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The people of Bhutan are very kind to allow us into their festivals. They embrace our presence, offer us tea and food, make space for us to get a closer look, and in general they get excited to share the experience. The festivals closer to Paro or Thimphu are easy to access, but can have a LOT of tourists at them.

As a photographer I prefer it when the only white folks around are ourselves!

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Wouldn't be a festival without an oversized deity looking on from the sidelines

The final cham of the day was about subduing the demons. Drums everywhere.

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Drums are beaten to subdue the masked demons

Be warned, that is NOT coke she's slopping about in those bottles. The festive mood can be quite overpowering at these events.

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Last light of the day. The Tshechu is officially over and the locals swarm to make offerings to the temple, and receive blessings. I love this moment. It's like after a footy match when we'd run onto the ground and run amuck.

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Crowd mingles with the monks as the sun is about to escape for the night.

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November night at Niamiha
Minsk, Belarus
Vulica Kamsamolskaja
Lumix GX80

Лістапад. Ноч на Нямізе.
Вуліца Камуністычная
Менск, Беларусь

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November night on Niamiha in Minskm Belarus. Vulica Kamsamolskaja. A young maple tree with full bright yellow vegetation.

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I need to make a new video on the 100-500mm lens now, having spent more time on the road with it and testing it in very very difficult conditions. It's a peach. But here's my original video, plus a bunch of wrens from Melbourne :)

100-500mm Telephoto for L-Mount from LUMIX via YouTube:
https://youtu.be/fxOv_lc8KmY

Also available on PeerTube via @ewenbell:
https://makertube.net/w/j2rRQzT8xATcHuETs5aAB3

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My review of the Lmount 100-500mm telephoto zoom from Lumix, from a few months ago.

If you look really carefully you'll see the wall creeper in the first shot :)

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Two young novice monks wander the stupa and chorten while on a break from studies

The next treat is a Wall Creeper. These are one of my favie species in the Himalayas. I see them all over the place and often in unexpected locations. But whenever I visit a temple of any sort, I keep an eye out for them. I know there'll be at one that claims a temple for its own.

This fella was hanging around the stupa at Chendibji, which is a favie spot for me to visit on the way between Phobjikha and Trongsa.

This is when a longer lens would really really help, as they are such tiny birds. I've included a huge crop on the second photo so you can see some of the detail in the wings. They flit the wings out to startle bugs, not unlike a wagtail waving its plumage, but more of a sudden flick... and then wait to see if anything panicked!

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Wall Creeper popping it's head above the rocks that line a row of Chorten

Detailed shot of a Wall Creeper, taken at 500mm on teh Lumix S1RII and cropped from 45MP to maybe 5MP.

Same bird, different shots. Couldn't decide which I liked best so am posting them all :) Maybe the last shot is my fave, bokeh plus bird.

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Tit loking for things to munch on amongst the dried stalks

Focus is peering through the dried vegetation and landing on the tit. Bokeh and a bird.

Here's a special treat for everyone today. Did you even know that this little bird existed? It's a Rufous-vented Tit and they love the higher elevations in Bhutan. They rumble through the lower shrubs in packs, munching on seeds and looking for anything more juicy that might be hiding amongst the foliage.

These guys happened to flitter close enough to me to get that 500mm into action. Had just finished dodging some yaks when they came along. I enjoy these unplanned encounters with nature so much. Such moments are a gift.

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Rufous-vented Tit clinging to the dried stalks of alpine flowers

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Our last day in Bhutan today. Leaving all this behind for a little while. I have a bunch of posts that never got around to sharing. Will keep them coming through for another week or so.

I have mixed feelings about my time in the Himalayas this year. I see how things are changing. I see how I am changing. I am reminded of the idea that we can never step into the same river twice.

I wish it were otherwise.

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A wide river gently flows towards us, through large boulders, and pine forests edge the shoreline far into the distance.

This little spot was a gem. We'd just spent an hour or so walking down the hill of a village, and then arrive at two rivers that meet in a flat spot in the valley. It's wide and open and there's the sound of rushing water in every direction. Total immersion into nature.

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We don't stop for every stand of prayer flags. I think about it, but we don't do that. It's more special when the moment just happens and suddenly we're all piling into a forest of flags, flapping at our ears as we look for something to compose amongst the chaos.

I can't explain what triggers these moments, I just now it when it happens.

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