Jharkot, a photo from Dhawalagiri, West

Photographer's Note

The scanning doesn't do justice to this photo. Neither do the printed 30x40 version I have on the wall at home. I guess that the latitude of colours and tones is just too much.

The place is absolutely magical, as you can see in TE Jarkhot gallery. Shame on me, there you can also see that mine is the worst picture there and that the place is really something.

Jarkhot is on the famous Annapurna circuit trek, on the way from Jomsom to Muktinath, the later being an important hindu and buddhist pilgrimage site and the first village West of the famous Thorong La pass.

It's a charming little village at perhaps more than 3000 meters high, with a nice gompa (Tibetan Buddhist monastery) perched on edge of a cliff - you can see its profile approximately on the middle of the image, in the angle of the dark area.

UPDATE: All these 12 years I thought that one of the peaks on the back was Dhaulagiri (8000+ meters high), but today someone kindly informed me that it is visible from the place where I shot it but it doesn't appear on the photo, as it is more to the left.

You can read about what I did the day I shot this photo in http://www.geocities.com/nepal_indiafaq/nepal-travelog/d10.htm

I reposted the photo after I flipped it horizontally.

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Update 31-Mar-2008:

Link to all my posts of this area: *.

Location (latitude, longitude): 28.8179,83.85

Note on the location in TE: according to Wikipedia, all this region, from Jomsom to Lo Manthang and Muktinath is part of Dhawalagiri district [te]. I put my posts in the Gandaki district following the others, as almost no one posts their photos of the region in the supposedly right place.

cuneyt-sb, robertosalguero, xuaxo, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

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tifah (836) 2006-09-26 17:48

amazing shot, i never saw the previous one that you posted but the time and moment that you managed to capture in the mountains is stupendous. a really uplifting natural landscape, thanks.

fijiphil (1355) 2006-09-26 22:11

I like the play of light you have captured here Jose, the sense of atmosphere that Jharkot exudes has come across well. Shame about the poor quality of the scan though.

kurekpit (401) 2006-09-27 18:23

Nice shot,very interesting pleace
but quality is not good
Well capture

Best regards

* Piotr *

erinn (58) 2006-09-29 4:52

Hi Jose!

Although the quality is not good, but you show us with your photo a spectacular landscape with beauty lights and colors. I imagine the sensations that can be felt in a place like that. TFS

Regards!

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2006-09-30 8:57 [Comment]

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tatadalou (7459) 2006-09-30 14:17

Hi Jos�,
Sure that the scan make lose quality to the picture but the colours and the landscape are so great that you are excused!
Delphine

DarkoG (8) 2006-10-05 4:35

ALthough, as you said scaning does'nt do justice to this photo, it is a very good photo. It had certain very charming sense of freshness. I like ut.
By the way, scaning increase noise. This can be reduced with software called NeatImage (you can downloadit from internet). I try to use it on your photo and I think result is quite satisfactory. I posted it as WS to show you.
Anyway beside that technicallity this is a very good landscape.
Regards Darko

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Yar (793) 2006-10-07 14:46

it is a good photo, i can difficult discuss a technique being new to photos, but the scenery is really magical
it gives a ... feeling of the place where you were

Bluejeans (64251) 2006-10-16 17:36

Ola jose fantastica atmosfera , que paisagem bem diferente das de Portugal . Valeu!!!!
Um abra鏾 Gon鏰lo

robertosalguero (292) 2006-10-17 2:51

Scanners are notorious for ruining very nice pictures. This picture is nice. I like the different colors and the perspective of the mountains with the diffused light coming from above. This picture remind me of one of my own pictures because of the colors. I think the quality is still good enough to see some details. Nice work Jose.

Roberto

Benedict (7076) 2007-01-03 0:18

hi jose,
whatever- the details are still there, and yes i like it, period!
benedict

javelot800g (69) 2007-01-27 22:58

Hi Jose

i like how the mountains are getting disapear in the picture,the first ones you can see them but as far as you go into the photo they disapear and dont see them clearly

Samir

paura (25802) 2007-04-15 15:16

Jos�,
Interessante essa foto. Os diversos n韛eis de profundidade e de formas d鉶 uma compsi玢o muito boa. As pequenas constrtu珲es em primeiro plano s鉶 igualmente interessantes.

Paulo

batalay (41261) 2007-04-22 7:52

Ol� Jos�,

This is one of the most impressive shots I've seen in your growing gallery. The stark contrast of light and shadows, and the sharp images in the front fading away into the degraded light of distance is a lesson for artists. I looked at the shots by others of Jarkhot; you are being modest. I like yours very much. Finally, thanks for a useful note. If you had a good digital camera 13 years ago, this might be somewhat sharper, but it is excellent for scanned slide from Ektachrome film.

Enjoy your Sunday,
Bulent

xuaxo (6854) 2007-09-29 12:55

Ol� Jos�,
Cheguei aqui ap髎 "One year in TE" ;-)
� pena esta ser digitalizada, pois as sombras, luz e cores, al閙 do ambiente espectacular, prometem fotos magn韋icas neste local.
Um abra鏾, F

COSTANTINO (117616) 2008-02-14 8:06

Hi Jose,
This a a photo like a postcard and an
atmosphere interesting.
VERY GOOD COLOUR,bravo
Constantino

UnTrained (0) 2008-07-17 4:50

Ol� Jos�,
one of both missed for sure. :-(
Not sure which one. My problem with the light could not be changed with this real view.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

pablominto (53746) 2008-12-19 2:02

Hello Jose,

The nature is stunning and need no extra drama to catch attention!
The fading mountains in a distance adds a touch of mystery, enhanced by the presence of buildings...
Well done on handling the analogue image, converting to the digital medium!

Greetings,
Pablo -