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Pure genius. What framing!!

A broken barbed wire fence cannot constrain the immense beauty of nature. View from near Nohkalikai at Sohra, Meghalaya, India. One can see the flood plains of Bangladesh in the far distance reflecting the colours of the glorious sky.

Laitlum - literally meaning End of Hills, is a hilltop near Smit, Shillong, Meghalaya, India where the hills abruptly fall into the gorge below. Not quite on the tourist trail, but worth a visit for the grand vista it offers. And if the light is right, magnificent images are there for the taking.

Thanks for your kind comments Hans-Peter and Michail. That cyan spot Michail is a result of lens flare. Will definitely clone that out.

By the the approach road to the Tso Moriri lies the greenish Kyagar Tso, which is relatively a small salt water lake. Each turn of the road reveals the lake bit by bit, and this is one such view. Not a soul except us, while we view this magnificent landscape, with a beautiful canopy of clouds above, the light filtering through and the lake shimmering at the base of the mountains beyond. A glimpse of heaven, a bit barren maybe but still heaven. In Ladakh, India.

The road winds down the hills beyond, while the evening sun sets the landscape afire. At Mawphlang, Meghalaya, India.

Thanks Larry for your input. I have a bracketed set of this frame, and I sure will try for a monochromatic hdr.

Monsoon clouds fly unhindered across the plains of Bangladesh and then hit the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya, India) which rise suddenly from the plains. And up the vertical slopes the clouds go, only to bring down a tremendous amount of rainfall, which in the monsoons fills up the streams and the waterfalls around with volumes of water. The 305 m Kynrem Falls, the 7th highest waterfalls in India, is one such, with the water falling down over three tiers and then flowing down into Bangladesh below. Rendered this in B&W to lay emphasis on the elements at work, the clouds and the water, while in composition gave equal emphasis to sky and the waterfall.

A beautiful 98 m falls near Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Called "Kshaid Weitden" in the local Khasi language, it's near Mawshbuit village. It has a straight pencil of water falling down, as if straight from a faucet. It is a very pretty falls, and in my schooldays we used to trek to the base of the falls, but now the local authorities have constructed a viewing platform and going down below is prohibited, though from what I remember from treks made long ago, the view from the base was spectacular. Made visit recently, but by the time made it there, the sun had gone down the horizon, but not without colouring the strip of clouds near the horizon. Processed the image to make it look the way it looks. C&C welcome.