The Weekly Gallery Round-Up

Michael Sayles' picture of The Storr still reigns over this month's gallery competition, so no change there. Still, it's time to take a look at this week's contenders, ranging from shots of arid North African mountains to crevasses in New Zealand's glaciers. Remember, everyone has a free 3MB of space on the OM gallery so make sure you upload your holiday snaps for other OMers to drool over:-)

Starting close to home, here's another Dartmoor shot from Elaine Tindal's Dartmoor Allsorts album. We featured her image of a carpet of bluebells in last week's gallery round-up, but this line of standing stones is pretty eye-catching as well. And as we said before, if you're into ponies, her album is definitely the place to be:-)

Stalldon Stone Row, by Elaine Tindal

Andy Wallace is an old hand in the OM gallery and he never stops coming up with the goods. As well as a broad range of UK mountain photos, he's also sparked a few forum discussions about his album. If you want to know about the hardest climb Andy's ever done, or whether he worries about mucking around with his camera when he's half way up a vertical rock face, then read the forum threads below his album, Share the Fell Walking Experience. You can also find a link to his website to see more of his photos.

View of Bowfell from Shelter Crags, by Andy Wallace

We don't get all that many photos from the Atlas Mountains, so Harley Stoddart's new Moroccan Mis-adventures album is particularly welcome. It's stacked full with images of the arid mountain range, along with a few oases, and a dab of architecture to round it all off...

High Atlas Berber House, by Harley Stoddart

We all know that glaciers can be pretty dangerous places, but in New Zealand they can be some of the best playgrounds as well. Simon McKone certainly looks to be enjoying himself in this ice cave in the Franz Josef glacier. There's obviously quite an OM contingent out there at the moment, as he's only an hour or so up the road from where Simon Tavner's stunning shot of Lake Matheson was taken, last week. You can see the rest of his photos in the New Zealand March 06 album, and hopefully there'll be more to come. The album covers glacier walking and canoeing so far, but we all know that trips to New Zealand tend to involve a selection of white water rafting, mountain biking, sky diving, and plenty of hiking, so we await updates:-)

Glacier Walk, Franz Josef Glacier, by Simon McKone

Back to the UK again, here's a dreamy summer afternoon shot of the Lake District from Laura Edwards' Lakes album. It's the only photo in the album so far, but hopefully there'll be more to come. By the way, any guesses at the exact location?

Golden Lakeland, by Laura Edwards

Have you ever tried to catch a wave in action and found that it never shows up on the photograph? Alan C's achieved the joint fete of capturing the sunset and a wave all at once. And just in case it takes more than one sunset to make you happy, have a look in his Alan C album to double the dose.

Salou 2006, by Alan C

That's all folks. Keep the photos coming!