Baralachala Pass Photo

Photographer’s Note

Well... we had to stop just a little before Baralachala Pass for the convoy to pass. In my entire trip to Leh, from Srinagar onwards, we got stuck in every possible convoy. It's quite a pain if you're not familiar with the convoy timings.

Well, we had to wait here for about 10 minutes (our driver refused to wait longer than that) and were asked to eat, drink and do whatever we had to within that time.

There are loads of little shacks just before the pass and this is a picture from one of them. I had a plate full of nice and hot daal and rice in one hand, the camera in the other and dumped the rest of the stuff I'd bought (biscuits, coke, chocolates) in my friends hand and clicked this.

In the far right, you can see part of the convoy, though they look like little ants and the where the mountains meet in the picture, starts the pass. It was beautiful but nippy here and except for the shacks, there was no habitation at all-not even bushes or flowers.

P.s I think its in Himachal.... shall ask 'ttmountainman' and correct it in the title if its not!
Tech: bordered the picture. no corrections..i always goof up!

kikvel, summer89, Kenny10pin, Olga, sohrab, avis2avis, nalo, nwoehnl, elihesamian, cmartos, kurtyang04, manu_itu, deshmukh has marked this note useful

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summer89 (5414) 2004-08-09 9:27

Hi Smrithi,

The landscape photo, i never went in a place like this one.

Well done

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-08-09 10:26

great shot, is this a scanned photo? the image is o.k though, maybe needs a little sharpnening thats all, great note

sohrab (7423) 2004-08-09 12:39

hi,
this is still himachal pradesh , but you should still confirm form vijay as he must have spent almost half his life this side. ive also got a photograph of baralachha pass and so does vijay. vijay has got it with lots of snow in it and i've got an evening shot.
take care

nalo (356) 2004-08-10 4:02

Very nice landscape. I love this region, after my study time I will go there...
Funny opposite from the colored foreground to the background!
Well done!

nwoehnl (118) 2004-08-10 14:55

Good depth in this view with the perspective focusing towards the valley in the background center, and good inclusion of the colorful man-made foreground elements. A unique scenery, Smrithi, thanks for showing it to us.

elihesamian (26091) 2004-08-12 14:31

A nice & interesting place you show us ,Thanks,My Friend!
About sharpening ,daniel have said above,but,..
texture of mountain with many white piece spot of snow is great in this shot,also sky with beautiful clouds as a bonus for it,great.well composed,too.
Thanks for sharing,Smrithi

cmartos (6086) 2004-08-16 19:58

So far from our daily-life city scenes and situations. I like your composition here, the opposition between the coloured foreground and the almost monochromatic background is very nice. Good crop too, thanks for sharing Smrithi!

rahul__rahul__ (2250) 2006-08-03 18:35

Hi Smrithi
nice POV, quality not so good but nevertheless nice.

**Location Note: You have this under BARALACHALA PASS. It is not spelled this way, it is spelled Baralacha. Please change the location of this and put it under "Baralacha La", as then we can make the locations of TE more organized and correct.

Thank you for your cooperation,
Rahul