Birds in flight, close-ups of flora and fungi, plus a forest landscape which isn't quite what it seems, are all part of readers' latest entries to our Natural World photography competition.
Graham Freer, of Fosse Road, Leicester, took the picture of what appears to be a stand of conifers – but it's condensation on the glass of his flat window.
He said: "I was in two minds whether to send it in but condensation is still part of the natural world, after all."
Arthur Payne, of Melton, captured a group of fungi in a small spinney near his home.
He said: "Fungi are my favourite subject to take.
"I try to get the delicacy of their form and spend a lot of time clearing away the debris around them to show them in their best aspect.
"Sometimes you only have a day to take them. The most difficult part is identifying them. I always treat all fungi as though they are poisonous."
Janine Lee, of Thurnby, used her phone camera to take her landscape shot including a tree and rainbow from the Thurnby to Scraptoft footpath. She said: "I'm picture-mad, I take photos wherever I go, but this is the first time I've entered a competition. It's just a bit of fun."
Regular contributors Ashley Watson, of Whetstone, and Philip Gratrick, of Braunstone, contributed photos of a close-up daisy at the Leicester Botanical Gardens, Oadby, and a pigeon coming in to land at Bradgate Park, while Stephen Langton photographed a local red kite in flight.
Lucy Robinson, of Wigston Magna, sent in a detailed globe thistle and Elaine Whiting, of Birstall, entered her photo of a deer in Bradgate Park. Entries of up to five photographs marked "natural world competition" should be between 500kb and 3mb and be accompanied by the photographer's name, address, contact number and a short description of the subject.
Cash prizes of £100 for the winner and £50 for two runners-up are being provided by Leicester Photography.
Usual Leicester Mercury competition rules apply.
Please send your photographs to:
photocompetition@ leicestermercury.co.uk