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Your pictures on the theme of 'glass'

25 February 2025

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "glass". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

Long Truong: "Between glass and sea, between presence and memory. Shot at sunset along the California coast, using glass as a portal to blend reality with memory."

Long Truong A woman photographed through glass. The image is blurred around the woman but she can be partly seen through the glass. She is looking over her shoulder and appears to be standing on a promenade beside the sea. — Long Truong: "Between glass and sea, between presence and memory. Shot at sunset along the California coast, using glass as a portal to blend reality with memory."

Sandy McCune: "While travelling across London, I noticed this person engrossed in their mobile phone while leaning up against the glass."

Sandy McCune A figure leans against a glass window causing a mirror image to appear. There is a stone building in the background of the picture. The person is engrossed in their phone and there is a paper bag on the ground beside them. — Sandy McCune: "While travelling across London, I noticed this person engrossed in their mobile phone while leaning up against the glass."

Gill Stevens: "The Herring Gull would tap on the skylight window above my work desk, much to my amusement. I think it also looks like it's standing on ice."

Gill Stevens A gull seen from below through frosted glass. The gull is standing on the glass. — Gill Stevens: "The Herring Gull would tap on the skylight window above my work desk, much to my amusement. I think it also looks like it's standing on ice."

Jane Luetkens: "I am of the age when I am losing my marbles but came across the marbles I played with as a child. I still find them beautiful."

Jane Luetkens A blurred photograph of marbles. The main colours are green and gold with a hint of brown and orange. — Jane Luetkens: "I am of the age when I am losing my marbles but came across the marbles I played with as a child. I still find them beautiful."

Stephen Carrigan: "I used my lens ball on Crosby beach Liverpool. It was a beautiful, still evening with the statue looking on. Love the reflection from the ball."

Stephen Carrigan The figure of a male statue by artist Antony Gormley is reflected in a glass lens ball which has been placed in the sand on a beach at sunset. — Stephen Carrigan: "I used my lens ball on Crosby beach Liverpool. It was a beautiful, still evening with the statue looking on. Love the reflection from the ball."

Mark Ashmeade: "Taken in a bar with dozens of glasses - with a 50-year-old Minolta Rokkor PG F1.2 58mm lens on a modern camera. The lens just melts everything else outside the subject glass. Wonderful."

Mark Ashmeade A person uses a long-handled spoon to mix a drink on a bar covered with drinking glasses. — Mark Ashmeade: "Taken in a bar with dozens of glasses - with a 50-year-old Minolta Rokkor PG F1.2 58mm lens on a modern camera. The lens just melts everything else outside the subject glass. Wonderful."

Jojo Arnell: "Selfie in the reflection of a broken shop door window in Plymouth UK, 2019."

Jojo Arnell A reflection of a photographer taking a picture of broken glass in a door window. — Jojo Arnell: "Selfie in the reflection of a broken shop door window in Plymouth UK, 2019."

Seán Silvia and Izabela Matysiak: "We inhabit and project ourselves onto our city in a multi-layered conceptualisation, leaving reflections that place us deeply within and flat against, colouring the cityscape with our shadows."

Seán Silvia and Izabela Matysiak A black and white image of two figures - a man and a woman - reflected in glass windows. They are in a cityscape. — Seán Silvia and Izabela Matysiak: "We inhabit and project ourselves onto our city in a multi-layered conceptualisation, leaving reflections that place us deeply within and flat against, colouring the cityscape with our shadows."

Sven-Olof Jansson: "Shot this Las Vegas glass roof from beneath, as it was Illuminated by a low January sun."

Sven-Olof Jansson Multi-coloured glass flowers photographed from underneath. It looks like a sea of flowers in mostly yellow and purple with the sun peaking out from behind them. — Sven-Olof Jansson: "Shot this Las Vegas glass roof from beneath, as it was Illuminated by a low January sun."

Philip Warriner: "I took this picture using a macro lens to capture close-up bubbles on glass."

Philip Warriner A rainbow of colours created by water on glass. — Philip Warriner: "I took this picture using a macro lens to capture close-up bubbles on glass."

Gianlorenzo Masini: "Red wines demand respect."

Gianlorenzo Masini Red wine swirls in a wine glass. The background is white. — Gianlorenzo Masini: "Red wines demand respect."

Sean Corlett: "When the weather isn't the best, this is a pretty good indoor photography project. I have placed an iPad in a dark cupboard and then put a bulb on top of that. Whatever is displayed on the iPad is reflected in the glass of the bulb. I tried several different pictures on the iPad but this one is my favourite."

Sean Corlett A lightbulb surrounded by bright colours. The background is black. — Sean Corlett: "When the weather isn't the best, this is a pretty good indoor photography project. I have placed an iPad in a dark cupboard and then put a bulb on top of that. Whatever is displayed on the iPad is reflected in the glass of the bulb. I tried several different pictures on the iPad but this one is my favourite."

Sirsendu Gayen: "The colours of a rainy day through the glass window of the car."

Sirsendu Gayen A woman walks past holding an umbrella - as seen through wet glass. The woman is dressed in what looks like a pink and red sari and she is holding a blue umbrella. There are several electric bikes lines up behind her as she walks from the right to the left of the image. — Sirsendu Gayen: "The colours of a rainy day through the glass window of the car."

The next theme is "monochrome" and the deadline for entries is 4 March 2024.

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 BBC News website.

You can upload your entries directly here or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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

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