Best pics 2010: Desert snow

Here are readers' best photographs from the past year!

We invited readers to share their unique, original photographs from this past year with us -- here's the next set of responses!

First up we have this entry from Anukriti Parsai. This photograph was taken on September 15, 2010 at Partapur, Ladakh. This place is truly a nature's wonder. You can see in this photograph the dessert (sand dunes) and fresh snow on the mountains at the same time.

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With 2010 having drawn to a close, we're inviting you to send in your best photograph of last year. We'll be posting a few every day and readers will get to vote for each one. The 20 that land the maximum number of votes will then be compiled into a 'best of' list that will be published at the end of this month.

Simply e-mail your photographs to travelpicsga@rediffmail.com (subject line: 'My unusual pic 2010') -- we'll publish the most interesting ones right here on rediff.com and in India Abroad. And make sure to include a little-write up of where you clicked the snap.

Remember, they could be from anywhere across India or the world, but they have to be original. Hurry and send in your entry today!

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.

Anwer Reyaz J loves to shoot pictures of butterflies.

Of this picture he writes: "I found a bee humming around me and caught my attention. After nearly half abd hour of patiently waiting, I was able to snap him up! I did not use a DSLR, its just a point-and-shoot camera with manual controls. This photo was taken at Napier Museum, Trivandrum."

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Anirban Mazumdar shot this picture at the break of dawn when he was at Kasauli on a winter morning.

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Sujith M Nair shares photos of his pets with us.

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Reader Prasad K Patkar writes: This picture was takenin the afternoon near my office in Peterborough. There was a good snow shower and everything was frozen and still.

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