A busy bee and stormy sea – readers’ best photos
Whitewater, Kansas, US
‘It has been a stormy spring in the central United States. These mammatus clouds followed a strong storm that passed over our Kansas farm.’Photograph: Jason Schmidt
Venice, Italy
‘Gondoliers engrossed in their phones while taking a break.’Photograph: George Bladon
Toronto, Canada
‘Early morning, looking up at the newly opened Cherry Street South Bridge.’Photograph: Marcus Wolfe
Iowa City, US
‘It’s iris season here and I was photographing this gorgeous purple beard when a sweat bee began climbing the flower’s interior.’Photograph: R Keller
Maidenhead, UK
‘I was struck by the rather sinister expression of this sparrow. It’s one of a family that regularly comes to the feeder in our garden.’Photograph: Peter Meade
Cardiff, UK
‘This image was a perfect moment when the sun was angled just right to illuminate the steam as it passed the woman’s lips.’Photograph: Nick Vidal-Hall
Canyelles, Costa Brava, Spain
‘It was a windy day and the sea was running strongly. It had been overcast but suddenly and for a few minutes, the sun poked through and the colours came alive.’Photograph: Owen Edelsten
Death Valley national park, US
‘The moon and the stars on a spring night.’Photograph: Mike Elam
Sicily, Italy
‘Mount Etna has recently started to produce beautiful smoke rings, which we found mesmerising when we hiked on the volcano.’Photograph: Christian Günther
Brittany, France
‘On the dining room table a vase of tulips was left untouched, and the petals that fell were not disturbed.’Photograph: Ruth McCarthy
Iceland
‘River braids of the Jökulsá í Lóni glacial river.’Photograph: Ian Cumberland
St Albans, UK
‘I spotted this pheasant making its way through the bluebells at my local wood.’Photograph: Robin Hamman
Brighton, UK
‘The passengers of the Brighton British Airways i360 were in for a spectacular treat tonight, as the nearly full moon was rising in the east over the south coast.’Photograph: Manja Williams
Key West, Florida, US
‘A rooster stands to attention on the streets of Key West.’Photograph: David Huber
