Leh - Mani Wall
Olympus OM2, Kodachrome 64, digitised by photographing the original 35mm slide on a light pad; 12mm extension tube used. Tethered capture and perspective correction in Lightroom. The verticals are as correct as I can manage - the doors and windows seem to me to be the best guide.
The wall - viewed from above - leads from across the front of the photo into the middle distance.
Leh was the historical capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh, the seat of which was in the Leh Palace, the former residence of the royal family of Ladakh, built in the same style and about the same time as the Potala Palace in Tibet. Leh is at an altitude of over 3500m.
The royal palace, known as Leh Palace, was built by King Sengge Namgyal (1612–1642) . . . [It] is nine storeys high; the upper floors accommodated the royal family, and the stables and storerooms are located on the lower floors. The palace was abandoned when Kashmiri forces besieged it in the mid-19th century. The royal family moved their premises south to their current home in Stok Palace on the southern bank of the Indus. (Wikipedia)
The Flickr mapping gives Kashmir as the location, which may be politically true but scenically and culturally we are firmly in Ladakh.
Leh - Mani Wall
Olympus OM2, Kodachrome 64, digitised by photographing the original 35mm slide on a light pad; 12mm extension tube used. Tethered capture and perspective correction in Lightroom. The verticals are as correct as I can manage - the doors and windows seem to me to be the best guide.
The wall - viewed from above - leads from across the front of the photo into the middle distance.
Leh was the historical capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh, the seat of which was in the Leh Palace, the former residence of the royal family of Ladakh, built in the same style and about the same time as the Potala Palace in Tibet. Leh is at an altitude of over 3500m.
The royal palace, known as Leh Palace, was built by King Sengge Namgyal (1612–1642) . . . [It] is nine storeys high; the upper floors accommodated the royal family, and the stables and storerooms are located on the lower floors. The palace was abandoned when Kashmiri forces besieged it in the mid-19th century. The royal family moved their premises south to their current home in Stok Palace on the southern bank of the Indus. (Wikipedia)
The Flickr mapping gives Kashmir as the location, which may be politically true but scenically and culturally we are firmly in Ladakh.