These are a selection of images we have seen and liked throughout the year, either in Challenges or generally throughout the site. We will post one a day between now and Christmas Eve for you to click, open and enjoy!
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December 1st - click to open
Stonehenge just after 6 a.m. March 29, 2025
Picture by John Parsons - @StunningDrone
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December 2nd - click to open
A double scull rowing boat @ Peterborough City Rowing Club
29/06/2025 @ 8:45AM
Mini 3 Pro
Exposure time 1/4
ISO 100
The drone was moving at the same speed as the boat to keep the boat as sharp as possible while capturing the motion blur of the oars.
Picture by Jason - @Acedrone
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December 4th- click to open
Mini 4 Pro - 28/03/2025 17:03
The Old Boat of Caol aka The Corpach Shipwreck is a former fishing boat which sits on the shore of Loch Linnhe at Corpach in the shadow of Ben Nevis.
Picture by John Carroll - @Drumsagard
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December 5th - click to open
Picture by Leigh Walker - @leighwalker who didn’t realise that they had captured a dramatic lightning bolt until they examined the hyperlapse frame by frame. Sometimes skill can be aided by a little bit of luck. The storm is over the suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales
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December 6th- click to open
This hotel in North Queensferry has been closed for over 10 years; the picture was going to be entered in one of the fortnightly RTF Drone Photo Challenges. It didn’t get posted though - the subject was “Derelict” and the image was deemed not derelict enough. As you can see, North Queensferry is home to one end of the world-famous Forth railway Bridge.
Picture by Paul - @ParmoPaul
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December 7th - click to open
Picture and video by Patrick Ford - @Nikonitis - who has committed a heinous sin by placing an iPhone 11 image in the Photos by Drone category then compounded it by sticking a video in there too! 
He’s forgiven; the video documents with camera and drone his early morning ascent of Cadair Idris on a glorious morning last April.
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December 8th - click to open
The Standing with Giants installation at Wellington Square in Ayr - 100 life-sized silhouettes of serving military personnel to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
Picture by @JoeC
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December 10th - click to open
A sunny summer evening in Manchester. 20:44 May 18th.
Picture by Paul - @Alderley_aerial
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December 11th - click to open
Grade 1 listed Ogmore Castle is east of Ogmore-by-Sea, and south of the town of Bridgend. It is situated just to the east of the confluence of the Ewenny and Ogmore Rivers. Its construction might have begun ias early as 1106.
Stuart braved the -3 degree temperature on the second day of January to capture this image.
Picture by Stuart - @stubbyd
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December 12th- click to open
The Liverpool waterfront with the Albert Dock in the foreground. Taken at 07:37 on a winter’s day, 30 November 2024 to be precise. Does it belong in a 2025 advent calendar? Yes it does, because we like it!
Picture by Ady Leyland - @Leylo1971
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December 13th - click to open
Morecambe Bay on a windy October day.
Video by Steve Sweetman-Bancroft – @stevesb
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December 14th - click to open
113 hectares of agricultural land near Drax power station that will soon be under glass when the UK’s largest solar farm is built. It will dwarf the village of Camblesforth, coming close to the buildings on the western edge. The backup battery bank alone is bigger than the entire built up area.
The fuller story can be read here
Video by Chris Fielding - @milkmanchris
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December 15th - click to open
Well, isn’t it obvious?
The courtyard of the AstraZeneca Discovery Centre in Cambridge
The new global R&D headquarters, designed by Herzog and de Meuron with a multidisciplinary team from BDP, has been shortlisted for the 2025 RIBA Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award.
Pictures by Charles Abbott - @charlieabbottuk
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December 16th - click to open
The Isle of Wight Ferry, Portsmouth Harbour entrance, Ckarence Pier and car park captured along with a full rainbow courtesy of Storm Benjamin (October 23rd).
360 Panorama by Nik - @Nik469
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December 17th - click to open
The Italian gardens in Stanley Park, Blackpool during golden hour on a frosty winter’s afternoon (January 10th, 16:18). A winning entry for the RTF Patterns Challenge. which produced two thirds, three seconds and two firsts!
Picture by Martin Goldsack - @MartG1960
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December 18th - click to open
Do you remember when you were a nipper and Mum used to say “It’s all fun and games till someone loses a prop.” (something like that anyway). Brendan shows us the joys and dangers of playing kiss chase
Video by Brendan - @bmsleight
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