Some of the highest mountains in the world, and yet just a distant peak behind the forests. (Annapurna II)
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Sometimes the act of photography is worthy of photography :)
When I gathered this set of images together I juxtapositioned this peak against the temple wall (previous post). Nature is my temple. I appreciate the teachings of Buddhism but deep down I feel there's even more we can learn from listening to nature.
I love this wall. The buddhist motifs, the shades of blue, the timber panels, the stone blocks and the fact that we were wandering along the trail at 3000m elevation enjoying a little winter sunshine.
Downtown Besisahar holds some charm for me. It's not a tourist town, and the local variety of tuktuks are still very popular. These are brand new tuktuks, not cast-off from other parts of Asia.
Morning light across the town of Besisahar. This is where the journey to Manang begins in earnest.
The last of my scaly wing posts. I actually posted the original raw file here a few weeks ago, with a note about how I waas standing next to a waterfall and noticed the stones at my feet started dancing. There were in fact little tiny butterflies, like a flattened grain of sand.
This guy looks so shocked to find himself in front of a camera! Once you start pursuing butterflies with a lens you'll start to observe that they are definitely observing you too.
Some are tolerant of humans nearby, but most are not. They must have such tiny little brains, and yet they make calculations non-stop about what is a potential danger to them or not.
Took days to get a capture of this species.
This little fella was a treasure for me. I had seen these black and white butterflies dancing about the rice paddies all morning, but finally one stopped for a photo.
It's the tiny flecks of silvery blue on the wing tips and eyespots that make it special for me. And that little rhino snout :)
Up close and personal with a Grass Dart. I never even knew this kind of scaly wing existed until about a year ago. They are what imagine a butterfly would look like in The Jetsons.
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I took a LOT of butterfly shots this trip. Some of them intensely close with the macro, and some just stepping back a little to allow room for the petals to float in space.
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So much of photography is just learning to see what's already right in front of us. Like that moment when a bush at the side of the road pops out wings and dances in the sunlight.
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Just gonna leaf this here for a while ;)
One of my favie lunch stops along the route had a few flower pots, so I meditated a little on the simple joy of petals in the sunshine.
We stopped to photograph a waterfall on the way up to Manang, but I spent my time capturing petals of the flowers instead.
Slow travel is the key to these photographic journeys. Having time to let moments happen, and time to contemplate how the light in that moment will be captured by the lens.
Street photography but with bovines. This gentle fella was wandering the edge of town paying special attention to the wild weed flourishing along the trail.
I like rough edges in composition. I don't like clinical perfection, but the joy of a little chaos.
Riding high. Prayer flags on the handle bars of a motorcycle. Upper Pisang on the way to Manang. 3200m elevation.
Om mani padme hum
Last time I travelled through this part of Nepal my widest lens was only 24mm. I didn't allow the same mistake to happen twice. I have three lenses on me at all times this month, the 18mm F1.8, 35mm F1.8 and a 100mm macro.
18mm is my favourite wide angle at the moment.
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