Caravan Trail to Manang

The ancesters cut this trail through the rock to make the access to

the remote Manang valley easier. Today it is one of the most famous

trekking trails. Karl

Beautiful capture! It's dizzying to look at!

Stunning vertical pano, thanks for posting ! The caravan adds a feeling for the dimensions, make the shot perfect

Outstanding!

WOW!!!!!!

There is something in the vertical wall of rock, which conveys the whole verticality of the country.

 

The whole caravan is interesting even though the silhouetted animal against the bright patch makes much of the shot for me. I might have done without the person at the right end of the trail, though.

 

All in all, this is another well-crafted shot of yours, which tells a great story with the panoramic format.

Most unusual pano , what an eye to see it , and really compose the essential.Could not stop looking at this one....

I saw "Himalaya", yesterday night... it was impossible not to think of the verticality of the shot when the caravan had to pass those tiny paths cut into the cliffs over a lake.

Had to come back here to mention it!

"Himalaya" or "Caravan" as this movie from Eric Valli is called in English is a landmark movie from Dolpo. One of my favorate movies ever. The trail in this picture in Manang is a motorway compared to the precarious trail along the Phoksumdo lake where the Caravan of Eric Valli passed... By the way, the blue-green panorama with the small stupas in my Nepal Panoramas is shot in Saldang, from the house of Tinley the old hero of the Himalaya movie, about two weeks walk away from the airstrip in Jomson. Karl

Great eye. Would love the opportunity to hike there.

Simply stunning Regards Ken.

much better details - what have you done?

regards alex

Alex, can you still remember the first version which I replaced ages ago? Basically I did an increase of the detail contrast with the sharpening tool with a setting of about 15/60/0. I think you know this magic trick when there are not many details visible within similar areas of a photo. Kind regards. Karl

Excellent use of Hasselblad X Pan panoramatic capacity despite in very unusual way. I like your composition and the way you managed very high-contrast scene! Excellent work Karl, gorgeous scene, breathtaking indeed, not for cardiacs! Well seen and well done.