Tiger's Nest Monastery - Bhutan

[Manfred M]

This is a shot of the Tigers Nest Monastery as a hole opened in the clouds.



It is a very popular site; some 2km from the parking lot. Unfortunately, there is a 900m climb involved.

[Mike Buckley]

Such an iconic monastery! You must have been very excited to be able to see it. I don't ever remember seeing a photo of it in such moody weather. Very nice!

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[deetheturk]

Wonderful capture Manfred, I have always wondered how they build places like this given the location!

David

[Kodiak]

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Wow! …what a luck with the clouds!

Very nice… keep'm coming and enjoy your trip!

[bnnrcn]

This is super Manfred

[BrianA61]

VERY nice. You couldn't have asked for better "natural" framing. Perfect composition.

[Rita]

I love this. You were definitly in the right place at the right time

[rpcrowe]

Absolutely beautiful, National Geographic quality! The clouds are a wonderful part of the image and really give a feeling of a mountainous area and center my attention on the monastery. Did you do the 900m climb?

[Manfred M]

Did you do the 900m climb?

Yes. Took us about 3 hours to go up, about an hour to visit and another couple of hours to get back down. Our legs are not happy. No cameras allowed inside the monastery itself.

[Slipper]

That is stunning. Wonderful for that cloud break.

Looking again, does that rock face overhang the monastery?

[KimC]

Wow!

[kdoc856]

When there's an excellent subject, excellent conditions, and an excellent photographer, magic can happen. This one is aching for a frame.

[Donald]

Even if you don't make another decent image during the rest of these couple of months, this one will have made all the jet-lag worthwhile.

[Kaye Leggett]

Wow and wow again. That is one classic shot

[dje]

I've just come across this and all the superlatives have been used up. All I can add is "excellent!"

Dave

[MarieV]

+1 to all of the above comments - it is just wonderful.

[John 2]

On holiday and on a tablet but I just had to comment on this. It is one of those shots that stand out in a life time of photography. Enviable and superb.

[IzzieK]

I must chime in too...Superb shot! One in a million..

[thegman]

what an excellent image Manfred, it must have been a great feeling to see this emerge form the clouds.