THIS is just one of the images of spectacular autumnal scenery that Daily Echo readers have captured around the south. (See the gallery below)

The budding photographers have risen to the challenge we set to come up with the best seasonal snap.

The Daily Echo revealed on Wednesday how rare weather patterns have caused a stunning array of autumn colours in Hampshire to rival even New England in America.

The New Forest in particular has seen its best array of green, gold and red leaves since the late 1920s.

High rainfall, lack of frost and an absence of autumnal gales are thought to be responsible.

Entries so far have featured dogs in the New Forest, landscape scenery, close-ups of leaves, autumn trees, and a carpet of leaves, while some snappers have even gone as far as Stourhead in Wiltshire to get the best shot.

SEND IN YOUR AUTUMN PICTURES

Can you take a better picture of autumn’s glory than the ones pictured here?

Send your pictures to picdesk@dailyecho.co.uk by November 30.

There will be a super prize for the one judged the best by the editor.