Welcome to the Big Picture 2011, showcasing some our favourite images taken by the Echo's photographers over the past few weeks

If you love photography, visit our other Big Picture pages by clicking the links in the navigation bar - click Gallery to see the best from each of our photographers or check out our Flickr pages - just click Photos and then Flickr.

All images copyright Bournemouth Daily Echo. Got something to say about this feature? Email richard.crease@bournemouthecho.co.uk