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Readers’ pictures of the week: 17-24 May

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:58:37 GMT

A SELECTION of pictures submitted by our readers in the past week to The Scotsman picture desk.

African animals come to Scotland for charity book

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:41:57 GMT

ELEPHANTS, hippos and gorillas may not be native to the Highlands, but now you can see what they might look like against a Scottish backdrop thanks to a new book by an award-winning Scottish photographer.

Images of Scotland: An Teallach, Wester Ross

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:49:27 GMT

This photograph of An Teallach in Wester Ross and taken by John Dewar from the old ruined barn on Destitution Road between Braemore Junction and Dundonnell

Images of Scotland: Tantallon Castle

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:08 GMT

Tim Day took this picture while ﬂying over Tantallon Castle near North Berwick in a Bucker Jungmann biplane

Picture: HMS Queen Elizabeth takes shape

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:03:42 GMT

HMS QUEEN Elizabeth, the first of the Royal Navy’s new fleet of aircraft carriers is taking shape in the Babcock Marine Dockyard at Rosyth, with the flightdeck and superstructure clearly visible from this aerial shot.

Images of Scotland: Liathach and Beinn Eighe

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:08 GMT

Douglas Hood’s photograph of Liathach and Beinn Eighe was taken from a rowing boat in the middle of Loch Clair

Atholl Estates photo contest winners announced

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:48 GMT

FOUR amateur photographers could see their work travel across the globe this year, after winning a photography competition run by Atholl Estates.

Images of Scotland: North Berwick West Links

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:30:09 GMT

Sylvia Beaumont took this photograph of the statute commemorating North Berwick golfer Ben Sayers, who watches over the west links golf course in the town

Images of Scotland: Pentland Hills

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:57:21 GMT

Eric Tomlinson’s photograph of a walker and dog captures the tranquility of the Threipmuir Reservoir on the Pentland Hills

Images of Scotland: Jasper, Scottish farm cat

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:54:29 GMT

Tom Steven took this photograph of Jasper, a hard working Scottish farm cat, who catches a lot of mice, rats and rabbits

Readers’ pictures of the week; 10-16 May

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:02:30 GMT

A SELECTION of pictures submitted by our readers in the past week to The Scotsman picture desk.

Images of Scotland: Cleared Coast, Skye

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:20:58 GMT

Scotsman reader Douglas Fiddes sent in this photograph of the Cleared Coast on Skye

Images of Scotland: Western Harbour, Edinburgh

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:47:32 GMT

THIS beautiful photograph of the old pier near the Royal Yacht Britannia in Leith, with Western Harbour on the horizon, was taken by Rod Hanchard-Goodwin.

Images of Scotland: Ravenscraig Castle, Kirkaldy

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:51:20 GMT

Ancient and modern Kirkaldy share the same frame in Sandy Cook’s photograph: Ravenscraig Castle, built in the 1460s, and a residential block, constructed in the 1960s

Images of Scotland: Bass Rock

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:28:09 GMT

Jonathan Nisbet, of North Berwick, describes himself as a keen amateur photographer, however his image looking out to the Bass Rock is nothing less than professional

Lothians in pictures: Firth of Forth

Sat, 11 May 2013 11:05:34 GMT

Green railings form a perfect frame for News reader Tor Sodergren’s picture of a lone boat sailing in the Forth

Images of Scotland: Glenmore Forest Park, Aviemore

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:08:33 GMT

Reader David Reynolds from Edinburgh took this photograph in Glenmore Forest Park in the Cairngorms at Aviemore, capturing the rush and tumble of a Highland river

Images of Scotland: Haddo House, Aberdeenshire

Thu, 09 May 2013 19:58:22 GMT

Haddo House – ancestral home of the Gordons, earls and marquesses of Aberdeen, and owned since 1979 by the National Trust for Scotland – was photographed by Marion McDonald

Readers’ pictures of the week, 3-9 May

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:55:28 GMT

A selection of pictures from our readers submitted to The Scotsman picture desk.

Images of Scotland: Princes Street Gardens

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:32:57 GMT

This unusual picture of Princes Street Gardens, with Edinburgh Castle on the horizon, was taken through the top portals of the Scott Monument by Walter McGillivray