Back lit cutouts near the Earth Tower - the largest kaleidoscope in the world during the World Expo in Nagoya in 2005.
Inside a dark room of the fort in Nizwah.
Mexican lady protecting herself from the sun and the intrusive photographer. Mexico City.
Cable shadows on a wall. Merida.
Shadow and light in the Kun lam temple.
Little side window of a mosque in Isfahan beautifully lit by the evening sun.
Graphics of light and shade on a small street in Yazd.
Elaborated iron balustrades cast this tangled shadow on a wall in French Quarter in New orleans, Louisiana.
Two Philippinos hiding in the shade of big leaves. San Fernando, Pampanga.
Four men resting in shade. Kerman
Old nun taking care of a Buddha statue in dark arcades of Preah Khan temple.
Dogs resting in shade and a Tibetan pilgrim on his ritual pilgrimage route around the Tashilunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
A shadow puppet from the Wayang (Puppet) Museum in Kota, Jakarta.
Shadow of an orthodox Jew on the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
The last rays of the setting sun cas long shadows in Nga Phe Kyaung (Jumping Cat) monastery on Inle lake in Shan State.
A corridor in Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
Local man sitting in the shade of the iman of Ulugbek Madrasah opposite the Abdulaziz Khan Madrasah constructed in 1652 in Bukhara.
A group of Scimitar-Horned Oryxes hiding in shade on a hot day in Al Areen Wildlife Park in Sakhir.