Images From Tibet - I Photo

Photographer’s Note

My journey to Mt. Kailash and the Mansarovar Lake in the heartland of Tibet during August 2000 will remain forever an experience to cherish. It was a long hard month-long trek beginnning from the foothills of Kumaon range in India climbing steadily over rough terrains and finally crossing the 17,000 feet high Lipulekh Pass and crossing over to Tibet. The long journey along the barren and dusty landscapes of Tibet first took us to Taklakot and then onwards to Darchen, our base for the Parikrama (trekking around) of Mt. Kailash.
Mt. Kailash is a holy mountain to more than just one religion. It is an amazing mountain, almost pyramid shaped with four faces, and four great rivers of the Indian sub-continent flow from its area -- Karnali (which feeds the Ganges), Indus, Sutlej, and Brahmapurta. The mountain is 6714m high, and has never been climbed. For the Hindus - it is the domain of Shiva, the Destroyer and the Transformer. To the Buddhist it is the kingdom of Demchok, a wrathful manifestation of Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha. The Jains also believe their saints were emancipated here, and the Bon (the ancient religion in Tibet) believe that their founder alighted from heaven here.
Many pilgrims of all religions come to worship the mountain and to walk around it. The route is 53 km long, starting at the town of Darchen just south of the mountain, going up the western valley, then crossing the 19,000 feet high Dolma Pass to the north of the mountain, and walking down the valley to the east of the mountain all the way back to Darchen. Buddhist and Hindus walk clockwise, Bon walk the other way around...
Normal people and pilgrims do it it three days. Tibetan hard-core pilgrims do it in one long day starting very early and finishing very late. Some real hard-core do the whole way prostrating - which takes about three weeks. I consider myself neither hard-core nor religiously fanatic and hence covered the trek in three days. In this series I will be sharing some of the images I had clicked during my journey. This is a portrait of a Tibetan woman who was a fellow pilgrim during our journey.
I was usuing a SLR camera back then and all images are scanned.

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sunilshukla (844) 2006-06-30 15:49

Hey Saby,
Great post my friend. Considerin its a scanned image, the details r amazinly good. A++ note.
Sunil

lucasdasilva (557) 2006-06-30 15:57

Again veri good portet from the Indian master. I like ur pictures veri much. So full of colr end life.

isabela_sor (42317) 2006-06-30 16:02

Amazing and a strong portrait again...For a scanned image is splendid the result,Sabyasachi ...A real master of portraits!
Have a nice week end
Isabela

delkoo (34578) 2006-06-30 17:04

Hi Sabyasachi
interesting note and great portrait I would like to do this trek ,it must be very exciting to walk with those pilgrims.
thanks

didier

lukas (2027) 2006-06-30 18:18

Excellent portret, beautiful light, the face has a extraordinary expression!!
Congratulations..!
Luc

Angshu (33975) 2006-07-01 0:17

Dear Sabyasachi
A very good scanned image...wonder how you get so beautiful effects & colurs. Hope you can guide me.
I like the details here, the wrinkles are so strong. Excellent colours and BG has made this a very good portrait.
Well done!
Regards
Angshu

quetzal (3467) 2006-07-01 4:41

Hi Sabyasachi,
Very cute portrait of this woman. Excellent framing. It is full of life and colors.
REgards
Jean-Louis

Nilay (1323) 2006-07-01 5:50

hi,
Very nice portrait,
Colors and the details are well done,
tfs :)
Nilay

northspirit (249) 2006-07-01 7:09

Hello Sabyasachi
very well photo and interesting photo.
thanks for sharing...

Burak

rbcy1974 (20746) 2006-07-01 8:52

Hello Sabyasachi
I like a lot the portrait and colours, nicely captured expression. There is a bit too much shade on her face you could correct it with photoshop
Regards
Daniel

chanjits (4409) 2006-07-01 9:17 [Comment]

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Buin (38100) 2006-07-01 9:40

Hallo Sabyasachi!
What an impressive face, furrowed like the region the lady lives in. Hearing about Tibet I always must think about that, what has been done to this people and this culture - and the world looked the other way ...
Well, thank you for the interesting note. I always was interested in Mt. Kailash and the histories around it. An outstanding mountain ...
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

rahul__rahul__ (2250) 2006-07-01 13:34

Hi Sabyasachi
nice picture and interesting note, I like thedetail of her jewelry and the colors are nice, and the plain background with texture is good too.
Good job
TFS
Rahul

Jeronimo (1377) 2006-07-01 19:35

Very nice photo Sabyasachi, good colours and this women so beautifull in this photo.
Good job.
See you.

veve (4149) 2006-07-02 1:52

Hllo Sabyasachi!
A very good portrait of a Tibetan woman!
Excellent colors and a very good scanned image!
Interesting note!
Have a nice day!
Veronica

Dragonheart (8393) 2006-07-02 2:37

What an impressive portrait Sabyasachi, you are master in portraits. Well framed, excellent colours, perfect sahrpness.
Well done!
Regards,
Vivek

jinju (14265) 2006-07-02 4:39

Hi Saybasachi,

congrats on the 140points photo! Well deserved for sure.
The scanning has taken some quality from this shot in terms of sharpness. It seems a bit soft but you arent the only one to face that problem. This is a very nice portrait bot in terms of the vivid colors and designs of he clothes but also the great expression on her face.

FORJP001 (3819) 2006-07-02 15:44

Sabyasachi

Colorful picture of a venerable Tibetan woman who was a fellow pilgrim during your journey.

Thanks to the photographer's note, FORJP001 could not tell the sex of the of this Ancient.

Jean-Pierre

Kenny10pin (19301) 2006-07-03 0:36

very nice picture, I like the details and the pose, well done

sayan (2609) 2006-07-03 2:26

Hi Sabyasachi,
I told you earlier that you have mastered in taking portraits. This one is a strong reflection of the fact. Yes, it seems that we both are uploading photos from China. That coincidence is great! Regarding the photo, this is very colourful and has a great sharpness. I like the expressions on the face. Though the face is a bit dark, but that doesnot matter, Great work!
regards,
Sayan

Budapestman (42566) 2006-07-06 17:23

Hi Sabyasachi!
You posted a perfect portrait again. Very impressive shot I like it very much. Note is very good and interesting.
Thank you for sharing, Nice days
George

MLINES (10922) 2006-07-08 3:16

Hi Sab, Some of your portraits are superb and this one certainly is. You seem to have captured the essence of this woman. Good note, most interesting. Congratulations. Murray.

saigon (5509) 2006-07-11 15:58

bien jolie composition!
vous avez une gallery fantastique!
bravo!
aldo.

pboehringer (770) 2006-08-23 0:22

Beautiful portrait of this typically tibetian face and clothing. There is really no similarity at all with the chinese and though Tibet is politically a part of China.
I would love to see your landscape pictures from this trek around Mt. Kailash. Are you planning to do so?
Best Regards, Peter

deblink (2548) 2006-09-03 1:21

Hi Sabyasachi,
This is another one of your fantastic portraits. Her facial expression tells a million stories. One can tell that life is not easy in Tibet. Well captured, I love it. Note is fantastic too, thank you for sharing.
Cheers, from Australia.
Debbie.

branley (3681) 2007-02-01 11:22

Hi Sabyasachi,

you have some fine detail in your image along with some strong colours and texture. The woman and her head dress contrast very well with the light yellow wall. It's a wonderful portrait and your note makes me want to visit Tibet. A superb shot, well done.

Regards

Stephen