Reflection, a photo from Himachal Pradesh, North

Photographer's Note

Next in Chandratal series... it took me almost an hour to capture this reflection in the pristine waters of Chandratal. A strong breeze was creating continuous ripples on the surface of the lake. I remember that I captured this as soon as the waters turned calm and I was lucky... as soon as I had captured this, the breeze was back... the reflection literally "vanished into thin air"... and then it was already time for us to pack up n leave:(

Fairy Tale Lake Chandratal is located in the Lahaul-Spiti region of the Himalayas. One of the five most beautiful lakes in the the Himalayas, Chandratal is at an altitude of almost 14500 feet(4500 mts). Its beauty is particularly enhanced on a full moon night. There is a beautiful trek from this region to Surajtal(or Sun Lake) near Baralacha Pass.

To reach Chandratal, you have to cross Rohtang La coming from Manali and then proceed left towards Kunzum La. After passing through Chhatru n Chhota Dara, you reach Batal, which is around 150 Kms from Manali n 15 Kms from Chandratal. Although a couple of those 15 Kms is motorable, it is better to start trekking from Batal itself.

Removed noise & maginta hue and cleaned up the overall image.

See Chandratal for more details.

Dakota55, moxon, sajith oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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rich (1199) 2005-05-06 8:45

This is beautifully composed and I like the way you've included part of the bank in the foreground instead of just relying on the mountains and their reflection to do the job. One small problem is that it seems to tilt down slightly to the right - this can be easily solved by rotating a few degrees to the left. Nice one.

Dakota55 (392) 2005-05-13 12:41

This is a lovely landscape shot. The small piece of land on the bottom right hand side makes the picture. It give some scale and helpe to balance the strong blue sky in the top right hand side.
Well Done
Cheers Rob

moxon (78) 2005-08-04 2:58

Beautiful. You've composed this very well. The colours and reflections are lovely. Makes me want to visit this area.

akhi (0) 2016-07-29 2:21

hi amol i saw the original and the final version.what improvement you brought out.great to see.curios original was it a raw file or jpeg.what was the camera iso shutter speed aperture and focal length.much thanks.