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    Thiksey Monastery (image rich)

    Thiksey Monastery is the largest in Ladakh and often reminds people of the Potala Palace, in Lhasa, Tibet. I tool a series of shots during our morning visit. The monks were extremely scarce - we saw two or three during our entire visit, so that is why there are no shots of monks in this series.

    1. Thiksey Monastery

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    2. Maitreya (Future Buddha) at Thiksey Monastery. It was installed in 1970 for the visit by the Dali Lhama. It is 15m / 49 ft high. This image was created from 5 hand-blended, bracketed shots.

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    3. Chorten - these are monuments to important people. In some places, in the past, ashes of the deceased were placed inside them, but that is not the case with these chorten.

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    4. Prayer wheels

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    5. Door leading to a temple in the monastery

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    6. Time for some abstract shots. This is a shot of shadows on a stairway (the shot has been rotated by 90 degrees).

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    7. More abstract stairs.

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    Great color! The two abstracts are really inventive; great eye for seeing them.

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    Wow, wonderful!

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    Nice angles and exposures.

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    Great colors and as John wrote nice angles.

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    Very nice set.
    My only wish is that #3 had something to give some scale in it. Maybe thats just me but I keep looking at that one and wondering, how big are they?
    Maybe I'm just nosey

    Ps love the abstract ones Manfred

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    Lovely set. Particularly like the first and last and the way the first is the big picture and the last the little detail

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mutley View Post
    Very nice set.
    My only wish is that #3 had something to give some scale in it. Maybe thats just me but I keep looking at that one and wondering, how big are they?
    Maybe I'm just nosey

    Ps love the abstract ones Manfred
    Thanks - the main reason for my framing in #3 is that the car park was right in front of these and somehow the taxis and loitering taxi drivers did not add to the atmosphere. Here is a shot I took when we arrived at the site and before the car park started to fill up. The hand rail should give you an idea of size.

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    All wonderful and beautiful images. Abstract different and eye catching.

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    Really great images; i feel being there

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    Wow! they're kinda way bigger than I thought
    Thanks for that.
    Oh and I see why you framed it like you did now.

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    Re: Thiksey Monastery (image rich)

    Great set of images!

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    Wonderful series Manfred.

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    Excellent shots Manfred.
    #1 is a center spread for a travel magazine, as is the shot of Stakna Monastery from a previous post.
    My personal favourite is #7 the Abstract Stairs.
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    Re: Thiksey Monastery (image rich)

    That's a wonderful set Manfred. I particularly like the abstracts and I'm intrigued by the first image. I can't help wondering what goes on in all those little boxes.

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    Re: Thiksey Monastery (image rich)

    Quote Originally Posted by John 2 View Post
    . I can't help wondering what goes on in all those little boxes.
    That's where they store the monks, i.e. their apartments.

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