Thiksey Gompa, a photo from Jammu and Kashmir, North

Photographer's Note

The Thiksey Gompa (monastary)lies about 18km south of Leh. It belongs to the Gelukpa order of Buddhism. The monastary was reconstructed around 1430AD,and is the residence to about 80 monks. The monastary has some great artwork and also houses the two storey high Maitreya Buddha. There are wonderful views over the landscape from the rooftop too.
I used a polarising filter for this shot.

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Clementi (52514) 2007-07-21 0:01

Ciao Wanda ,
interessante composizione con questi edifici arroccati .
ottimi colori e POV
Giorgio

erhan1958 (15961) 2007-07-21 0:07

A GOOD POV AND A WELL DONE COMPO.
ERHAN

robertosalguero (292) 2007-07-21 0:21

The sky look too saturated but overall the colours seem fine. The location chosen for this monastery is impressive. The buildings create a stair-like look on the steep face of the hill. Nicely composed image and interesting perspective. Thanks Wanda :-)

Roberto

daddo (28748) 2007-07-21 0:44

Hi Wanda. Spectacular place. Clear air and bright light have given the structures a light appearance and with your PoV, the whole thing looks as if it's about float to the heavens. Inspirational. One has to admire the devotion and labour that went into the construction of this monastery. Regards. Klaudio.

Budapestman (82620) 2007-07-21 0:59

Hi Wanda,
What a beautiful photo, This is a really picturesque and spectacular place. Composition is very effective, details are fine. Gorgeous shot, excellent realization, Congratulations. Have a nice weekend
George

vincz (19113) 2007-07-21 1:31

Beautiful view on this gompa. Great deep blue sky over the white buildings. Very impressive!

Buin (42580) 2007-07-21 1:35

Hallo Wanda!
What an impressive building, what a beauty in combination with this dark blue sky! You managed the difficult light conditions here very well. A great photo!
Greetings from warm and sunny Germany!
Frank

Floydian (30970) 2007-07-21 1:39

Dag Wanda,
Strong deep colours and a good eye leading composition. The red houses on top makes it even stronger....good composed..!!!
Prettig weekend, Henk

jonathan_hart (21276) 2007-07-21 1:57

hello Wanda,
it's a nice place,
the exposure is well done,
good light and colours, well framed
good shot ;)) TFS
jo

albertopiubello (2623) 2007-07-21 3:04

Hi Wanda,
absolutely great! I love monastry images. Unfortunately I couldn't visit India this summer... I'll try again next year.
The best carachteristic of your shot is the POV, I think.
I put it in my favourites!
Alberto

nekoyama (574) 2007-07-21 3:33

Hello Wanda

From the thumbnail picture, I thought it must be Potala Palace because of its location and Tibetan style architecture. However, your photo of this temple of the "future Buddha" is as beautiful as a painting with blue blue sky in the background. Thanks for sharing!

Regards,
Keitaro

Bruno40 (6662) 2007-07-21 3:48

Hi Wanda,
Really beautiful photo. I love this kind of photo that teaches about the world and it is of good quality.
Good job
Jorge

ben4321 (9875) 2007-07-21 4:19

It looks like you were a lot luckier with the weather that I was when you visited this amazing gompa. It looks superb set against that deep blue sky, and the direction of the light was just right to show the monastery complex at it's best.
The only niggle I have is with the tall tree in the foreground - maybe it would have been possible to change your shooting position slightly to exclude it.
Other than that though, it's very well taken. Good work Wanda.

Cheers,
Ben

siolaw (38294) 2007-07-21 4:22

Hi Wanda,
The POV and specially the framing are nice... great colors and sharpness too and a superb view of this monastery... you also managed to almost hide the electric wires... Good work
Laurent

iapain (131) 2007-07-21 11:06

Excellent shot, these wire just remind me the same transition in my mind when i was there, few days back.

InasiaJones (31566) 2007-07-22 6:51

Hi Wanda,

You have achieved beautiful contrast, thanks to your polarizer, to present this impressive monastery. It’s a tight framing that allows to see every buildings and their amazing interrelation. You’ve included just the right amount of sky, to complement the landscape, while keeping the attraction on the gompa.

Bye Wanda!

André

stego (24132) 2007-07-24 17:38

Hi Wanda,
Your collection of photos of this trip is something amazing. This one is gorgeous!
Regards, José.

Paolo (41258) 2007-07-25 9:42

Hi Wanda, beautiful image, so colorful and with a fantastic sky.
good quality, excellent exposure and POV.
thanks, ciao

cam (9043) 2007-07-25 19:35

Impressive place Wanda.
Good light with a well polarized sky.Funny that the only colored buildings are at the top.
The sense of depth is very good
Charles

atus (15878) 2007-07-26 1:49

Hi Wanda,
very good and nice shot here, captured in a slightly diagonal perspective. The use of the filter was a good idea in order to minimalize the risk of overexposures on the bright buildings and also to enhance the blue of this nice sky.
Nice work! Tfs and best wishes.
Attila

axiotea (21651) 2007-07-27 0:14

Hi Wanda
Very nice presentation of the impressive monastery under the deep blue sky. I like the color contrast and framing.
Have a nice day
Marilyn

manada (6239) 2007-07-27 15:43

Ciao Wanda
excellent compo with nice Pov so you include many parts of this town. Good sharpness and clarity, very nice work this trip.
Best regards
Freddy

Standa (1877) 2007-07-28 0:37

Hi Wanda,
this is nicely composed photo with good PoV. To have a better depth and plasticity I would take the tree to be not so close to the monastery, I think that few distance to the right will be better. Anyway pleasant shot.
Regards,
Stanislav

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-08-01 5:49

Good perspective! Very interesting houses with beautiful colours. Good sharpness too.
Best wishes,
Achim

llimone (672) 2007-08-01 9:15

Hola Wanda.
Bella imagen de un monasterio hecha con una buena composicion y detalle.
Bonitos colores.
Un saludo.
Ricardo

Silvio1953 (221593) 2007-08-01 11:43

Hi Wanda, wonderful place with splendid colors, superb composition, very well done, ciao Silvio

hgupta (1323) 2007-08-04 8:51

Hi,

I loved the colors and great POV
Its a real great shot.
Regards,

Hemant

uecchi (256) 2007-08-05 16:58

Hello Wanda.
This picture is very beautiful.
This is a splendid monastery. I watched your picture and felt that it seemed to be Potala Palace of Tibet. Contrast of the color of the monastery and empty blue is splendid.
Thank you for a splendid photograph.

Regards, Takahiro

atilgone (0) 2007-08-09 23:50

Hello Wanda,
Intersitng place and great sky. nice POV.
tfs
Atilgan

MikiM (1924) 2007-08-14 3:40

HI Wanda,
Excellent sharpness and colors - very nice to see it! And the cables are almost invisible - which is also good! I see similar monastries in Tibet book - but I like this one due to the good perspective.
Thansk for sharing!
Have a nice week!
Miklós

Waylim (25436) 2009-03-06 14:10

Wanda,
Saw this one at random, it reminded me so much of Potala Palace in tibet, Lhasa. Beautiful shot, so much details on all these house up along the cliff and the Monastery up at the top, against the blue sky. Really excellent quality for an image taken back a few years ago. Thanks
Way