WE hope Stephen Hawking would be proud.

This collection of images, in tribute to the great man, shows Oxford Mail Camera Club's view of 'The Universe'.

Some of the pictures show things that many of us would think of: the moon, the stars and planet earth.

Others have a much more esoteric take on the subject.

Ian Marriott, for example – ever the innovator – printed out the first 500-odd places of the number Pi and photographed the sheet with the city of Oxford in the background.

Diane Braggs, meanwhile, shared a simple picture of a woodland path in Wytham Woods.

The image does not immediately say 'The Universe' until you read the quote she shared alongside it from Scottish-American naturalist John Muir: "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."

Kevin Clark used a clever 360-degree technique to take a picture of 'Planet Blenheim' – the palace hovering in a universe of its own.

Io Nutz used some even more clever trickery to create a photo of the Radcliffe Camera with the Milky Way crystal clear behind it – Oxford's rightful place in the universe.

Anthony Morris, meanwhile, has been back at Birmingham NEC and shared with picture with possibly the most tangential link to this week's subject, but it was too good a photo not to share.

Others used very little in the way of clever technique and just pointed their camera at the universe.

Shez Honour, for example, just pointed her camera up at the falling snow last week to create a starry night Van Gogh would be impressed by.

Barry Gibbs just took a snap out of an aeroplane window, but it's a breathtaking view which doesn't need any editing.

Sometimes the simplest images are the most effective, as with Bob Girling's shot of the 2015 partial solar eclipse over Oxford, which he entitled simply "When the Universe smiles at you".

Next week's theme should warm us all up: movement.

WIN £25

The Oxford Mail Camera Club – which now has more than 500 members – is sponsored by Jessops.

You can join the fun by visiting facebook.com and searching for Oxford Mail Camera Club.

See tomorrow’s Oxford Mail for this week’s best photo winner of £25.