Embracing autumn: Incredible photography celebrates the changing of the seasons
These deliciously crisp autumn images are part of Photocrowd’s latest picture competition, celebrating this season’s astonishing beauty.
Camera-savvy entrants have submitted their finest photos of autumnal landscapes, showing the last days of summer dwindling away.
Rusting leaves, wilting forest and sun-dappled scenery all feature in the pictures, which are vying to be named winner in the ‘expert’ and ‘crowd’ categories.
Take a look at some of the best entries...
'Many ways'
This image captures the rusty, warm hues of the season against a snowy white sky. (Image: Milan Vopalensky/Photocrowd.com)
'Dancing fairies'
Illuminated ‘fairies’ flutter in front of a bronzed background. (Image: Erika Eros/Photocrowd.com)
'Into the light'
A young deer is captured standing very still in the autumn sunshine in Nara, Japan. (Image: Scott Sim/Photocrowd.com)
'Autumn's gift'
Juicy ripe, red apples hang from pegs, frosted with drops of water. (Image: Ashraful Arefin/Photocrowd.com)
'Reflections'
Reflections of the bright trees burn in the water of a Canadian lake. (Image: Eva R. Lima/Photocrowd.com)
'Autumn fields'
A farmer harvests his crops in this peaceful image of rolling hills and illuminated trees in the Czech Republic. (Image: Krzysztof Browko/Photocrowd.com)
'Pathway through foggy park'
Tall trees join at their tips over this leaf covered path in Pula, Croatia. (Image: Tomaz/Photocrowd.com)
'The autumn walk'
Incredible ruby red colours glow in this breathtaking photo, taken at Padley Gorge in Derbyshire. (Image: Stuart Lilley Photography/Photocrowd.com)
'Fly agaric'
Three fly agaric fungus are reflected in muggy waters in a photo taken on a misty autumn afternoon in Wigan, UK. (Image: Mike Hudson/Photocrowd.com)
'Backlit leaves'
These beautiful and bold autumn leaves were captured on a lightbox and shot with a macro lens. (Image: Ian Gilmour/Photocrowd.com)













