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Your pictures on the theme of 'making tracks'

31 July 2021

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme "making tracks". Here are some of the pictures we received from around the world.

Shane Barker: "A piece of model railway track and some scaled down railway workers provided me with some great photography opportunities."

Shane Barker Model railway — Shane Barker: "A piece of model railway track and some scaled down railway workers provided me with some great photography opportunities."

Peter Livings: "Hiking up misty Mount Rinjani, Indonesia."

Peter Livings Man walking up Mount Rinjani — Peter Livings: "Hiking up misty Mount Rinjani, Indonesia."

Tom Candalino: "Animal tracks on and around our frozen pool during the winter storm in Texas this past February."

Tom Candalino Animal tracks in the snow — Tom Candalino: "Animal tracks on and around our frozen pool during the winter storm in Texas this past February."

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Angie Bessant: "Can't stop, making tracks."

Angie Bessant Person walking — Angie Bessant: "Can't stop, making tracks."

Charlotte Baimbridge: "Bird and sheep tracks around a desert oasis on the Jordan-Syria border."

Charlotte Baimbridge Tracks in the desert — Charlotte Baimbridge: "Bird and sheep tracks around a desert oasis on the Jordan-Syria border."

Ocean Zhao: "Human beings making tracks, along with animals, on the beach; the sea is making tracks through waves as well. We're all making tracks one way or another."

Ocean Zhao Camels on the beach — Ocean Zhao: "Human beings making tracks, along with animals, on the beach; the sea is making tracks through waves as well. We're all making tracks one way or another."

Barbara Graham: "Life is good."

Barbara Graham Dog on the beach — Barbara Graham: "Life is good."

Elaine Torr: "Making our way through a field one evening in Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire."

Elaine Torr: Walking in a field — Elaine Torr: "Making our way through a field one evening in Kirkby-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire."

Trudie Davidson: "My granddaughter on a visit to a local lavender farm."

Trudie Davidson Girl in a lavender field — Trudie Davidson: "My granddaughter on a visit to a local lavender farm."

Liam Cox: "Old fairground ride being washed by the sea."

Liam Cox Old fairground ride — Liam Cox: "Old fairground ride being washed by the sea."

Paul Finnegan: "The wooden boardwalk across the Abbeyleix Bog, County Laois, Ireland."

Paul Finnegan Abbeyleix Bog boardwalk — Paul Finnegan: "The wooden boardwalk across the Abbeyleix Bog, County Laois, Ireland."

Kathy Williams: "A scarab beetle makes tracks through the dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco."

Kathy Williams Scarab beetle — Kathy Williams: "A scarab beetle makes tracks through the dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert in Morocco."

Helene Hornecker: "I when preparing for a road trip meant recording a tape with our favourite songs: quite literally, a soundtrack."

Helene Hornecker: Cassette tapes — Helene Hornecker: "I when preparing for a road trip meant recording a tape with our favourite songs: quite literally, a soundtrack."

Doris Enders: "My partner and his dad exercise together."

Doris Enders Two men walking — Doris Enders: "My partner and his dad exercise together."

The next theme is "my summer", and the deadline for entries is 24 August 2021.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the website.

You can your entries on this page or email them to [email protected].

and conditions apply.

Further details and themes are at: We set the theme, you take the pictures.

All photographs subject to copyright.

We set the theme, you take the pictures