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Rock musician Andrew WK parties hard with a fan after inviting half the audience onto the stage at a show in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Guitarist for all-girl Led Zeppelin tribute band Lez Zeppelin wails out a solo while we the audience stand there in awe.

Prayer cards offered up outside of the Little Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, China. Visitors from all over the world posted their wishes and dreams.

While wandering around Xi'an I found this man selling balloon animals for a few cents a piece.

Sunflowers peeking out in my parents' backyard.

Walking down one of Shanghai's popular shopping streets at dusk.

Squishing the Moon. In Aug 2010, my girlfriend snapped this shot when she I were camping at Goblin Valley State Park in Utah. It was the perfect shot, the moon was rising right over the beautiful san

Although there is nothing "natural" about neon pink sand, the kids at this "Make Your Own Sand Art" stand at the Wilmington Flower Market couldn't have cared less.

The Sacr-Coeur Basilica in Paris. The old story is that Paris' patron saint, Saint Denis was beheaded at the foot of the hill. He then picked up his severed head and carried it for six miles, preachin

Pranotoshmi Divakaram (Shalute to God Sun):
I got this opportunity at Pushkar Lake. It is at Rajasthan, India.

Don't Shoot Me:
This I got on the way to Delhi from Gurgaon.

Pilgrims at Rishikesh

Journey through Mist:
On the way by Toy Train from Kalka to Shimla. Himachal Pradesh, North India.

Kempty Falls:
This is located at Mussoori, Uttara Khand, North India.

Birds eye view:
This is Amber Fort at Jaipur from the top of Nahargarh Fort Jaipur.

Storm in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

Two athletes compete at the 2010 Chicago Marathon

Seagull flying above waterfront motel.

View of the Brooklyn Bridge

Drinking cold water on a hot summer day at an outdoors university graduation commencement ceremony.

Caylyn Caprice- cutest niece.

8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Don't Shoot Me: This I got on the way to Delhi from Gurgaon.

Don't Shoot Me: This I got on the way to Delhi from Gurgaon.

TAGS: India

Jan Mohammad Shaikh

New Delhi, India

Member since 2014

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© Jan Mohammad Shaikh.
All rights reserved.

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digital

Date Taken:

05.2008

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Oct. 14, 2010, 12:58 a.m.

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Canon EOS 20D

Focal Length:

20mm

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1/320

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f10

ISO:

ISO200

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