Your best pics of the year: Solitude in black and white

We invited you, dear readers, to share your BEST photograph of the year.

We have been flooded with e-mails. Thank you for your overwhelming response! We look forward to many more photographs.

Aashish Belwalkar shot this photograph in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh.

"I wanted to symbolically capture the man on the turn, against the vast expanse of the solitary alley. The B&W composition lends it the melancholic feel that I was seeking," he says.

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Share your UNIQUE, ORIGINAL, ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME photographs. They can be FUNNY, they can be TOUCHING or just PLAIN WEIRD -- your BEST SCENES that are captured on a lens for posterity.

Simply e-mail your photograph to getahead@rediff.co.in (Subject line: My best photograph of the year).

Please mail us ONLY ONE photograph that you think is your best.

Also make sure to include a brief write-up of where and when you clicked the photograph and what makes it your best/favourite photograph of the year.

We will publish the best entries right here on Rediff.com and India Abroad.

NOTE: Mails with multiple photographs will not be considered.

Disclaimer: The photographs featured in this series are, to the best of our knowledge, original entries submitted by readers. Rediff.com does not assume any responsibility for their originality

The Sleeping Beauty Castle at Hong Kong Disneyland, shot by Baudhayan Lahiri.

"A silhouette of the castle at Hong Kong Disneyland is seen in the backdrop during the magnificent fireworks show at 8 pm," he says.

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I was clicking the Empire State Building from an underground subway station at 33rd Street and Park Avenue (Manhattan, NYC, USA) when this gorgeous lady walked into the frame, holding a rose in her hand. Needless to say, her intrusion made the shot look even more beautiful," says Kris Valentine.

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Sachin More's shot of the Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir.

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Satyajit Chatterjee's shot of a cold winter morning.

"I saw this old couple trying to beat the chill by burning a small heap of garbage. They were not talking to each other though the profundity was evident in the scene. It made me think that the warmth of togetherness stays even beyond the time even when there is nothing to say," he says.

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Kunal Kothari captures the amazing Swiss Alps during his visit to Lucerne, Switzerland, in September. "An awesome view of the stunning chain of Alpine series from Mount Pilatus," he says.

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Rajeev Palanki captures this "lone wasp seeking sustenance in the oppressive afternoon heat" at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.

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Prasanti Alapati captures this scene at Elephant Beach, Havelock Island, Andaman Islands.

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Ramabhadran Babu captures a young, hungry Impala feeding on his mother at Kruger National Park, South Africa.

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