Picture It: Your Environment photo competition - in pictures

The Picture It competition organised by the Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc) asked budding photographers to explore how they interacted with or were inspired by the environment in everyday life.

Visitors to Nerc's UnEarthed showcase in Edinburgh last weekend were asked to pick the winners from nine shortlisted images and more than 1,000 entries. The winners from the three categories will be invited to the official naming of Nerc's new polar research vessel, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, next year