"CHINGGIS" TOURIST CAMP Photo

Photographer’s Note

When we first arrived in Ulaan Bataar it was late. All we wanted to do was get out of UB and on to the steppe. The next morning we were walking down Peace Street and came upon Sumar Magic Tours. We went in and saw their advert for Chinggis Tourist Camp.

They said, "It has a great location in the beautiful natural Tuul river Nomad's Sacred Valley of streams, pine trees, just 50km to the South-eastern side of "Terelj" National Park and 55km from UB. Our "Chinggis" Tourist Nomadic Camp, was inaugurated in July 2002 in memory of "Chinggis" Khaan's 840th Birthday Celebration!."

Well it was out of the budget but it was out of UB and looked great. So we spent the next two days relaxing on the great Mongolian steppe.

siolaw, Jeronimo, rafelito, Robbienight, Paolo, delkoo, efigesta, cunejo200, rtome has marked this note useful

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Paolo (40445) 2006-09-15 5:31

Hi Benjamin, another great view of your excellent Mongolian series!
Mongolia it's a fantastic country!
that view with the long shadows and the large pano view on the back of the house is fantastic.
excellent quality and composition.

thanks, ciao

Robbienight (611) 2006-09-15 5:31

Wonderful landscape and good photo also!
I like the warm light of the sun on the wooden walls of the small house, it creates atmosphere.
Nice composition also, with the house on the left and great space left to the landscape.

bibs69 (3205) 2006-09-15 5:34

Hello Benjamin,

Nive view of the steppe, certainly more calm than UB :) The light is great and I like the white spots of the yurts on the steppe.

Best regards, Laurent.

gigi (2668) 2006-09-15 5:45

bonjour Benjamin
tres beau paysage de steppe
avec une tres belle lumiere
l'element humain apporte un plus a la photo
bravo
jean louis

jemaflor (36452) 2006-09-15 6:14

Hi Benjamin,
Nice landscape and good composition with this house in a great panorama, beautiful ligth too.

aralda (1240) 2006-09-15 6:44

Hi Ben,
The light is wonderful here... and I imagine you had a great time at this little place.
Raluca

delkoo (31618) 2006-09-15 7:09

hi benjamin
you have got a very "sweet" ligth to illuminate the house in wonderful landscape.

well done
didier

efigesta (12181) 2006-09-16 7:07

Hi Benjamin
great shot here, the colors and the light so amazing here, great idea

regards
manuel

stewils (481) 2006-09-16 8:51

The scenery is just amazing. A great shot.

macondo (11881) 2006-09-16 9:51

Marvellous, absolutely marvellous. Best shot I have seen today. So far, anyway. Beautifully composed in a lovely end-of-the-day light. I love that relaxed looking person leaving the house, and the expansive panorama behind. Don't know what jinju is complaining about!
Regards,
Andrew

jinju (14259) 2006-09-16 21:24

Hey Ben,

I do like the shot overall. What I think is good is your framing, the fantastic view onto the valet and the light. And you know I lik people in my shots but here, I think that this person somehow doesnt fit. If you couldnt get a Mongolian here (imagine a shepphard, that would rock) then I think a shot without anyonewould maybe be preferable.

As for tomorrow, after 10:30 am Im free to go shooting but Im meeting someone at 3 at Insadong.

rafelito (3641) 2006-09-17 14:53

Hi Benjamin
Wonderful use of light and nice background.Many regards, Rafael

izmirli (2707) 2006-09-17 20:02

merhaba benjamin
very nice nature picture.beautiful landscape and lovely house.beautiful colours.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

PeterC (2242) 2006-09-17 23:39

Ben,
Great landscape with fantastic light. Great compositiona and i think the person works really well here.
Cheers
Peter
next week you free Sat?

Jeronimo (1377) 2006-09-18 0:28

Nice shot Benjamin, I enjoy the place! It whould be very interesting to know the mongolian culture.
See you.

siolaw (24920) 2006-09-18 4:58

Hi Benjamin,
Many tourists in Mongolia??
A nice view in fine light with great colors
Well composed with a funny house in a fine spot
Well done
Laurent

cunejo200 (7005) 2006-09-18 13:35

Hi Benjamin,
The lighting in this gorgeous landscape photo is particularly good. The rolling hills, fence, and the girls tepping out really add visual appeal. Well done. Best wishes. Danilo

oochappan (22431) 2006-09-19 6:21

You really can jump in to this beautifull landscape well enhanced by the golden hour moment to get the warm colortone and the soft shadows thrown by the clouds over the hills, a well placed bungalow aside lightened up in the warm sun with the person scaling it and making it more lively.

prumod (8237) 2006-09-25 10:01

hi benjamin
very good shot from mongolia... i could enjoy the geography of mongolia at background... nice building and colors at the foreground...
greetings
pramod