One year in TE, a photo from Dhawalagiri, West

Photographer's Note

Exactly one year ago I did my first post in TE. I don't feel much inspired tonight to write something that can describe minimally what TE has been for me. TE quickly became an addiction, but certainly a very rewarding one. There are lots of websites out there where we can show our photos, view and critique photos of others; in many of them, our photos may even even get more viewers; in others, the average quality is higher; but as far as I know, no other online community is so successful in the genuine friendship bonds that are created and maintained and give us a special stimulation to keep improving your photos.

I am tempted to enumerate one by one every one of you that I consider true friends, but that would be either unfair to those I would forget, or tedious, because it is a difficult task to choose which ones "deserved" to be mentioned. I thank all of you that have been helping me much with your critiques and, perhaps even more important, have given me the pleasure of your "company" for so many hours. Although I have met only one in person (and he lives so far away from my home...), I feel I have spent more time with many of you than I have done with many of my closer "non online" friends.

I have never been good in choosing the things "I like best" or "I consider the best", so I decided to post this one that was shot shortly after my very first TE post. I'll also transcript the note of that post.

"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."

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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.

siolaw, robertosalguero, danos, Davids, lucasgalodoido, Docarmo, riclopes, Emile, cuneyt-sb, feather, kiwi_explorer, ChrisJ, xuaxo, jmcl, atus, pboehringer, cobbydale, rigoletto, balatrek, rakeshgupta, Wanda1, paura has marked this note useful

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batalay (41261) 2007-09-25 20:49

Hello Jos�,

I concur in the sentiment that no other website exists that I know of where wonderful shots can be seen, where participants forge friendships in the manner seen at Trekearth. Adam Silverman, the inventor of the site performed an immense favor for us. Congratulations on completing your first year at TE. You've posted a gallery of gems, and, in the best spirit of TE, educated those of us interested in seeing your many exotic parts of the world through your eyes.

Warmest regards, Jos�,

Bulent

siolaw (38294) 2007-09-25 21:06

Ola Jose,
First, let me congratu;ate you for you 1st TE birthday! And we can see this is pre TE if you look the quality... Anyway, I know this area and the spirit of the place is well conveyed with the soft colors and this nice lateral light visible in the mist. Ok, it lacks sharpness and there are some minor imperfections, but i dont want to spoil your birthday party!!!
Have a good time
Friendly
Laurent

UnTrained (0) 2007-09-25 22:23

Ol� Jos�,
warm and best wishes to your first anniversary on TE and thanks for nearly one year sharing more than captures. Never thought before that I would enjoy long written discussions.
Your scan shows a dark atmosphere, the sun left us or works for reappearance. Clouds hanging around the peaks hide the real view. Therefore a bit mystic mood.
I think you will have a lot of guests on your today's party here.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

robertosalguero (292) 2007-09-25 23:26

Congratulations on your first year Jos�. You have many fans around here and thanks for sharing your images with us. This is a nice image. It does look soft but the colours are very interesting. The layering of mountains and the foggy mood add to the character of the place. Nice scanning work :-)

Roberto

danos (110407) 2007-09-26 0:46

Ola Jose,
Congratulations on your first year in TE.A first rate panoramic capture of Jharkot. Indeed, it is so much better to provide the expansive horizontal view here. The subdued light, with the sun still painting pastoral colors in the clouds makes this a memorable shot.Very informative your note too.Well done Jose.

Regards,Danos

Davids (56) 2007-09-26 2:47 [Comment]

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ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-09-26 3:18

Parab閚s pelo teu anivers醨io no TE. Tem sido um przer ver o teu trabalho.
Concordo em absoluto com o que dizes sobre esta comunidade chamada TE. Como tu, t阭 sido as amizades feitas aqui neste s韙io que me t阭 mantido a participar.
Finalmente, gosto de ver aquele pico a fumegar e compreendo a escolha deste scan.
Ant髇io

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lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-09-26 10:59

Ol� Jos�!
Meus parab閚s pelo anivers醨io de TE, realmente esse site propcicia bastante conhecimento e amizades, eu gosto disso tamb閙, al閙 da oportunidade de conhecer os mais variados lugares do mundo, conversando com quem foi!
A foto est� bem interessante, dif韈il precisar se � a nuvem que est� no topo da montanha ou um vulc鉶 em erup玢o!
Parab閚s e Abra鏾!

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Bluejeans (64251) 2007-09-26 12:47

Ola jose, parabens pelo teu primeiro ano de TE , e pelas fotos que mos apresentas pelo teu bom trabalho e pela amizade que fazemos uns com os outros :)
Bonita sensa玢o de profundidade e um belo lugar para apreciar a paisagem sem stress !!!
Um abra鏾 Gon鏰lo
Esperamos por mais fotos tuas !!

vincz (19113) 2007-09-27 0:34

Un paysage tres evocateur et qui me ramene dans des contrees que j'ai toujours baucoup aime pour tes 1 ans sur TE. Les rayons de lumiere, les couleurs un peu pastels, tout contribue a la douceur. Un petit manque de sharpness sans doute mais peu importe la poesie est la. Bravo pour toute cette annee passee et toutes tes contributions.

riclopes (35577) 2007-09-27 0:40

Bom dia Jos�, com que ent鉶 um ano. Para dizer a verdade, pensava que j� estavas c� h� mais tempo. E tamb閙 pensava que j� tinhas mais de 188 posts. Gostei da nota. Eu tenho a certeza que passo mais tempo aqui do que com qualquer dos meus amigos, incluindo os mais chegados. A pr髕ima fase � passar a conhecer esta gente toda ao vivo - estamos a pensar fazer um grande jantar Portugu阺, em Janeiro, quando o Ant髇io vier da Austr醠ia visitar-nos. Quanto � foto, confesso que gosto mais da do teu 1� post. O que se percebe � a tua natural evolu玢o no tratamento de imagens e no teu caso essa evolu玢o � enorme. A qualidade � para mim, em muitos casos, secund醨ia e neste caso acho que a outra imagem � bem mais bonita ao n韛el da luz e cen醨io que � suberbo. N鉶 � que esta n鉶 seja tamb閙 bonita, mas n鉶 impressiona tanto. Mas concordo em absoluto com a escolha do local para comemorar o anivers醨io - ali醩, eu fiz exactamente o mesmo, no meu recente 2� anivers醨io. Estar aqui em cima a ver a luz a desaparecer � muito uma sensa玢o fabulosa, das melhores que consigo imaginar neste planeta. Dito isto, Muitos Parab閚s!
Desejo que esta partilha continue por muitos mais anos :)
Um grande abra鏾 e at� ao meu regresso,
ricardo

bostankorkulugu (42866) 2007-09-27 6:22

...so we are almost the same age on TE dear Jos�... i am only 2 weeks older:)... it is funny that i feel like i ve known you for ages, also many others around here... knowing you through your lens is great and i hope i ll meet you in person one day in the near future... congratulations my friend...

all the best

korkut:)

(..and for the picture, it is a good one for a 13-year-old shot, a bit dark at the bottom but still good...)

Docarmo (9767) 2007-09-27 6:50

Parab閚s, Jos�!
Bela imagem para comemorar, esta composi玢o quase m韘tica.
Uma justa comemora玢o, da qual fa鏾 quest鉶 de participar, enviando-lhe um abra鏾. Muito importante mesmo, como voc� disse, s鉶 as amizades que a gente faz aqui e poder partilhar nossas id閕as e nossas maneiras de ver o mundo. E, de acr閟cimo, aprender sobre fotografia - que � o meu caso. Tenho aprendido muito com tantos membros que est鉶 em um n韛el muito superior ao meu e que t阭 a delicadeza de me ajudar - como voc�.
Obrigada e espero poder continuar contando com voc� e com suas belas imagens por muitos e muitos anos!
Abra鏾,
Maria do Carmo

leonorkuhn (16237) 2007-09-27 7:27

Ol� Jos�,

Parab閚s pelo primeiro ano no TE, voc� j� come鏾u bem, postando uma foto muito bonita, revelando o seu "olhar" fotogr醘ico e qualidade t閏nica. De minha parte, tenho aprendido com os nossos di醠ogos, ultimamente em rela玢o ao filtro USM, que tenho evitado usar, ap髎 analisar os resultados. Espero que voc� continue partilhando as imagens e as cr韙icas conosco por muito tempo ainda.

Amizade
Leonor

danyy (0) 2007-09-27 14:36

Bonjour Jose,
une 'vieille' photo , interessante car elle montre les d閎uts de la 'carri鑢e' d'un photographe que j'appr閏ie.
J'aime les teintes un peu rosies et aussi ces diff閞ences de luminosit� des diff閞entes montagnes.
Regards.
Daniel.

Emile (20352) 2007-09-27 15:54

Hola Jose.
Felicitaciones en tu primer aniversario en TE, tambien te felicito por las excelentes fotos que has presentado durante ese tiempo en TE y la sencillez que te caracteriza como persona y como amigo, para mi es un gran placer haberte conocido a ti, a tu maravillosa esposa y tu hijo.
Tu foto con motivo de la celebracion esta muy buena, has hecho un excelente trabajo.
Un abrazo de tu amigo.

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2007-09-27 23:20

Hi Jose
Congrats birtday ;) Like me , my last photo for my birthday too. Nice to see that we are same time being member to TE.
More and more years and nice photos like this one.

TFS/Kind regards

feather (51130) 2007-09-28 8:48

Congratulations for 1 year on TE. I completely echo your sentiments about the TE community. Most of the time it is a very friendly place to be. We also benefit from your critiques, which are always thoughtful and helpful. This place obviously holds a special place in your heart, and, although the quality is not the best, it deserves the right to be here for that reason. Let's se what the next year will bring.
Kath

kiwi_explorer (12209) 2007-09-28 13:43

Hi Jose,
Congratulation for this milestone here in TE... I hope many more postings to come. For a scanned image, this has quite a very good quality. Well captured and composed with good depth and contrast. Excellent work! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

ChrisJ (172378) 2007-09-29 3:21

Ol� Jos�

Wonderful aerial perspective, with soft, muted colours. Fantastic pov with good lighting, tonal range, & sharpness. Tfs!

xuaxo (6854) 2007-09-29 13:48

Ol� Jos�,
Partilho completamente as tuas opini鮡s sobre o TE.
Uma das coisas curiosas � que eu tornei-me mais exigente nas fotos que fa鏾 e que escolho para publicar aqui, entre outras raz鮡s (e entre as principais) porque sei que alguns de v髎 as v鉶 ver e como amigos, ainda que on line, s� me permito dar-vos o melhor que tenho para oferecer, seja fotograficamente, seja em termos de mensagem ou mesmo de valor sentimental de algumas imagens.

Quanto a favoritos (fot骻rafos e fotografias) decidi retirar a lista, pois n鉶 conseguia mant�-la actualizada e n鉶 seria justo ter uns e n鉶 ter outros.

Esta est� interessante, nos v醨ios n韛eis de sombras e na "confus鉶" entre nuvem ou fumo de algum vulc鉶.
Um abra鏾, esperando continuar a "ver-te" por aqui (atrav閟 das tuas fotos, textos e conversas).
Francisco

jmcl (14535) 2007-09-29 17:50

Hi Jose,

This place has been blessed by your presence. Thank you for being here.

I love the tone .. I love the darkness . I love the layers .. I with the foreground was sharper .. a wonderful memory .. almost a dream .. very nice.

take care,

John

atus (15878) 2007-09-30 6:02

Hello Jos�
congratulations for your first anniversary here, on TE! Well celebrated with this old scanned photo of a fantastic atmosphere due to the softness and the very nice pastel colours.
Compliments once more and wish you more and more anniversaries like this.
Best wishes.
Attila

pboehringer (770) 2007-10-02 8:06

Jose,
a year full of experiences, joy, questions, highs and lows, friendship, learning, time waste in front of the PC, etc. I know what it means to be infected by the virus and have the symptoms of the disease TE-itis.
I remember quite well your start with your first shot and I'm proud that I was there from the very beginning! I hope for another year to come with the same intensity and friendship. Let's get out there and meet more people and there art!
Regards, Peter

cobbydale (1958) 2007-10-03 16:09

Great shot to mark your 1st year Jose. Doesn't matter about the scan quality - it still conveys a real atmosphere.
cheers
Leon

rigoletto (34279) 2007-10-05 10:28

Ola Jose,
And i congratulate your first year here. It feels as if much longer to me, because i can almost not remember my first critique to you. It feels as if ages ago...
Your posts have always been teaching to me, both photographically and informationwise. I think you are one of those who match the true idea of "learning about the world through photography". May you stay here for many years more...
Cheers,
Deniz

balatrek (7455) 2007-10-07 13:27

Hola Jose,

Lo primero felicitarte por el aniversario, 1 a駉 con buenos trabajos, espero que sean muchos m醩.

Una imagen misteriosa, llena de fuerza y unas texturas muy suaves, las siluetas de las monta馻s se funden con la luz creando una visi髇 diferente.

Un saludo
Jos�

rakeshgupta (2672) 2007-10-08 18:29

Hi Jose,
You chose really a great picture for your 100th post. It is giving inspiration to you as well all of us that we have to go very high and high..
Good colours and sharpness even though it is scanned and you have very well preserved those negatives which are now giving all of us positive rays.
Thanks and all the best.
Rakesh

jackart (6702) 2007-10-10 0:00

Hi Jose!

Congratulations for your first anniversary here, on TE! Interesting shot from exciting place. I very like great air perspective You captured. Good framing, beautiful open space.

Well done!

Regards
Jacek

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-10-11 20:44

Hi Jose,
Such beautiful light and soft pastel pinky colour. I love the layering in this shot, going from black and gradually getting lighter and lighter in each layer of the mountainscape as we go further in to the distance.
Congratulations on your mile stone and this is a lovely shot to celebrate it.
Regards
Wanda

paura (25802) 2007-10-18 17:12

Jos�,
Estou aqui me esfor鏰ndo para pensar alguma coisa positiva para falar sobre essa fotografia mas, penso, quando voc� obturou-a o que voc� estava vendo deveria ser bem mais bonito do que o que voc� consegue nos mostrar. Essa � uma fotografia dific韑ima, quase proibitiva. Os diversos tipos de montanhas e a grande gradua玢o de luzes que se apresentam � uma tarefa hercul韓ea mesmo para um fot骻rafo do seu quilate, com tantas fotografias maravilhosas como as que voc� apresenta.

Ao final, ainda restou uma fotografia razo醰el.

Abra鏾

Paulo