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Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.).
Attendees head home from the Leh polo ground after the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival. The festival is held annually in Leh and nearby venues and includes polo games, archery competitions, music concerts, Cham Dances (Mask Dances), rock climbing, river rafting and camel safaris.
Just before touchdown in Leh …
Landing in Kushok Bakula Rimpochhe airport in Leh which is one of the highest commercial airports in the world situated at an altitude of 3256 m ,itself is an experience.
It is tecchnically very challenging for the pilot to land in and take off due to its position surrounded by mountain slopes and highlands.The wind pattern also plays a big role and and changing wind pattern as the day progresses makes landing and take off more challenging …hence all to and from flight operates only in morning time.
On this winter morning though initially weather played a spoilsport but as we got closer to ladakh somehow the weather god heard our inner pray and the weather just opened up , offered magnificent unobstructed views of high himalayan snow clad ranges ,spectacular mountainscape , glaciers and indus flowing cutting across mountain valleys.
From the experience ,anybody traveling from Delhi to Leh is recommended to secure window seat at the left hand side of the aircraft looking towards the cockpit to get the maximum opportunity to enjoy the spectacular mountain vista on a clear day.
@ Leh Monastery. Had hard time taking this photo, the statue was enclosed with a glass pane....
I had to go back to my guest house to bring tripod for this shot.
Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.).
I photographed this striking woman on day three of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. The festival is held annually in Leh and nearby venues and includes polo games, archery competitions, music concerts, Cham Dances (Mask Dances), rock climbing, river rafting and camel safaris.
Olympus OM2, Kodachrome 64, digitised by photographing the original 35mm slide on a light pad; 12mm extension tube used. Tethered capture in Lightroom.
Leh was the historical capital of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh. Leh is at an altitude of over 3500m. (Wikipedia)
The Flickr mapping gives Kashmir as the location, which may be politically true but scenically and culturally we are firmly in Ladakh.
Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.).
I photographed these drummers during the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. The festival is held annually in Leh and nearby venues and includes polo games, archery competitions, music concerts, Cham Dances (Mask Dances), rock climbing, river rafting and camel safaris.
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 is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.).
I took this shot during the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. The headdress is called a 'perag', which traditionally reflects the status of the wearer. The festival is held annually in Leh and nearby venues and includes polo games, archery competitions, music concerts, Cham Dances (Mask Dances), rock climbing, river rafting and camel safaris.
Ladakh, India
Canon Ftb, FD lens 50mm f1.8, Kodak Tmax film - Ornano Gradual ST20 developer, diluted-one shot- 1+9, Ilford Hypam fixer
Leh is the capital of the Leh District of Ladakh, India. The city lies on the true right bank of the Indus River in a narrow valley north of the river at an elevation of some 3,530 m (11,581 ft.).
I took this shot during the closing ceremony of the 15-day 2007 Ladakh Festival at the Leh Polo Ground. The festival is held annually in Leh and nearby venues and includes polo games, archery competitions, music concerts, Cham Dances (Mask Dances), rock climbing, river rafting and camel safaris.
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.
The view from the rooftop was amazing, but unfortunately it was cloudly. I launched a long-exposure shot with ND filters and set up my drone for a quick flight over the Palace. 10 minutes later I realized that my long-exposure catched by surprise the only sunrays. Pure luck shot!
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