Factors like the sun being lower in the sky, cleaner air and a lack of humidity tends to imbue the colder months' sunsets and sunrises with a more spectacular spectrum of colours for longer.

Here are some of our favourite pictures taken over the last few days by our talented readers and followers on Instagram (@expressandstar):

West Park in Wolverhampton, photographed by Lyndsay Anderson

Milking Bank in Dudley, photographed by Melvin Cooper

Haden Hill, photographed by Gemma Cross

Canals in Wordsley, photographed by Sally Shillingford/@sally_ann_photography_xx

Have you got a photo from around the West Midlands you're proud of and would like to shout about? Email it to webdesk@expressandstar.co.uk or tag it with #expressandstar on Instagram to share it with us.