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Over a shaky bridge with unshakable faith..
A sadhu walking his dog over the Laxman Jhula bridge in Rishikesh.
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Enjoying the spectacle..
A group of tourists enjoying the sunset spectacle in Railay. The colors were amazing that evening..
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The Thukje village on the north shore of the Tsokar lake.
The Thukje village itself was more rustic than the typical Ladakhi village in central Ladakh. The houses were small, made of stones with a simple flat thatched roof. The roof of the houses were all stocked with dung patties (as opposed to dried grass in central Ladakh). Life is tough here with meagre resources and the Changpa nomads have to make to with what best they have. Their livestock.Read more here.
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My Surly LHT parked outside my tent by the roadside below Marhi. 5:46am.
My Surly LHT parked outside my tent by the roadside below Marhi. 5:46am.
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Haridwar Ghats
The Ganges flowing between the bathing ghats in Haridwar.
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A group of turban clad Rajasthani men watching proceedings at the Pushkar camel fair.
A group of turban clad Rajasthani men watching proceedings at the Pushkar camel fair.
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Silhouette of a desert sunset..
Silhouette of Rajasthani lady and a camel standing infront of the setting sun at Pushkar. For this photo instead of going for the warm tones of the sunset i changed the white balance to a more cooler setting. Quite happy with the results.
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My campsite..
"The night was pleasant without it being neither too cold nor too windy. The next morning i woke up to a beautiful sunny day and spent the morning basking in the warm sunlight. There was nobody around for miles and i felt that i had the lake all to myself. And if that wasn't enough, i spotted the mountains putting on a small welcome show for me with this beautiful subtle little rainbow.Its days like this that make you feel as if you are the luckiest person alive and i definitely felt it that morning."From Story : The Tsomoriri Trip.. A troubled trip that couldn't have gone any better..
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A view of the Stok palace with the Zanskar range and Stok Kangri in the background.
A photo of the Stok village with the Stok palace at the right and the Zanskar range in the background. The tall snowcapped peak in the background is Stok Kangri, At ~6200m tall it is one of the few trekking peaks in India. The view on top is supposedly spectacular with great vistas of the Zanskar and the Karakoram ranges including that of K2. If you compare this picture to this one  (both taken 1 day apart), you can see that the mountains of the Zanskar range are covered in snow whereas the Ladakh range was devoid of any. That is because in the Indus valley, the Zanskar range is north facing whereas the Ladakh range is south facing. The south facing mountains receive more sun and hence less snow.
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Photoshoot with the monks at the Dramtse monastery near Trashigang.
Photoshoot with the monks at the Dramtse monastery near Trashigang.
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A local changpa kid posing for picture on his donkey
"The next morning, i was by the stream again taking a few pictures and i met Karma. He was a chirpy little boy studying at the SOS school in the village. He was eager to show off the few english words he knew. The usual, "What is your name ?", "Where are you coming from ?" routine. Once he exhausted all his sentences, we kept the conversation flowing by playing the 'name that object in english' game.Soon our encounter turned in to photo shoot with Karma eager to pose for the camera. He then took me to his home and there i met the girl from the day before. Her name was Sonam and unlike her brother, she did not know a word of english or even hindi."From story :Â Sonam And Karma, Two Siblings With Two Different Destinies.
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10 bhat for a dozen bananas. Not a bad deal at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Bangkok
The best way to attract customers in the chaos is to market effectively. Most of the vendors had clear signs mentioning the price of their products, i thought it was a brilliant move.
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Overhead view of a banana/lemon vendor at the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, Bangkok
When photographing a busy scene such as this floating market, it is recommended that you keep shifting postions to capture the action from different points of view. I'am always a big fan of overhead shots and try to incorporate them wherever possible, as you can see here the overhead shot worked out pretty well.
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forbidden stands in front of the forbidden city..
These stands are put in place for the guests for the 60'th national day celebrations. During this time, the entire area will be closed off to the general public.
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The ruins of the ancient fort at Shey.
Here you can see the ruins of the ancient fort at Shey perched on top of the hill.
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Dousing the passion..
A keeper spraying water on the tigers to keep them quiet. This one was starting to get naughty.
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The nomadic settlement near the Tso Kiagar lake.
The Black tent is the Yak hair tent.
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Waking up to clear star studded skies and the snow capped peaks of the Pir Panjal range..
Waking up to clear star studded skies and the snow capped peaks of the Pir Panjal range.
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And it disappeared as fast as it arrived..
The whole show lasted less than 10 minutes. The light turned from white, to yellow to gold and finally orange as it faded out. Photo taken from the Lamune campsite on the Yuksom-Gochela trek. © Kettik Images. All Rights Reserved. 10-Nov-2007 4:45pm
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taking positions..
A group of guards marching into the Tiananmen square at around 4am to take their positions around the square. This was shortly before they started letting people in.
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crowd gathering..
a group of girls walking into the tiananmen square to take their positions to view the flag hoisting ceremony.
