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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: atpaula on October 03, 2017, 15:15:56

Title: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: atpaula on October 03, 2017, 15:15:56
Nikon D4s & 70-200mm f/4G.

Thank you for looking.

(http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af237/atpaula/aD4S_6758_zpsx6hv5aab.jpg) (http://s1011.photobucket.com/user/atpaula/media/aD4S_6758_zpsx6hv5aab.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: Olivier on October 03, 2017, 15:36:05
Wonderful...
Showing this in B&W is a courageous choice, the colors (red?)  must be so unique!
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: atpaula on October 03, 2017, 15:44:06
Quote from: Olivier on October 03, 2017, 15:36:05
Wonderful...
Showing this in B&W is a courageous choice, the colors (red?)  must be so unique!

Thank you.
In fact there was no red there. Only green and grey.
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: Anthony on October 03, 2017, 17:58:37
That is a stunning image, very different from the run of the mill landscapes.
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Post by: simato73 on October 03, 2017, 18:03:59
Very impressive indeed!
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Post by: Bjørn J on October 03, 2017, 20:31:03
Stunning photo! Black and white was a good choice.
The place reminds of a village called Naudanda (?) I visited a long time ago, it was also located on top of a ridge. A few hours walk from Pokhara.
(I wish I could see the photo larger, I cannot see it on Photobucket because I use adblocker)
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: atpaula on October 03, 2017, 22:10:48
Quote from: Anthony on October 03, 2017, 17:58:37
..... very different from the run of the mill landscapes.....

I'm not sure what is that.
Thanks for the comment anyway.
Thanks Simone and Bjorn for the comments too.
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: tommiejeep on October 04, 2017, 06:04:02
Aguinaldo, nice, I like the B&W and composition.   Always amazes me how much the people walk.  A friend , who managed the staff at another friend's restaurant, took 4 days of trains, buses and a 20 mile walk to get back to his village in Nepal at the end of the Tourist season.  Since I can no longer walk up hill, horses and ponies would be my only recourse.
Many thanks for posting
Tom
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Post by: Akira on October 04, 2017, 06:22:23
This is spectacular, Aguinaldo!  Your B&W treatment looks perfect for rendering the dynamic geometry of this scale.
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Post by: Erik Lund on October 04, 2017, 09:22:43
Very sparkling rendering - looks like an old glass plate B&W - Very nice ;)
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Post by: David Paterson on October 04, 2017, 09:48:24
Very, very nice. Your Nepal images are a joy to look at, and are refreshingly different from anything I have seen before.
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: atpaula on October 04, 2017, 12:46:49
Thank you guys for the kind words.
Tom, we had horses in this trek. A 73 yo woman made the whole distance on the horse.
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: ColinM on October 04, 2017, 12:52:55
Beautiful image.
I love landscapes taken with a telephoto, and your viewpoint makes it even more intruiging
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: atpaula on October 04, 2017, 18:19:47
Quote from: ColinM on October 04, 2017, 12:52:55
Beautiful image.
I love landscapes taken with a telephoto, and your viewpoint makes it even more intruiging

Thanks. ;)
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: Jacques Pochoy on October 04, 2017, 23:17:04
Great shot, perfect B&W :-) Bring back memories of when I was a child on horseback in very narrow passages in Nepal, Sikkim and Cachemire ! Seems like thousands of years ago, so maybe the B&W acts like a time machine :-)
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: atpaula on October 05, 2017, 00:49:01
Quote from: Jacques Pochoy on October 04, 2017, 23:17:04
Great shot, perfect B&W :-) Bring back memories of when I was a child on horseback in very narrow passages in Nepal, Sikkim and Cachemire ! Seems like thousands of years ago, so maybe the B&W acts like a time machine :-)

Thank you Jacques.
I've ridden a horse in some parts of the trek too.
 ;)
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: Frank Fremerey on October 05, 2017, 11:12:50
Love the shot. Great lighting and geometry!

Somehow it gives me a sense of danger, as if the mountains were not stable and could fall down on me...
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: atpaula on October 05, 2017, 16:39:34
Quote from: Frank Fremerey on October 05, 2017, 11:12:50
Love the shot. Great lighting and geometry!

Somehow it gives me a sense of danger, as if the mountains were not stable and could fall down on me...

Thanks.
I had this sense of danger in several parts of the journey.
Title: Re: Jharkot, Nepal
Post by: Frank Fremerey on October 06, 2017, 20:44:05
Quote from: atpaula on October 05, 2017, 16:39:34
Thanks.
I had this sense of danger in several parts of the journey.

A next door neighbour died in a Nepal mountain slide just a few years back. He left a widdow and two kids....

It is great you captured the ambivalence of this overwhelming place!