This month, our readers take risks with light and shadow and play with every color under the sun to deliver some fantastic shots.

Jon Hobson, Houston County EC: “My son, Isaac, and his friend Sean playing some basketball after a rain shower in Grapeland.”

Shahbanu Malak, CoServ: “Spotted in my garden one fine morning.”

Theresa McKee, Fannin County EC: An old gas station painted in funky colors and abandoned under the hot Texas sun.

Twilla Malkerson, Farmers EC: Malkerson’s calf on a freezing day in Emory.

Web Extra: Chata Segich, Big Country EC: “Every night in the summer I take that opportunity to sit back and take in all the beauty of the night sky.”

Web Extra: Sandra Balcerek, Bluebonnet EC: “Great childhood memories were made while we had fun in our large playhouse in the 1960s.

Web Extra: Richard Browne, Trinity Valley EC: “Taken near dusk at the Fossil Rim Ranch southwest of Fort Worth.”

Web Extra: Cathy Lindemann, Rusk County EC: “It was a beautiful crisp January morning. The mist, the sun and the trees––awe-inspiring.”

Web Extra: Richard Browne, Trinity Valley EC: Swan at the College of the Ozarks.

Web Extra: Melissa Cunningham, Jackson EC: “A day of fun in the sun ended with a walk beneath the pier at Matagorda Beach.”

Web Extra: Chris Miller, Bluebonnet EC: “It was such a lovely surprise last December to be covered with a wonderful winter wonderland snowfall here in Bastrop.”

Web Extra: Danny Pickens, Cherokee County ECA: “Never too early to learn. A guitarist in Tyler takes a moment to interact with his youngest fan.”

Web Extra: Brooke Skahan, Trinity Valley EC: Texas Tiger Fireworks, just outside of Crandall.

Web Extra: Raymond Testa, Farmers EC: “This beautiful native Indian blanket wildflower contrasts the black-and-white background.”