Bhutan is a great country to be an animal, stray animals are cared for and fed by just about everybody and i have never seen so many happy well fed stray dogs. The bhutanese almost never or rarely eat meat, usually only when an animal dies by accident or old age, and i’m pretty sure they never eat cat!
If you would like to meet and photograph the cats of Bhutan join me on on one of my Bhutan photo tours. 15 days of adventure through the magical Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.
I thought it was time to put up some shots from my recent photography tour to Bhutan that were not portraits, so here we go… Bhutan is situated at the Southern base of the Himalaya range, squashed between India, Tibet and Nepal, so as you would expect most of the country is mountainous.
Traditional Bhutanese architecture
They have the knack of terracing out rice fields on the edge of mountains and these are visible all along the winding roads of rural Bhutan. The houses are all built in traditional style, which is unique and quite beautiful, really defining the countryside as different to anywhere else.
Rivers of Bhutan
Wild river in the Chumey Valley
Rivers and waterfalls are everywhere, the countryside is full of them rushing out of the mountains. Many of them are fed from glacial or snow melt and most of them run all year long. Bhutan is a very lush and fertile country indeed.
Dont forget to click on the images to get a larger view. more soon…
These are random shots from a roadside stop on the way to Trongsa Dzong in central Bhutan shot on one of my Bhutan Photo tours. This fellow and the rest of his team were in the process of putting up a viewing platform shelter on the opposite side of the valley from the Trongsa Dzong (temple fortress).
And like almost all officially placed lookout platforms, it was in the wrong place! It was situated directly opposite the Dzong and the view was very uninspired, the workers themselves were much more interesting, this fellow in particular. He has such a lovely open face, and the light was just right. I got some more interesting pictures of the Dzong later.
Trongsa Province, Central Bhutan. Shot with a Canon 5D Mk II, 24-105mm f4L lens.
Champagne Springs at Dusk, El Questro Station in the East Kimberley Region
I have always looked at the sign pointing to the trail to Champagne Springs at El Questro Station, in the East Kimberley region, thought about it… But never walked it. Read the rest of this entry »
Monk Art Photography Gallery will be closed over the Christmas & New Year period until January 10th (2012), when Normal trading hours will resume. All of us here at Monk Art Photography wish you a Merry Christmas, and a safe and prosperous New Year for 2012. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Tomorrow we set off across the Gibb River Rd on the way to Kununurra, so there probably wont be any posts on the blog for a couple of weeks, so i’ll leave you with some pictures of Crab Creek that i took last night on the low tide.
Lake Argyle is currently at record flood levels, again due to the massive wet season, and the water flowing out of the overflow spillway is enough to fill Mundaring Weir in Perth (one of Perth’s major water supply damns) every 8 minutes… which doesn’t mean that is actually a viable option for getting water to Perth, it is 2500 km after all… that’s a long and expensive way to make a pipeline.
Spillway Creek in Flood, Lake argyle Damn in Kununurra
Shot on the Canon 5D Mk II with the 24mm f1.4 L lens and a 10 stop neutral Density Filter, It’s a 10 shot panoramic stitch.
Still up in the tropical paradise that is Broome enjoying the hospitality of Nigel and Helen. My wife is flying up today for the second stage of the Kimberley adventure, so i’d better have a shave and change my shirt… after i put up some images from the recent 7 day photographic tour of the Bungle Bungles that we returned from a few days ago.
Piccinini Creek and the Bungle Bungles, Purnululu National Park
Bungle Bungles reflections
The massive wet season that has just concluded has affected Purnululu National Park as well, with the road in only opening up a few weeks ago, and the second campsite and half the gorges remaining closed still. This meant we couldn’t make it into Echidna Chasm or the Mini Palms Gorge, cutting down some of the sights and lookouts we could get to within the park.
livingstonia Palms 100m up a sheer cliff face
To balance this up we went on a gruelling (but also stunningly beautiful) full day hike into Piccinini Creek Gorge. Ironically, the one who suggested the hike up the Gorge decided not to come in the end. He missed out on some beautiful locations, but he also missed out on really sore feet that took 2 days to recover from! Read the rest of this entry »
We had an awesome sunset sky in Fremantle a couple of weeks back, i just thought i would share it with you.
Big Sky at South Beach Fremantle. Click on the image for a better view.
Normally a lovely sky makes a great backdrop to an image, helping to create the mood and adding Read the rest of this entry »
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