Startsabuk Tsho

I look out on this windswept land, denuded hills and let this clarity seep into my cluttered self....simplifying, magnifying, unburdened in this thin air. The colors whirl and shift around me, as light and form shimmer and dance, above the deep still waters.

Here, I tried to communicate the sense of space, clarity and calm that was my experience here, during a 3 1/2 week trek between 4,000 and 5,600 meters on the Chagthgang Plateau, with only myself, my (non-English-speaking) Ladakhi guide, one ponyman, 6 ponies and a foal.

Nikkon D700, Nikkor 17-35mm @ 17mm,
10 s @ f/16, ISO 100,
Singh Ray Mor-Slo 5 stop ND, Singh Ray 3 stop soft GND.