Around Scotland in five pictures

A SELECTION of rather combative photographs taken from across the country by our readers, including some jousting at Pittencreiff Park and fighting gulls on Incholm Island

Mike Dunn was in the right place at the right time to capture a lance breaking on impact during this joust at the Bruce Festival in Pittencreiff Park, Dunfermline

• Tunnel vision: Ray Clark captured this horse and rider during a pause from the competition at the Hopetoun Horse Trials last month

• Mike Dunn was in the right place at the right time to capture a lance breaking on impact during this joust at the Bruce Festival in Pittencreiff Park, Dunfermline

• As Ian R W McCracken cycled past Boarhills Church between Crail and St Andrews the clear blue skies took on a darker hue, making for a more dramatic photograph

• Derek Robertson’s photograph of the entrance to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh appears to be bathed in gold, thanks to the unusual summer light

• A young gull watches from the sidelines as a couple of adults scrap on Incholm Island, as photographed by Barbara Greer from Earlston