Photographer's Note
Ki Monastery is a thousand-year-old Buddhist gompa located in the remote region of Spiti in the Indian Himalayas. The passes into this area are blocked by snow for six months of the year, thus the Tibetan culture here has remained intact.
I took this photograph around 5pm for good light and shade thing you get at that time. to my utter surprise, a bus full of visitors came from thin air and noise of shutter clicking from every corner poured across the roadside. So my wisedom had no takers and we ALL had same perspective, same compo and yes, same monastery. I tried to do the thing with lessened saturation, don't to what extent it's working.
Did I tell you that there's a school inside the monastery and all the teachers up there ( Chhering chodden, Parveen, Dorje, Surender,Kalzang, Chhimid) are now good friend of mine.Thanks everyone up there, I owe you a lot.
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ramthakur
(1559) 2006-04-08 14:39
Very good shot, Manu. You have used the evening light extremely well.
This looks like the most impressive monastery in Himachal Pradesh.
devimeuxbe
(58557) 2006-04-08 14:40
Hi Manu
Incledible place and your picture get a beautifull light on the city.
Very well done
BErtrnd
tonikrou
(463) 2006-04-08 15:13
I LOVE INDIA AND EVERYTHING ABOUT INDIA BUT THIS PLACE AND PHOTO ARE GREAT. THANKS FOR SHARE
rushfan2112
(2965) 2006-04-08 22:00
Manu, great close crop of a very impressive place. Do you have a wider scene showing this place in perspective of the mountain it sits beneath? Good work, Paul.
Joffre
(527) 2006-08-05 22:35
Hiya Manu, what an amazing outcrop of devotion in such a desolate landscape, wonderful lighting, story and composition, very nicely captured!
vinayak7 (26) 2006-08-18 1:08
Very good use of the light. This snap brings back old memories and reminds me of a snap which I took when I was there .
Photo Information
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Copyright: manu awasthy (manu_itu)
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- Genre: 地方
- Medium: 彩色
- Date Taken: 2005-09-00
- Categories: 城堡
- Camera: Finepix S7000
- Exposure:f/7.0
- Map: view
- Photo Version:Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2006-04-08 13:47
- Favorites:3 [view]
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