Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely, Howard. Did you ask how they got the prayer flags across the valley? Jay On 12/30/2013 11:47 PM, H&ECummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > In the brief lull between Christmas and New Years I have taken time to > edit some more of my Bhutan pictures and here is a series > on the Trek to the Tiger's Nest - the most famous of Bhutan's monasteries > - perched on the side of a cliff 900 meters above the Paro Valley. > The monastery was built in 1692 and has been destroyed by fire twice - > once in 1951 and again in 1998. It was rebuilt using a cable system in > 2000. > Having ridden horses to get to the look out point we couldn't imagine how > the original building materials were carried up the cliff - except by > faith and willing strong backs. > I have set up a folder of the journey, with explanations for each photo, > here: > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/BhutanTigerNest/CafeStopw.jpg.html> > > http://tinyurl.com/l26e342 > > Starting with this photo please move left and please look large. The > photos were all taken with Olympus (EM 5, EM 1) or Fuji equipment (X100s) > > C&C always welcome. > > Howard -- Jay, Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> "Being a Leica customer is like dating the most beautiful girl in the world... who cares more about herself than you... but, you keep calling her back anyway... because the sex is so good... most of the time." (RickLeica on LUF)