Monday 9th November 2009: Larger than life versions of a pigeon, conker and postbox have appeared in London, Edinburgh and Manchester today.

The life-like sculptures have been specially commissioned to mark the launch of Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-ZX1 compact camera with an 8 x optical zoom.

Users are invited to submit their own photographs which showcase the fun that can be had with perspective for their chance to win a trip to the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games by visiting www.facebook.com/8xlife