Travel Thru' The Lens: Images of Nepal

[wilswong]

Hi, just organised a trip to Nepal from Singapore. Here are some shots and a video (can only show so much because of the 10 min limit in Youtube).

Enjoy...critique welcomed.









More could be found at: Travel Thru The Lens: Nepal 2009 - a set on Flickr

Video linkYouTube - Images of Nepal

[butch3r]

Welcome to DPS family!
Last one is my fav! Great set!

[wilswong]

A few more...thanks for the welcome and comments!

[kgb224]

Wonderful series of pictures.I do like the one where you left the Monk climbing the stairs in color.

[dionzero]

Nice shots!!! TFS!!!

[wilswong]

Hi guys, thanks very much!

[anniehun]

Hi Wilswong,
I cannot give you any critique, simply because your images are awesome!! I love Nepal and think that your pictures do reflect the atmosphere and spirituality that surrounds you everywhere over there. I wish I had a camera, too, back in the day when I visited Katmandu. Btw, my absolute favorites are the 2nd one (the portrait of the little girl - tells a whole story) and the first one of the new series you posted - the Buddha one). Congrats!

[wilswong]

Annie, your comments made my day.

Kathmandu is indeed a very spiritual place. Being a Christian gave me another perspective about devotion (hence the monk climbing up the steep and numerous steps...)

The Buddha statue was selling in a shop and the shop window and the reflection of the stupa just made the perfect shot.

About the girl, she was 'serving' in the small alter just below the stupa. I find it refreshing scene, especially when I come from an Asian society where the buddha is prayed to as well.

[wilswong]

The above shot is taken with a compact camera. No post processing was done and it was raining pretty heavily. Despite the weather, they still ferry people to and fro an island in the middle of Phewa Lake in Pokhara.



A social commentary shot. The mirror with frames are like showing the two strata of society in nepal the monks and the common people yet sharing the same street.



This shot is one of my favourites. A row of puppets and frames and frames of colourful thankal drawings. Just brings out the vibrancy in the nepalese culture.



The people are praying and the colour is just magnificent with the bright poster colour red and yellow

[mattythenovice]

hello mate, right to start with i am a complete beginner but have got the photography big time, i just love what you done with the monk in colour, how did you take a shot like that???

i take it there was a certain degree of photoshopping yeah??

cheers matt