Weekend readers' pictures: Split

Robert Painter: “Strong sunlight and shadow gives the appearance of men split in two on New Oxford Street, London” Photograph: Robert Painter

Richard Knights: “On a recent trip to London, I grabbed this shot of my son Helix running away" Photograph: Richard Knights

Roy Goodman: “I just couldn’t believe my eyes” Photograph: Roy Goodman

Mike Welch: "In my Hampshire garden pond a couple of weeks ago, this dragonfly got too big for its pupal case, split it open and prepared to venture out into the wider world" Photograph: Mike Welch

Joanne Moyes: "I saw this building while on holiday in New Zealand. It brings a whole new meaning to moving house" Photograph: Joanne Moyes

Brian Gooderham: "A split poppy pod in an Oxfordshire field" Photograph: Brian Gooderham

Sarah Bagnall: "Taken from a balcony apartment in Majorca. I loved the contrast between work and play, child and adult" Photograph: Sarah Bagnall

Dave Spellman: "Yosemite national park, California. It looked like the tree had actually split the rock" Photograph: Dave Spellman

Sue Craske: "You can go separate ways and meet at the top to kiss in Lord Lever's Rivington Terraced Gardens near Bolton" Photograph: Sue Craske

Derek Payne: "Neighbours divided by a fence are blissfully unaware of each other in suburban London" Photograph: Derek Payne