I happened
to visit Ladakh in the last week of September this year. I had strong desire to be in the mountain
ranges of Himalayas at least once in my life time. When Nikon School of photography announced ‘Advanced
Landscape Photography workshop in Ladakh’ I grabbed the opportunity to visit
the place. Though I was meddling with
the basics of DSLR I decided to join the group to travel through picturesque Ladakh
and pick up few tips from some of the best photographers in India working with
Nikon School.
The mentors
team was good and helpful. There were
four of them. They were all friendly,
helpful and enthusiastic in teaching the techniques of photography. I did grasp few points and understood how
manual settings in photography can help towards becoming a better photographer.
Here are few
photographs of travel through Ladakh.
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Though the greater part of journey was on well laid road
occasionally we had to travel on rough terrain
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At Khardung La
This is supposed to be highest motorable road in the world
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Nubra valley - Cold desert with sand dunes and water bodies
formed due to melted snow
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| Photographers trying to capture landscapes in twilight |
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| Shyok river |
Kids waving as we are passing from a School in
Nubra valley
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| Maitri Budha at Diskit |
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| Diskit Monastry |
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| A scene in Turtuk village, the last village in India bordering Pakistan |
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Pangong Tso lake
The mystic lake between India and China
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| Night Skies at Pangong Tso |
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| Trying to capture morning colors |
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A restaurant at Pangong Tso
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| Clear waters of Pangong Tso |
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On the way from Pangong Tso to Tsomoriri
through Tsagala and Chusul
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| Black necked crane |
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| The only shop seen on the way to Tsomoriri |
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| Tractor with a flour mill at Tsomoriri |
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| Early morning view at Tsomoriri |
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| Tsomoriri lake in dawn |
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| Tsomoriri village |
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| Marmot native to mountain ranges of Himalayas |
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| At Tsokar Lake |
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| Photographers trying to capture Nature, Wild life and Landscapes |
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The person lying down is one of the mentors.
May he wanted to capture some unique feature of horses!
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| Army memorial at Chusul |
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| Last capture with NikonD on the way back to Leh |
