Unusual summer pics: Taking a giant leap

The mercury's rising and we hope your creativity is too -- share your unique, original photographs of the season with us!

We invited you to send in unique summer-themed photographs -- odd scenes that are captured on a lens for posterity -- to share with other readers. Here is the first set of responses!

First up we have this interesting image from Ankur Somani of Pune, e is summer, so your photograph has to gel with the season. Hurry and send in your entry today!

Next we have this one from Tina Daniel, which shows the sun peeking through the leaves of a potted plant.

Sakthi Ranjith of Bangalore captured this white hibiscus, calling it "a wonderful sight during scorching summer."

"I was travelling with family to Khindsi, close to Nagpur in Maharashtra when I captured this moment of joy with my Canon EOS D60 camera. The boy was enjoying the water in the summer heat," says Amol Nagarkar.

And finally we have this sepia snapshot of boats on still waters from Biswajit Chowdhury of West Bengal.