the Potala from my hotel's roof's by plancarpin

Lhasa - China, Tibet unusal view of a world famous landmark..early morning shoot, just after light snow storm

Uploaded: Aug, 02 2008 | Taken: Apr, 05 2007| Viewed: 91 times  | 16 votes Camera: NIKON CORPORATION | Model: NIKON D80 | Exposure 10/4000s, ISO 400 | FLength: 170mm | SW: Imagerie numérique d'ACD Systems

horourke - Aug, 02 2008 11:08am The red Palace shows very well in this angle. Are these prayer flags flying near to your camera? plancarpin - Aug, 02 2008 12:08pm Hi Hugh, thanks for yr comments! the prayer's flags were hung on the building adjacent to my hotel (Tibet Gurkha's Hotel, in the old town); to allow a nice view of the Potala, one had to climb on the hotel's roof, otherwise the view was hidden by flags cheers! jp mistybleu - Aug, 03 2008 08:08am Great picture; I think the prayer flags adds a bit of a flare to the building. Nice one! plancarpin - Aug, 03 2008 10:08am thanks mistybleu! more to come... ;-) basia - Aug, 03 2008 11:08am Most interesting photo. Good shot. frenchfrog - Aug, 04 2008 02:08am Un avant de mon prochain voyage au Tibet. Can't wait to see this next month!! Looks great with the prayer flags... plancarpin - Aug, 04 2008 02:08am thanks to Basia and frenchfrog for yr comments! message pour frenchfrog, lucky you! memesi tu ne dors pas au Gurkha's Hotel (dasn la vieille ville), tu peux facilement y manger( bon resto au 2eme etage) et de là, (a midi deulement, le soir il fera nuit), tu montes un etage de plus, et a droite en haut des escaliers, tu verras le point de vue identique a la photo); ensuite, il faut juste monter sur le toit pour avoir encore une meilleure vue! tashi deleks et bon voyage! tu fais la route lhasa/KTM ? si oui, ne manques pas de visiter le village de Ngor, pres de Shigatse et monte jusqu'au monastere, au dessus du village..magnifique!! rrooo la la, tu me fais envie, tiens! pas besoin d'un porteur? ;-) joe_schmidt - Aug, 10 2008 07:08am Simply excellent work. Great picture. plancarpin - Aug, 16 2008 01:08am Joe, thanks for your comments! gufoteck - Aug, 17 2008 03:08pm Photos dense with meaning. The majesty of the mountain seems to want to protect the knowledge preserved in the monastery. What say ... Wow, Andrea. plancarpin - Aug, 17 2008 11:08pm Grazie mille Andrea! jorgesanchez - Nov, 13 2008 08:11am Oh! This picture is like the one posted by Isabelle yesterday. But you were first! pesu - Nov, 13 2008 08:11am Isabelle's pic is very nice, but your's is great because of the composition, the colours and the light. gloriajames - Nov, 13 2008 08:11am wow! this is a stunner! 5***** plancarpin - Nov, 13 2008 09:11am Jorge, Petra and Gloria: thanks for comments friends! just a question: did you have a meeting on Globo a 1.11pm today? ;-) all watching the same pic at exactly the same time... gloriajames - Nov, 13 2008 07:11pm oh....what a coincidence! (";)