Key Monastery (Altitude of 4,166 metres (13,668 ft) above sea level).

It is the biggest monastery of Spiti Valley and a religious training centre for Lamas.

Exposure Settings:- 405sec @ f/11 @ 500.

Filter: NiSi 1000k (20Stops) ( Nisi Filters India )

Nikon D800 + Nikon 24-120mm f4.

Travel Partner: Spiti Expedition Tour and Travel's

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I took this shot while doing a trek for Mane or Sopona Lake (4122m) with Urgian Chhering Dongthoth, Kunzang Dorje and Namkha. Mane Lake has been on my list since a long time but due to heavy schedule by back to back tours I missed the opportunity a lot of times.

Few days back before coming back to Delhi I told UC and Kunzang bro about my interest in covering Mane Lake. Their response was: Let's do a trek and camp at night. Weather was not great but it did not stop us. In the morning we headed towards Maneyogma village at the earliest. Unexpectedly weather changed. I observed heavy rainfall on the top of Dhankar Monastery heading towards us with a fastest pace. We started trekking more faster because we needed to reach a safe place where we could stay and wait till the rain stops (don't forget we had camera's and a drone :P ). In few minutes the rain started so we took shelter under a gigantic rock and waited for the shower to stop for at least half an hour. Suddenly we heard a loud noise. UC went out to take a look. It was a mud land slide just few meters away from us. Even though it was small in lane but where we were standing was also muddy so we decided to walk again because it was a little risky to stand in that area, (you can see few clips of the mud landslide in my Mane lake trek’s youtube video).

Ohk to aaj ke lie itna kafi hai :P baki ki story mane lake ke shot ke sath share karunga :P

Drone Video - Mane Lake or Sopona Lake.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC9njimgCrA

Nikon D800

Nikon 24-120mm f4

Shutter Speed :- 1/160s

Aperture :- f10

ISO :- 100

Processed :- Adobe Lightroom CC and Adobe Photoshop CS6.

on trekking with Spiti Expedition Tour and Travel's.

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