Your pictures on the theme of ‘speed’
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We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “speed”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.
![White-tailed Eagle](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/15C58/production/_132867198_02.jpg)
Bruce Carrington: “For such an enormous bird of prey, the speed and agility of the White-tailed Eagle is truly impressive. This raptor was photographed near Ulva, on the Isle of Mull.”
![Composite image of a Blue Tit](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/0114/production/_132867200_03.jpg)
Patrick Dixon: “This multiple exposure image was taken as the Blue Tit came in to land on a feeder. The shapes it adopts in order to slow down from high speed are virtually impossible to perceive with the naked eye.”
![The start line for a hot rod car](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/4F34/production/_132867202_04.jpg)
Robert Hunter: “Ready, Steady, Go! Taken on Pendine Sands whilst working with Coast Classics.”
![A carousel](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/9D54/production/_132867204_05.jpg)
Julian Crowe: “Carousel in motion on Clapham Common.”
![Blurred traffic on a street](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/0CCC/production/_132867230_08.jpg)
Alistair McGarva: “On holiday in Edinburgh I captured the early morning traffic on Princes Street. The bus lights give a great impression of speed when passing by.”
![A man carrying an eagle on his arm](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/5AEC/production/_132867232_09.jpg)
Steve Demeranville: “This Mongolian Eagle Hunter, holding his eagle high, races into the wind, providing enough speed for her to open her wings and surf through the air.”
![A jet fighter](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/A90C/production/_132867234_10.jpg)
Phil Couvrette: “It’s always quite the sight when one actually sees the air around a jet fighter react to friction and drag as the plane twists while picking up speed.”
![A Caterham drives up a hill](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1454C/production/_132867238_12.jpg)
Richard Martin: “Race to the top! Giving it their all at the local hill climb.”
![A drag race](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/85E4/production/_132867243_15.jpg)
Gary Bradshaw: “Top Fuel Fury – evening drag racing at Dragstalgia.”
![Red Kite in flight](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/37C4/production/_132867241_14.jpg)
Jude Bytheway: “A Red Kite in Scotland plummeting as it flew at speed.”
![A rodeo competitor on horseback](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/D404/production/_132867245_17.jpg)
Tara Lowry: “A rodeo competitor and her horse race against the clock in the barrel racing event in Alberta, Canada. The racer with the fastest clocked time wins.”
![A car racing on a dirt track](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/243C/production/_132867290_18.jpg)
Dave Hall: “The serious business of 4×4 racing.”
![A biplane in flight](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/725C/production/_132867292_19.jpg)
Gary Richards: “The bright July sunshine was just right for capturing this Pitts S-2S Special as it sped past, smoke billowing in its wake.”
![Zebras](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/999/cpsprodpb/C07C/production/_132867294_21.jpg)
Peter Foster: “Spooked by some unknown predator, this herd of Zebra stampede across the savannah in Botswana.”
![Snails](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/cpsprodpb/F72C/production/_132867236_11.jpg)
Piero Pruneri: “This is a sprint not a marathon!”