I agree with that philosophy but, without the caption I'd find it difficult to recognise the monastery as a 'work of man'. The image probably needs to be a bit larger to get the full impact.
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:53:11 -0400, "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > That's what makes the shot, for me - the works of man reduced > to insignificance by the landscape. > > On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 02:19:39PM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: > > Stunning landscape - just a pity that the monastery is so small in the > > frame. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > > > > > > On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:59:55 +0530, "SJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > hi, > > > > > > one more.... > > > > > > at about 15,000ft in ladakh, india, is the changthang plateau and hanle > > > is the biggest town there. it has the world's highest telescope (builit > > > by an american company) installed there which is operated and > > > controlled through satellites from bangalore more than 2,000 miles away. > > > > > > the town also has a monastery built in the mid 16th century. this photo > > > was taken from the observatory and one of the instances i wished i had > > > a slightly longer lens. i had just taken the 16-45.... the whitish > > > thing on the foreground ridge is the monastery.. :-) > > > > > > http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/PESO/photo#5216749476302646770 > > > > > > comments and critique welcome... > > > > > > regards, subash > > > > > > -- > > -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

