Best pics 2010: My name is Red

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 Aarti Dayal who shot this photograph in Udaipur where she and her husband spent New Year's Eve.

She writes: "What prompted us to taken the shepherd's photograph was his very striking red turban, a part of his traditional Rajasthani attire. He was initially reluctant to get photographed, but agreed eventually after some coaxing."

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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.

Anoop Menon shot this stunning photograph in Gurgaon in January 2010.

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Raja Agrawal took this photograph when he went to ski with his friends in the French Alps. "While returning from the mountains I saw this small river and asked my friend to immediately stop the car. Though as much as I hate seeing everything from a photographic point of view, this picture makes me happy, a lot of times."

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Rediff reader Sanjay Bhute shot this photo of his wife's nephew's reaction near a gorilla-shaped dustbin in the Gardens at Madikeri.

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Prateek Gautam shares this view he saw in Ladakh in June last year.

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