Weekend readers' in pictures: Absorbed

“The cat was absorbed with its new toy – until my flatmate stepped in because, as a city boy, I was terrified of the mouse and had climbed on to the sofa" Photograph: Uthayanan Chelvaratnam

“This guy was so absorbed in his newspaper, on the steps of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, that he was oblivious to the activity going on around him” Photograph: Ciara Leeming

“My son, Izaak, laughed when this bug landed on his hand, then he watched intently, looking more cross-eyed and concerned, as it worked its way up his arm. His top was the same colours as the bug, which gives the shot a nice palette” Photograph: William Hart

“While sitting in a west London pub I noticed this gentleman. He was totally absorbed in reading what looked like a very official letter. I couldn't see his face, but was moved by his body language and the broken button on his jacket sleeve” Photograph: Barry Barnett

“I saw these two little girls in a walled garden in Scotland. They had been sent by their mother to pick flowers for the lunch table” Photograph: Carol Warren

“These people fascinated me - with their backs to the Taj Mahal, they were staring at something beyond in rapt concentration, utterly still for a long time” Photograph: Habie Schwarz

“Ella is doing the digging, completely focused and totally absorbed. Charlie has no idea what's going on - but he's only 6 months old so he's interested in everything” Photograph: Jez

“My grandson when he finally managed to get his hands on his big sister's Christmas present” Photograph: Margaret Burridge

“At the Second Test between England and Jamaica in the Skydome in Coventry, this captured the intensely close marking in the match” Photograph: Mark Woodward

“A man with a metal detector on Brighton beach, completely absorbed in his own world” Photograph: Nicholas Alp

“I love the fact that on a crowded street in Beijing, these men manage to concentrate on their game, not being put off at all by those of us standing around to watch” Photograph: Patricia Hopley