Weekend readers' pictures: Fragile

Katie Leeming: 'I found this leaf while having a cigarette in my garden. It was at its most fragile, and most beautiful.' Photograph: Katie Leeming

Katie D’Souza: 'My niece, within half an hour of her birth. The immensity of ­parenthood was ­suddenly very striking' Photograph: Katie D’Souza

Charlie Cade: 'The sun behind poppies gave them a tissue-paper effect.' Photograph: Charlie Cade

James Auton: "As the street sweeper advanced down the street, I had to capture this fragile composition before it was blown away" Photograph: James Auton

Alice Marlow-Stevens: 'This butterfly's see through wings looked almost too fragile too fly.' Photograph: Alice Marlow-Stevens

Susanna Trowbridge: 'The shell of a chinese lantern plant.' Photograph: Susanna Trowbridge

Rachel Mallalieu: 'And with one puff they were gone.' Photograph: Rachel Mallalieu

Damian Burcher: 'This slightly bedraggled feather reminded me of the fragility of their structure.' Photograph: Damian Burcher

Maeve Willey: 'When you start to grow older, your childhood dreams seem to alter and toys grow more delicate.' Photograph: Maeve Willey