Readers’ pictures of the week

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

• This shepherd-delighting sunset over Bowden in the Borders was captured by Ian MacIntosh

• Hector Christie took this picture on the seafront at Montrose

• Craig Coventry took this photograph of Fidra in the Firth of Forth from Yellowcraig beach in East Lothian

• Muirfield golf course in East Lothian is bathed in a golden glow in this image captured by Steve McLennan on a winter’s afternoon in mid-January

• Dunfermline-based Gerard Lafferty’s photograph across Loch Fyne of Aray Bridge, with Dun na Cuaiche beyond, was taken from Inveraray in early December on a crisp, clear day

• This photograph taken by reader Bill Clark of his hometown, Crieff in Perthshire, last Saturday amply portrays the vagaries of the weather, in a week where rain has drenched most parts.