Amateur Photography and such...
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Tibet (etc.) trip (Summer 2015)
The trip was with my mom and some family friends. Sadly it only lasted about 10 days.
The symbolic Potala Palace (པོ་ཏ་ལ)
The main building from a plaza inside the Palace
First the humanistic section:
(almost) everyone in front of the Palace
I was vary much so pleased with the photography selection at the hotel. Mmmmmh flowers
everyone else was very fond of the pond by the QingHai lake (青海湖)
where are everyone's eyes?
I was distracted by birdwatching but everyone else just went down
somebody's taking an apple rest
we had a high altitude Geocaching fail
Mom's spaghetti.
working on the rooftop (I really should sneak up to top of RLM again sometime.)
a gardener
more gardeners
A devotee at the front entrance
daily routines (the devoted must circle around the temple daily, hence so the trash collection trucks)
Buddha(not really) in the distance
shopper and shopee
a slice of happiness
a barrier no more.
the line towards ascension
a monk passing by
modern citizens
Look closely you'll find a wall painting inspector
some Xigazê (གཞིས་ཀ་རྩེ་གྲོང) locals
yes I just learned how to use the clone tool.
station chief
community by the Namtso
Er ist ganz allein?
time to move on, sheep.
Nice pool you got over there buddy
Next let's talk about them plants and rocks.
ancient leafy guardians
It's so big! (TWSS)
plant with snowy tip
rocks with snowy tip
more snowy tips
still about snowy tips
So you like to watch... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
ladder to heaven #5
ladder to heaven #4
ladder to heaven #3
ladder to heaven #2
ladder to heaven #1
Forever alone...
Die Rainbow Prayers
whose fault is this?!
the morning mists
zoomed out of the mist
now with extra river
a view from the driver's seat
fail at long exposure, success at composition. Too bad I don't have his steady hand
shed near the Indian border.
flower under cover
monastery walls
Now my favorite. Birds and other moving things.
Bird with tour bus glass distortion
Bird without tour bus glass distortion
white bird on the lake
black bird on the lake
brown bird on the lake
flying and swimming
another flying bird
bird, this is not.
highland fishery
highland eel
5K butterfly
grazing moo
moo 4 rides
KING moo on the hill
resting mastiff
woofs need to eat
tired woof guarding the prayers
fluffy puppies
another resting woof
mastiff on the wall
Mellomellomeeeeeh
monastery pigeons
Finally some photospheres
On top of 大昭寺 Zuglagkang Temple (གཙུག་ལག་ཁང༌།)
half way up the Palace
in front of the Palace
The Apex of Texas (Summer 2015)
Went camping with Michael Barton around Guadalupe Mts area...
stalking from inside a space suit
target acquired at the Devil's hall
Totally got my ass kicked especially when compared to the West Point grad we met.
Is this a safe space for me to brag that I actually got points on Putnam?