagram

We’re running a competition to see your best photos and snapshots of your life, Australia and the world around you.

And if your shot happens to be our best for the week, you’ll go into the running to win one of three Sony Alpha 7C single lens camera kit, valued at $3899.

It may be Sony’s smallest and lightest camera and lens systems, but the company says its powers are mighty.

Advanced AF performance and functions, rapid-fire continuous shooting and a handy vari-angle LCD monitor help capture the action whenever it happens – the perfect tool to enhance any budding photographer’s creativity.

Anything you capture can be transferred directly to your smartphone or tablet – meaning you can share with friends and family in just moments.

For your chance to win – and to feature your own photos on news.com.au each week – you can upload them here or tag them with #newscomauphotos on Instagram.

This week’s short-listed winner is:

Jan Breckwoldt, NEW SOUTH WALES

Here were some other entries submitted by readers across Australia this week:

George Borovskis, NEW SOUTH WALES

“This photo was taken with my underwater camera on the Great Barrier Reef. It shows my wife’s elation of being on holidays in Queensland and being in beautiful blue water.”

Picture: George Borovskis/News.com.au Photo of the Week

Tommy Woods, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Sonali Maunick, VICTORIA

“I captured this image in the most exquisite hour of a spring morning, thinking where we would be without bees.”

Picture: Sonali Maunick/News.com.au Photo of the Week

Nellie Sands, VICTORIA

“Taken at Menindie it just shot out of nowhere and up the tree.”

Picture: Nellie Sands/News.com.au Photo of the Week

Martin Andersen, NEW SOUTH WALES

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