Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > The dunes may be "underwhelming" but the way you photograph them is > anything but. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> The Nubra Valley is accessed through the highest motorable road in the >> world, touching 18,380 feet at a pass called Khardung La. From there >> you descend gradually into a valley, of altitude of an average of >> around 10,000 feet, which was a part of the ancient Silk Route - it >> leads to Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan on the western end, and into >> Xinjiang in China through the famous Karakoram and Saser La passes on >> the north western end. The northern end is the high altitude >> battlefield, between India and Pakistan, of the Siachen Glacier. I >> never got past the valley, which has a tributary of the Indus, the >> River Shyok, flowing through it. Another river the Nubra or Siachen, >> drains into the Shyok. The valley is famous for its sand dunes, though >> why it beats me, because I found them rather underwhelming. The area >> around the dunes has wild Bactrian Camels (double humped), which are >> also captured and tamed for use as beasts of burden. The usual >> monasteries are there and a small town called Diskit is the >> administrative centre: >> >> Camel Ride 1: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130901_0336.jpg.html >> >> Camel Ride 2: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130901_0366.jpg.html >> >> Football: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130901_0338.jpg.html >> >> Diskit Monastery: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130902_0452.jpg.html >> >> Maitreya Buddha: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Ladakh/Ladakh_20130902_0492.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE (I have posted LARGER as per Philippe's request!) >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information