Weekend readers' best photographs: shade

'There’s still plenty of shade to be found down on the London underground' Photograph: Jon Stone

'Our sea-gazing dog Ambra, cooling down in the shade' Photograph: Rebecca Garvey

'I love to get high up when taking photos, and the city walls in Dubrovnik provide plenty of opportunities for interesting shots' Photograph: Mark Pascoe

'I noticed the diamond shapes of the garden bench left a distinctive pattern of shade on my skin, so I experimented, photographing different bits of me' Photograph: Helen Humphries

'Shelter shade: seafront, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote' Photograph: Colin Dilcock

'The elephant was partly in the shade, which gave this photograph more contrast and drama. Taken on safari in South Africa' Photograph: Ann Mulelly

'A shady bench at Berkeley beside the James river in Virginia where the first official Thanksgiving took place in 1619' Photograph: Andrew McCracken

'No shade? No problem. Create your own personal area with a cardboard box. Taken in Essaouira, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco' Photograph: Richard Bown