Heaven and Earth Photo

Photographer’s Note

This peak would be the shortest distant between Heaven and Earth. Continuing with the scanned images, and following up on the last post, we hiked from Rongbuk Monastery to the base camp. (No, I was not climbing Mt. Every, just to visit the base camp, because I wanted to return home safely). The wind started picking up, which made it really difficult to walk, and with the thin air and strong wind, I could barely breath. The great thing about the wind was that it cleared up the clouds that covered most part of Mount Everest. It was in full view at this point. The sight of it was just breath taking. Literally, I couldn’t breath. A true photographer I am, gasping for air, I still managed a few good shots of it.

At the beginning of our trip, our Tibetan guide warned us that we may not be able to see it. It is often time cover in clouds even on nice clear day. He said there were some tourist who waited for a week and never get to see it. I was just so thrill to have seen it in full view, and this lasted about 20 minutes or so before the clouds start moving in again.

Sagarmāthā in Nepali, Chomolungma or Qomolangma in Tibetan. or Zhumulangma in Chinese, known to most of us in the western world as Mount Everest – is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). The mountain, which is part of the Himalaya range in Asia, is located on the border between Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal, and Tibet, China.

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maximage (13478) 2009-11-05 9:43

Hello Way,
Paysage grandiose! mythique! Paysage éternel du Tibet.
J'adore!!
Amitiés.
max

HimalAnda (1060) 2009-11-05 9:46

Hello Way,

It should have been a wonderful trek ! With such lovely landscape, it was heaven, I guess.
I like the composition of this picture, the river driving the eye toward the mountain. And the deep blue sky is so beautiful...

Stéphane

Tweety (3380) 2009-11-05 9:51

Hello Way,
Superbe image ! Un paysage grandiose, tout en verticalité. Les couleurs sont très agréables et l'exposition difficile a été bien gérée.
Bravo à toi.
Christophe

Bartleby (4944) 2009-11-05 9:56

Hi Way,
wonderful sharpness, classic composition, deep blue polarized sky. All the elements for a good picture. thumbs up!

Philippe

Pablo25 (1743) 2009-11-05 9:58

hello Way,
simply beautiful my friend. Excellent light managment, fantastic sky and outstanding scenery, what else can I say? Very well taken.
best regards
Pawel

bema (8836) 2009-11-05 10:28

Hello Way,

you may had good luck to get such a beautiful outlook to that impressive peak, probably really the shortest way on world up into heaven..
beautiful colors and a great take, my compliments..

have a nice day, warmest regards Bernd

npecanhuk (14126) 2009-11-05 10:33

Hello Way!
Wonderful mountaineous landscape with excellent sharpness, exposure, dof, colors, vertical format, pov and composition!
I'd love to visit it some day!
TFS - congratulations!
Best regards,
Neyvan

sacimar (7445) 2009-11-05 10:44

Hi Way,

beautiful place, I like how to show us the Mount from the valley, it's really impressive, good colours, nice job!

Best regards

Sergio

patdeph (18020) 2009-11-05 10:57

hello Way
this landscape is somptuous,enhanced by wonderful colors!I'd really like to walk here!
Regards
Pascale

Jeppo (11990) 2009-11-05 11:04

Hi Way,

I think this shot was the huge effort worth....furthermore...such a sight can easily "take your breath away". that's probably why you had some breathing difficulties....

ciao
silvio

hardyuno (2387) 2009-11-05 11:27

Hi Way,
i think it was a great experience to have a look at this giant from this close distance. I like this image, especially the including of the stoney ground ind the FG. That's your special way to become depth to the picture. It's really great. TFS
Have a fine day
Hartmut

LOOOK13 (3001) 2009-11-05 11:46

Bonsoir.
Superbe cliché que tu nous présentes là.
Des couleurs éclatantes, une netteté extra, un trés bon cadarge vertical tres judicieux.
Tu as réussi une belle compo.
Bravo.

chawax (6065) 2009-11-05 11:49

Hi Way,
Fantastic view on the last floor before Heaven ! DOF is excellent, colours and light are outstanding. Very interesting note, as usual. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Olivier

Dashab (993) 2009-11-05 14:03

Hello Way,
What a spectacular photo! The luminous colours, the perfect sharpness, the great composition... The stones in the FG look like nuggets of gold. Compliments, Dasha

adores (15609) 2009-11-05 15:00

Hi Way!
Is this really scanned?? The quality is great!I understand really well what you must have felt there, the scenery seems amazing. I like this format to show the difference between the water passing through the golden rocks in foreground and that mountain covered with snow in background.The blue sky is fabulous and sharpness is perfect. Great work with the scanner!

Sistercosmo (2591) 2009-11-05 16:02

Hi Way,

is this really scanned? Wow, great quality, fantastic pov, a fabulous note too. To me, it looks like heaven ON earth!!

Thanks and take good care!
Linda

asajernigan (14200) 2009-11-05 17:22

Way,
This is a fine shot with the river leading the eye to the mountain. The lighting and colors are great as is the photo's sharpness. The deep blue sky provides nice contrast for the snow covered mountain.
TFS,
Asa

gneufeld (15179) 2009-11-05 18:01

Hi Way,
A stunner, this one! Gorgeous clarity and sharpness here to bring out the crisp and well saturated colors of this fine landscape. TFS. Gerald

subhendu_bagchi (3209) 2009-11-05 18:22

Another beautiful Mt. Everest photo from you, Way. It is crystal clear. Nice view. Congratulation for your successful trek, as you said it is covered most of the time by clouds. Nice foreground brown rocky ground and it is really contrasting with the white Everest. Great DOF and POV. Very well scan work. Tfs.
Congrats.
Subhendu

JT50 (857) 2009-11-05 23:21

Hi Way,
A lovely capture with
the fine elements of
the nature. The white
peak with the blue BG
looks nice.
Have a nice weekend.
Janak

pablominto (40876) 2009-11-06 4:11

Hello Way,

You capture so well the beauty of the hostile nature, a nature that will kill you if you make one wrong step!
The composition is attractive as the stream is cleverly used to take my eyes to the snowy summit...

I notice this is an aging image by now so I guess it is a scan from an original, very well done!

Greetings,
Pablo -

sayeed_rahman (2289) 2009-11-06 9:41

Beautifully offset..the blue just pierces the eye..the climate changes are so erratic that it irritates the trekker..

yeah the sherpas say and promise alot of things..but you need to do your own bit of research from local people too to make the most of the tour and hike..i mean you make it to tibet from the US..you are not going back anytime soon..is it ?

tc :)

sayeed

yquem46 (8098) 2009-11-06 9:49

Hi Way
Excellent quality for a scan. Really amazing
Looks like you're trekking in a field of golden nuggets.
Further you've been quite lucky with the weather. Such a view is not very often seen, I guess
well done
best
patrick

dkeus31 (26234) 2009-11-06 10:43

Hi Way
a nice one from your archive, the composition with the water is good, leading to the Chomolungma .
nice light
didier

magalik (1356) 2009-11-06 12:59

Hello Way,

I hope you found your breath since ! ;-)
Splendid new scan shot ! Colors, contrasts and sharpness are very impressive ! A scan photo you wrote, incredible the quality !
I didn't know it's so difficult to see Everest without clouds. You're really a lucky boy !
I have never seen mountains with these colors brown and white, it's very nice.
Thanks a lot for sharing this shot so rare Way.
I wish you a good trip in P....g...a !
Take care.

All the best,
Magali

anesugur (16926) 2009-11-06 13:18

Hello Way,
What a wonderful place.
Perfect colors, light and good clear photo.
Great work!
Best wishes. Uğur

Angshu (33815) 2009-11-07 0:57

Sabaidee Way
That's almost touching distance from Chomolungma. The small snow melted stream is a fine lead-in trickling through the boulders and stones. The exposure is superb...not very easy with the snow...but you were blessed to get clear blue sky. What a view!
Best Regards
Angshu

cd70 (725) 2009-11-07 1:23

Hello Way,
tout simplement excellent !!! La profondeur de ce paysage est impressionnante, tu réussis à offrir une composition très équilibrée avec des couleurs esthétiques. C'est une grande réusiite, bravo à toi !
Cyrille

holmertz (9755) 2009-11-07 6:50

Hello Way,
Looking very carefully at this photo, which is a bit similar in composition to many of your pictures from the US, I can see that the sharpness and colours are not quite up to the quality of your digital photos. Nevertheless it's a magnificent view, and you were lucky to see the mountain on a clear day.
I remember being in the mountains of northern India long ago, where for several days there were only clouds. Then one day there was a crack in the clouds and I saw the mighty Kanchenjunga. It was overwhelming.
Regards,
Gert

janusz2054 (903) 2009-11-07 8:13

Hello Way,
Beautiful place,fantastic pov.
Excellent sharpnes and colours.

Regards
Janusz

belido (16627) 2009-11-07 8:49

Hi Way,

I see you have a good photography sense since 2000 :) Very nice vertical framing of that beautiful nature. I like your play with the layers, from the foreground stones to the intense blue sky. The small river is also a nice focal point. Very good work!
Regards,
Carlos

plimrn (19686) 2009-11-07 9:19

Hi Way,
What an amazing sight; captured with perfect detail, color and framing - and all without being able to breathe!! Hiking the Grand Canyon must have been very easy compared to this.
HLJ, Pat

carper (65106) 2009-11-07 9:29

very beautiful Way on the top of the world.
a very nice photo, well taken good composition, fine contrast, looks me a nice and cold place, thanks for sharing have a nice day.
regard jaap

baba_flies (8025) 2009-11-07 9:59

Hello Way! Wow, you were in TIBET!!! Check out www.manuelbauer.ch (a famous Swiss photographer) ... if you are interested ... but coming back to your photo, your scans are just incredible, of really good quality. Love your long foreground with the stone and the little river leading over to this beautiful mountain with some snow on the top. What a land out here or rather up here, just amazing, away from everything, yes close to heaven maybe. Have a wonderful weekend, greetings from Switzerland ... dinner time ... Barbara.

cherryripe (19031) 2009-11-08 2:51

Hi Way
This is how I imagine the Himalayas - such wild landscape and the clouds to add atmosphere. POV with lots of depth and nice sharp details.
Regards
Nikki

shevchenko (9968) 2009-11-08 19:19

Hi Way,
The view is clear under the bright sunlight, nice to see the clean environment, good frame to the stream for leading our vision to the snowy peak, distinct color, good scanned photo.
Ally

paololg (13787) 2009-11-09 13:07

Ciao dear Way,
wonderful image, is really difficult to see the top of the Everest without clouds, in contrast with a beautiful blue sky. Your work has been winning with this suggestive vision. Thank you for sharing it with us!
Ciao, have a nice week!
Paolo

jhm (82759) 2009-11-10 4:17

Hello Way,

Lovely title for these wonderful picture.
What a quality and sharpness and clarity , we see the different colours very nice.
Nice perspective and real colours.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

Silversnow (2121) 2009-11-10 14:04

Oh I definitley must add my voice to the high praise for this gem of a picture, a fantastic composition, luck and magnificence for the top of of the world.

Kielia (8583) 2009-11-11 8:48

Hello Way,
finally I am able to understand why people want to climb this mountain! You are describing in your note this feeling excellently. This impression of Mount Everest is breathtaking indeed. And you have chosen a fantastic POV. Excellent photo work in every sense (also the scanning). Congratulation!
Warm regards
Harriet

jemaflor (39487) 2009-11-12 12:10

Hi Way,
Superb light and colors for this mountains panorama, good choice for the vertical format, interesting and beautiful résult.

bakes888 (18257) 2009-11-29 0:11

Hello Way.
You are lucky as are we that you share this shot. Well captured, excellent colours and clarity. I love the deep blue of the sky. Good composition also with excellent FG for depth. Thanks for sharing.
Have a good Sunday, Paul.

westcoastgirl1 (1345) 2009-12-01 22:10

Hi Way

the vertical format works well here
every inch of the photo is fantastic
I like the altitude range shown here
Nicely balanced

Tosca

sevy (13618) 2009-12-04 10:52

Hello Way,

I like to see photo of this summit from China side. It changes from what we are used to. Nice composition with the use of the river to drive the look in deepness to reach the summit.
Reading your note I understand you were lucky. Nice for us :-)

Yves.

PixelTerror (86282) 2009-12-07 11:02

HI Way
Even though still on Earth you benefit from Heaven blue sky conditions to make the blue more intense, good lead in with the river also
have a nice day JY

kiks (6107) 2009-12-08 14:31

Wonderful comosition. I love the warm colors at the fg and the magnificent Mount Everest at the beack. Wonderful POV that created so much depth.
Best regards
KIKs