Weekend readers' pictures: Bend

Ernest Howard: 'A typical dry valley in the Yorkshire Wolds, in this case Horse Dale – it’s just waiting for David Hockney to set up his easel and paint.' Photograph: Ernest Howard

Gregory Glas: 'Do fish ever see in a straight line?' Photograph: Gregory Glas

Deborah Fletcher: 'A road sign in Rome. I love how it bends into the terracotta wall space.' Photograph: Deborah Fletcher

Berni Martin: "Staten Island ferry sign" Photograph: Berni Martin

John Dixon: '''Now that," said my wife, "is what you call a bend in the river!''' Photograph: John Dixon

Shirin Hodgson-Watt: 'Whippets are just such beautifully curved dogs when they want to be...' Photograph: Shirin Hodgson-Watt

Angela Easterling: 'I was about to throw this dead tulip in the bin. Instead I made this photogram to show the lovely curve of the stem.' Photograph: Angela Easterling

Ann Winston: 'A Madeiran clam collector bending precariously while working over an unfenced harbour wall.' Photograph: Ann Winston

Steve Wilkinson: 'These flamingoes in Florida bend their necks in the most extraordinary ways.' Photograph: Steve Wilkinson

Steve Catanach: 'My wife and I were on a leisurely drive across Romania when we came across the Transfagarasan Road. It was certainly an experience zigzagging and hair pinning through the Fagaras mountains. I now know what it is like to be Lewis Hamilton even if it was for just one morning!' Photograph: Steve Catanach