Leh
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.
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.
(Wikipedia)
The Flickr mapping gives Kashmir as the location, which may have been politically true in the past, but scenically and culturally we are firmly in Ladakh.
Leh
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.
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.
(Wikipedia)
The Flickr mapping gives Kashmir as the location, which may have been politically true in the past, but scenically and culturally we are firmly in Ladakh.