Readers' travel photograph competition: July – landscapes

Andrew Moran Forsey: A pigeon with a head for heights debates its next move from the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building. The tall skyscrapers of lower Manhattan can be seen on the misty horizon. Photograph: Andrew Moran Forsey

Jonathan Stokes: With some dunes reaching 150m tall, Erg Chebbi in Morocco certainly makes for an exciting and stunning backdrop for dirt biking. Algeria lies just beyond the horizon. Photograph: Jonathan Stokes

Sebastien Degardin: On a road trip across Scotland, I had just arrived on the Isle of Skye when I discovered this amazing place, only 100m from the hotel at Neist Point. It was 8pm and the place was empty. Whales can sometimes be spotted here. Photograph: Sebastien Degardin

Steven Jackson: My friend Charlie in Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge. Photograph: Steven Jackson

Ryan Parkinson: Moored boats overlooked by Morecambe Bay sunset. Photograph: Ryan Parkinson

Laura McGregor: A lone cottage, also known as a But 'n' Ben, sits at the foot of a mountain in Glen Coe, Scotland. Photograph: Laura McGregor

Tracey Paddison: Surging tide and thundering waves wash over Bronte sea pool in Sydney, Australia. Taken at dawn. Photograph: Tracey Paddison

Rory McDonald: This shot was taken at Waterhead, Ambleside, in the Lake District, on an early morning just as the mist was lifting. Photograph: Rory McDonald

Robert Lenfert: This was taken along the Argyll coastal route, south of Inveraray. Even after many trips, the Scottish scenery never disappoints. Photograph: Robert Lenfert

Lee Hutton: Monument Valley – as seen from the View Hotel in Utah, a place that certainly lives up to its name! Photograph: Lee Hutton

Lydia Willgress: This photo was taken in Amboseli national park, Kenya. For me, watching these two wildebeest locking heads really forced home the notion of the survival of the fittest. I was completely captivated by them. Photograph: Lydia Willgress

Mostafa Hamad: This photo is part of a time-lapse series taken in the mountains of northern Iraq. I took almost 1,500 images from 4pm until 3am and this was the final shot. Photograph: Mostafa Hamad

Simon Smith, winner: This was the most striking berg of our journey. The ice had taken about 10 years to drift from an Antarctic glacier to the low-current waters off the north-eastern coast of South Georgia.
Colin Prior, judge: This image really stood out for me, not so much for its monochrome qualities but because of the simplicity. It employs simple, powerful graphics, which help create a balanced composition, and the scale of the iceberg is obvious from the sight of the boat in the centre. Its an image that works, for me, on a number of levels, with each element in the photograph working together in harmony. An excellent example. Well done. Photograph: Simon Smith