Traveller's fourth The Big Picture competition for amateur photographers in association with Fairfax Media's Clique Photographers Association kicks off on July 4, 2015. Take a look at our last winner and other top entries in the gallery above.

Clique, a photography club run by the photo departments of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, aims to inspire people of all skill levels to take better photos.

The overall winner and a partner or friend will travel to Japan, courtesy of Singapore Airlines (economy class), staying three nights at the Conrad Tokyo, and two nights at the Hyatt Regency Kyoto, with all breakfasts and a seven-day JR Rail Pass (ordinary class), courtesy of Singapore Airlines Holidays.

WHAT TO ENTER

Send one unpublished image of a special moment from your travels taken in the past two years (at least 1MB and 300dpi in JPEG form). Also, please tell us in approximately 100 words where and when the image was taken and what made it so memorable.

Upload your entries via Clique's uploader here.

Click here for full terms and conditions. To join Clique, see www.smh.com.au/clique or www.theage.com.au/clique.

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