Focusing on the familiar

These are some of the top entries in the BBC's Surprising Stories From Familiar Places competition - aiming to reveal London as never seen before.

Open to amateur and professional photographers, it was inspired by the TV programme Inside Out, which delves into unusual stories about life in the capital.

The shots, ranging from Jun Wu's Tulip Field to ten-year-old Kate Waters' Catch The Sun, go on show from Wednesday at the London Transport Museum, Covent Garden Piazza.

A panel of experts will select the winning entry on May 10. Visitors to the museum can vote for their favourite entry - and could win a £100 voucher by picking the most popular.

Several pictures will be made into posters and displayed at Piccadilly Circus Tube station.

Judges include social photographer Dennis Morris, Metro picture editor Alan Sparrow and London Underground's Platform For Art head Liz O'Sullivan. To view the entries online, go to www.ltmuseum.co.uk.