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Hampshire & Isle of Wight: Friday's Big Picture

Join us as we take a few moments every day to relax and enjoy the beauty of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight through the stunning images you send us.

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at [email protected]

Yen Milne FRIDAY - A red post box with a knitted postbox topper on a residential street in Fareham. The knitting is purple, surrounded by England St George cross flags on a a red string. On top is a knitted football player holding an England flag, with three knitted lions at his feet. Behind the post box is a residential sreet with brick house and metal bollards and street lights on either side of the road.Yen Milne
Did it really happen if someone doesn't knit a postbox topper?! Yen Milne took this fab photo in Fareham
West Country Wombat THURSDAY - Cowes seawall is in the foreground with the harbour behind. There are three sailing boats with white sails. There is a pontoon with a walkway and a yellow buoy in the water. Behind there is the breakwater and the blue water of the Solent with several more sailing boats. In the distance is the mainland. The sky above is blue with white cloudsWest Country Wombat
Looking out to the Solent from Cowes on a sunny day by BBC Weather Watcher West Country Wombat
ALI TRE WEDNESDAY - The sunrise over Gosport with 14 small yachts silhouetted in the water in the foreground. The water in the harbour is glowing orange, reflecting the vivid red clouds above. On the horizon there are buildings and trees in silhouette against the orange sky.ALI TRE
This spectacular sunrise over Gosport was photographed by BBC Weather Watcher ALI TRE
Amanda Norfolk Two brown fawn the the foreground - one slightly ahead of he other and seemingly looking back to the other. They are surrounded by long, lush, green grassAmanda Norfolk
A serene moment for BBC Weather Watcher Amanda Norfolk who captured two fawns in the grass at Ibsley
fiona MONDAY - A purple thistle flower on the cliffs at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. There are smaller white flowers below with long green grass stems. The purple flower is in the foreground and behind is the blue sea and a white cliff. The cliff behind is topped with green grass. The sky is blue on a sunny day with small white clouds.fiona
This thistle flower on the cliff at Freshwater was photographed by BBC Weather Watcher fiona

How to submit a picture

Upload your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at [email protected]. For inspiration, view some top tips from three of England's Big Picture photographers.

When emailing pictures, please make sure you include the following information:

  • The full name of the person who took the pictures (as this person owns the copyright)
  • Confirmation that the copyright holder gives permission for the BBC to use their pictures across all its outputs
  • The location, date and time the pictures were taken
  • Your telephone number so we can get back to you if we have any further questions
  • Any other details about the pictures that may be useful for us to know

Please note that while we welcome all your pictures, we are more likely to use those which have been taken in the past week.

Archive

Pictures can be found on Instagram, on the hashtags #bbcsouthnews and #HampshiresBigPicture #IsleofWightsBigPicture.

Terms and conditions

If you submit a picture, you do so in accordance with the BBC's Terms and Conditions and the BBC's privacy policy.

In contributing to Hampshire & Isle of Wight's Big Picture you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide.

It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to Hampshire & Isle of Wight's Big Picture, and that if your image is accepted, we will publish your name alongside.

The BBC cannot guarantee that all pictures will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments.

At no time should you endanger yourself or others, take any unnecessary risks or infringe any laws while collecting any kind of media.

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