Lauri approaching Larke Pass, our highest point on the Manaslu Circuit, on January 1, 2026. After a very cold 2 hour, high altitude hike that began at 14,700′ it was uplifting to finally see the rising sun.
I can’t think of a better place on our treks to have brought in the New Year than here!
Lauri and I spent 29 days in Nepal in late December 2025 to mid-January 2026. It was a fantastic way to celebrate the holidays and bring in 2026. We did two multi-day, guided winter treks into the Himalaya. First was a 15-day trek on the remote Manaslu Circuit and a 6-day hike on the much easier but extremely photogenic Mardi Himal Trek. The Mardi Himal was a last-minute trek that replaced a planned 10-day trip to the very remote Nar Phu Valley. We had to abort that trek after the first day due to sickness and me needing to seek medical help. Although I regret not doing the Nar Phu, I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the photo ops on the Mardi Himal. I feel my best images from this trip came from that trek.
Above the clouds at sunset near our last night on the Mardi Himal Trek at Badal Danda and Hotel 360 at 10,500 feet.
MY FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHY: BIG MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPES
My favorite type of photography trip is a backcountry adventure, exploring under your own power immersed in stunning and inspirational landscapes. Big mountains are my favorite landscape subjects. Traveling under your own power, usually hiking, paddling or skiing, greatly reduces the number of photographers at any given location and makes any decent images resulting from your efforts more unique and gratifying. To give a comparison from this trip, we spent several days in Pokhara, which is worth doing. One morning we went to Sarangkot, a high vantage point above town with sweeping panoramic views of the Annapurna Range. It’s “easy pickins” photographically. There were hundreds if not close to a thousand people up there to witness and photograph sunrise. Under the right conditions, the photo ops were great, but I wasn’t capturing anything unique. On our Manaslu Circuit Trek, one morning in Samagaon we left our teahouse under headlamp at 5:15 AM for Birendra Lake, a 45-minute hike to capture sunrise and reflections. We had the whole place to ourselves. The sunrise was average (still good) and the resulting images are just more unique and special. That’s my cuppa tea.
Recovering in Pokhara, In between treks, we visited Sarangkot, the most popular spot to watch sunrise on the Annapurna Range.
There were hundreds of people here for sunrise along with other photographers.
The views are great and the photos are “easy pickins”. It’s fun for a day or two but I much prefer backcountry views.
Sunrise at Birendra Lake at 11,900 feet, below Manaslu at 26, 781’ was a 45 minute hike from the village of Samagaon, where we stayed two nights acclimatizing to high altitude.
Although we were there the afternoon before, it was unthinkable to miss this at sunrise when the forecast was favorable for first light.
I frequently add a human element to my landscapes (Lauri) for scale and perspective.
Being a personal trip, I was free to create what I wanted to without any regard to “marketability.” and needing to produce salable stock images. Backcountry landscape photography is my first passion but it’s not my only photographic interest. I still believe in being a well-rounded photographer. I still love adventure/action photography, as well as wildlife photography just as much. I enjoy practicing my portrait and general travel photography skills as well. I am firmly convinced that having skills, knowledge and experience in several genres has made me a better landscape and wildlife photographer. I enjoyed both documenting the trip AND creating pre-visualized, more artful landscape images.
MORE THAN JUST MOUNTAINS
Nepal is best known for huge mountains and unique and colorful Buddhist and Tibetan cultural influences and it delivered on all those fronts. Nepal also has jungle lowlands in the southern part of the country with reserves that attract wildlife photographers. My main interest was the high Himalayan landscape and rural mountain culture where I would reach most of my desired subjects slowly on foot. If your passions are similar, is it’s hard to beat Nepal. We really enjoyed witnessing rural village life, animals and colorful architecture. Having multiple photographic interests and capabilities are very valuable to have and are the key to a well-rounded and successful destination shoot. When conditions are not favorable for capturing good images of your main subject (in our case, big mountain landscapes) you can shift focus and create meaningful imagery of other subjects in less than ideal light and conditions. We had to this multiple times on our treks. Creative flexibility, adaptability and curiosity are beneficial skills in all types of travel photography.
It was unrealistic to expect top notch images of everything I wanted to photograph at a new destination. To get the most of what I wanted to see and photograph meant seeking the services of a guide and outfitter. Cookie cutter group treks all over Nepal are easy to come by. It can be overwhelming and challenging to choose a guide and outfitter that can deliver specific photographic interests.
I met this young weaver in the village of Deng, 6000 feet, on Christmas morning shortly after sunrise as we began our hike for the day to the village of Namrung.
I asked our porter to ask her if I could take a few photos. She graciously accepted.
In retrospect, I wish I spent a few more minutes with her taking pictures.
This suspension bridge is one of dozens we crossed on the Manaslu Circuit. Mule trains were commonplace since that is how supplies are sent to villages off the road system.
I guess mules don’t get vertigo because this bridge was hundreds of feet above the gorge and you can see through the metal grates.
CHOOSING OUR GUIDE
One can travel to many parts of Nepal without a guide but some areas, like the Manaslu Region require foreign travelers to go with a licensed guide. As a photo guide and photo tour leader myself, I know and appreciate the value of a good guide and outfitter. Lauri and I have vast wilderness experience and we could have done the treks on our own without trouble but we could never have figured out in a timely manner where the best photo spots were and when to be there. To maximize both landscape and cultural photo opportunities on a multi-day remote trek, not having a guide and porter was unthinkable. We purposefully avoided hiring an international tour company headquartered in a western country. We wanted to go direct to a local based guide service.
Our guide company, Himalayan Quests, came to us by word of mouth and personal reference. The owner, Amrit Ale, a native Nepali, has a keen interest in photography as well. He worked with us extensively to create a photo centric trekking experience off the beaten path which is just what we wanted. When things went wrong and I got too sick to continue on our second remote trek to the Nar Phu Valley, their knowledge and skill saved the trip. We had to change plans on the fly for me to recover in Pokhara after completing the Manaslu Trek and coming up with another photo centric hike as an alternative plan. It all worked out well as you can hopefully see in the resulting images.
I often wonder if I should have gone years ago when I was younger, stronger and the treks were less crowded. Going when we did was perhaps a blessing in disguise. I’m a better and more experienced photographer with the best selection of lightweight, high quality, high performance camera gear we’ve ever had in my lifetime. I can’t imagine having gone here in the film days with clunkier, heavier cameras, hiking gear and having to deal with hundreds of rolls of film to safeguard and travel 10,000 miles with and dealing with the airport hassles we used to regarding getting film through security.
I also know that you rarely get the best photos of any location on your first visit. It’s wishful thinking to believe otherwise. Usually, your second and third trip are more productive. I don’t know if we will go back. If crowds weren’t a big concern I would go in spring, when flowers are in bloom and there is actually more snow in the alpine. I can see that being more striking visually.
Photography Experience in Nepal
I always believed Nepal was the ultimate destination for big mountain landscapes. After all, the Himalaya are the highest mountains on the planet. I learned a lesson years ago that high altitude mountains are not always the most photogenic. For example, many Colorado mountains that rise to 13,000-14,000 feet are not as lofty or as visually appealing as the much lower Dolomites in Italy, or the coastal mountains of Alaska. Having now been to Nepal, I can attest they are the biggest and most impressive mountains I’ve seen.
I’m sure the Everest region is stunning. I just chose to explore elsewhere, partly to avoid crowds and very popular landmarks that have been photographed to death. Unfortunately, too many photographers today want to photograph the same icons that other photographers before them have photographed. I do a little of that but much prefer to explore and photograph places fewer photographers can get to. I am intrigued by the Buddhist and Tibetan culture and architecture with the beautiful stupas, temples, and prayer flags, some with brilliant colors. I looked for these items as important foreground elements because they establish a sense of place. I wanted to focus on mountain landscapes that were distinctively Himalayan.
For mountain landscape photography foregrounds are an important part of the image. We started our last and most productive photo day with a 4:30AM departure from High Camp. It took us 1.5 hours to climb 2100 feet in 1.5 mile. As the day was evolving, I was nervously searching for the right foreground to place in front of first light on Annapurna South. Hiking another half mile up we found these prayer flags at a closed teahouse.
They served as a unique foreground that helped establish that all important “sense of place” for a photo. The foreground makes this uniquely Nepali.
What a great last day this started out to be.
We went in winter (December 20 to January 18) which is probably the least photogenic time in the Himalaya, unless you have lots of snow. We did not. We had very little snow and the landscape in the alpine was mostly brown. Winter is very dry and we had clear skies for 26 out of 29 days. That came with a price – airmass stagnation and greatly reduced visibility from pollution and haze, day after day. We only had crisp visibility in the highest reaches of the Manaslu Circuit. That was my trade-off for having quiet villages with minimal trekkers.
Lauri approaching Mardi Himal High Camp with Machhapuchhre looming above. We were surprised with the lack of snow at this elevation.
MANASLU CIRCUIT
This is a serious trek that requires a guide, permits and a minimum of two people to go. Most of this trek followed the Bhudi Gandaki River which is in a stunning and very deep gorge. In fact, it was twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and my biggest challenge on this route was lack of sunlight in the canyon and so many scenes beyond dynamic range. Photography got better the higher up we went. This trek afforded opportunities for cultural and travel images but it was challenging with the language barrier and lack of activity in the villages. Many people leave high elevation villages in winter. The cold was an issue, especially at higher elevations. Lack of reliable electricity made battery charging a challenge. Photographing above 12,000 feet and over Larke Pass was good old winter photography. We dealt with snow and ice and for me, cold numb hands at times working the camera in single digit temperatures with wind.
Favorite Photo Spots along the Manaslu Circuit:
- Village of Samagaon – Great sunrise views of the town and surrounding mountains from the school, good sunrise views of Mt. Manaslu, good village culture and active monasteries (closed during our visit).
- Birendra Lake (45 minute hike from Samagaon) – Great sunrise spot.
- Bimthang on the west side of Larke Pass – Just stunning mountain views all around including north face of Mt. Manaslu. There is a nice glacier tarn a few minutes from town.
I shot this 20 minutes before the first rays of the morning sun hit Mt. Manaslu. This is when the dawn color to the east was most colorful.
That color creates a really nice warm and soft alpenglow on Mt. Manaslu.
Shortly after, the light goes flat for about 15 minutes and gets exciting again when the first rays of the sun hit the summit as seen in the next shot.
First light on Manaslu, 26, 781 feet, 8th highest in the world, from about 20 minutes from the village of Samagaon at 11, 500 feet.
My first attempt of photographing Manaslu the previous morning failed because the summit was obscured.
The best landscape pictures happen during the best light and the best light almost never happens when it’s most convenient or comfortable.
The Depth of the Budhi Gandaki River Gorge was absolutely breathtaking but difficult to capture its scale in a single photo. Most landscape scenarios here pushed the limits of dynamic range with full sun and no cloud cover. The Manaslu Circuit follows this river north all the way to its source tributaries, going over Larke Pass.
This view is from the Village of Deng at 6000′, with subtropical vegetation. The alpine peaks seen to the north rise to 19,300 feet. Shown here is 13,300 feet difference between peaks and the river level.
By comparison, the Grand Canyon North Rim to the Colorado River is 5700 feet.
Larke Peak, 20,500′ in morning light from about .5 mile south of Larke Pass, 16,751′. Our hike began at 4:30 am from 14,700′.
When I saw the color of the sky in the dawn alpenglow, I ran off trail to the left as high as I could to get a better composition of Larke Peak
but the snow depth, the 16,000′ altitude and morning cold just put a limit on how far I would make before losing this beautiful color.
No time for a tripod. My R5 and 24-105mm/f4 L lens was right there in my chest holster ready to go.
Fortunately, shots with the R5 at 800 ISO are very clean so I was able to get plenty of shutter speed for this low light landscape shot.
This glacier pond was just a few minutes hike from our teahouse in Bimthang, at 12,200′.
The north face of the Manaslu Range was hard to capture as they receive very little direct sun in early January. I was hoping for more cloud color but this was it.
The stratus clouds helped the scene some. I returned 2 hours later to shoot the same scene. See next image.
The Manaslu Range seemed to have better winter light under a full moon, so we returned here near 7:30 pm to reshoot this scene.
My timing was marginal. I think I got off just 2-3 shots before a breeze erased the reflection.
After 30 minutes of standing out there in sub-freezing air and no sign of the wind stopping, we gave up and went back to the teahouse.
POKHARA
You don’t have to go on a physically challenging trip to capture big mountain photography in Nepal. There are many opportunities around Pokhara to capture great sunrises and sunsets on the striking Annapurna Range with little physical effort. This is the adventure hub of Nepal. It sits around 2700’-3000’ in elevation, lower than Kathmandu. At 28 north latitude, the same as where I grew up in central Florida, the winter climate here is very pleasant. We experienced nice cool mornings around 35-40 degrees with highs of 65-70 in early January. There are great pastoral views close by near the village of Dhampas. It’s easy to fly here from Kathmandu and hiring private cars were pretty affordable. The reflections of the Annapurna’s from Phewa Lake are fantastic except there are no pristine views. You have to accept buildings in your foreground.
Favorite Photo Spots in Pokhara:
- Phewa Dam Side – Nice little park with great views of the entire Annapurna Range including a great view of the iconic Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail Peak) with reflections. You have to get over ugly city buildings.
- Sarangkot – Yes, everybody shoots here. But the sunrise views are great given clear skies to the east and minimal pollution. Get your insurance landscape shots here.
- World Peace Pagoda – Better sweeping views of Pokhara and Annapurnas than I thought, though the view of Machhapuchhre is not nearly as good as it is from the Phewa Dam Park.
I ended up doing a flight see in an ultralight plane where I could shoot out an open window. I thought I could get above the haze for some clear shots of Machhapuchhre. Being very familiar with the costs of charter bush plane and helicopter flights in Alaska, $450USD for a 90 minute flight around one of the world’s most famous mountain ranges seemed like a bargain to me.
Aerial view of the Pumdikot Shiva Statue in Pokhara with the Annapurna Range in the background. I took a spur of the moment flight see with.
My goal in doing aerials near sunset was to fly above the smog and get warm light on the Annapurna Range but that didn’t work out.
I tried but I also saw potential in shooting into the light and exploiting the smog trapped in valleys around Pokhara.
I was looking for something different than the standard reflection shot of the snow-capped Annapurna Range at sunset. We walked down to the lake front at dawn and the wind ruled out any reflections so I shot into the rising sun to capture these wooden boats and fog in the hazy dawn light in the Pokhara Valley.
MARDI HIMAL TREK
If you want to try out Nepal mountain trekking with great landscape photography opportunities without a huge physical or time commitment then this is the place to start. The start and finish are only around an hour from Pokhara. The trek is along a ridge that leads to the base of the famous Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail). It starts at low elevation, around 4000’ and gradually climbs to High Camp at 12,500’. The views of the Annapurna Range, especially in the higher half of the trek are just stunning. Being on a ridge the sunrises and sunsets were better than what we experienced on the Manaslu. It was warmer at similar elevations than the Manaslu and Nar Phu treks. The trail is anywhere from 25-35 miles and can be done in 3 days by really fit hikers. But with a camera, one should take their time. You can go on your own but a guided 5-day all-inclusive trip here was in the $400-$600 range. It was worth it to us to let a local guide make all the arrangements and help carry gear, especially extra camera gear. You don’t have to go all the way to Mardi Himal Base Camp at 14, 700’ to capture great landscapes. Anything above Badal Danda was great. Even with moderate crowds, there were many great photo ops where other people wouldn’t interfere with your compositions. Mile for mile, this was a more landscape rich trek than the Manaslu.
Favorite Photo Spots along Mardi Himal:
- Hotel 360 Deurali – This place is a hidden gem on a ridge top off the main Mardi Himal Route. It’s a left turn and a steep 1/4 mile uphill hike. It’s in the forest but the teahouse sits in a clearing and the sunrise views of Machhapuchhre and Annapurna South were great. My favorite sunrise image of Machhapuchre was from here due to having some nice verdant green forest in my foreground.
- Badal Danda to High Camp – Just endless sweeping views of the mountains with good sunrise and sunset shots. While views were still great from High Camp to Mardi Himal Base Camp, I felt the shots of Machhapuchhre were better a little further back.
I got up for every sunrise on our treks except for one-that last day. This view of Machhapuchare (Fishtail) of the Annapurna Range was from our first teahouse on the Mardi Himal Trek.
There was so much haze that morning that I didn’t think anything good would come from this first sunrise. The light was a bit weird and the peak at first just didn’t seem clear and sharp. But then for about a minute or two, the sun got intense enough to make a shot that I didn’t think would be successful. This teahouse was a 1/4 mile off the trail and up a steep hill, so fewer people come here. They cleared enough trees to afford a great view which resulted in my first really haze free view of this peak since the previous 4 days in Pokhara.
I swear, at least half of the 25 miles one way to the upper most teahouse on the Mardi-Himal were comprised of steps like these as we are climbing toward Badal Danda below Annapurna South.
I’ve been training on a Stairmaster at the gym on days I wasn’t hiking steep trails either in the Grand Canyon or in Northern New Mexico.
That was the best training we could have done for treks in the Himalaya.
Lauri returning to our teahouse for the night, Hotel 360 at Badal Danda seen below after a very early morning hike and a late breakfast at Mardi Himal High Camp.
The persistent haze over the Pokhara Valley made for an interesting background.
MY PHOTO GEAR
For bucket list images of the Himalaya, putting them on my R5 with pro glass was the only way to go. Anything less was just unthinkable. My R5 with my go-to 24-105mm/f4 L series travel lens is a 3 pound item that I carry in the large Hyperlite Mountain Gear Camera Pod. It is attached to my shoulder straps of my pack via small carabiners. The Camera Pod is the lightest and best chest holster I’ve ever used. I have 4 of them and carried all my cameras and lenses in them. It takes a few seconds longer to take off and put back on your pack, but having my camera easily accessible on my chest is just great.
My Nepal trekking camera set up attempting sunrise on Mt. Manaslu, 26, 781 from the village of Lho at 10, 400 feet.
Featured here are my Canon R5 with a Canon RF 24-105mm/f4 L lens on a Benro Tortoise Series 1 carbon fiber tripod and a Really Right Stuff BPC-16 Micro Ball Head.
The design of this head was helpful in shooting for stitched panoramic images.
This is the resulting image of what is showed on my R5’s LCD in the previous shot. This was my first attempt at capturing first light on Mt. Manaslu at sunrise from the village of Lho.
The summit was obscured but fortunately, I had several other sunrises on successive days where I captured clear photos of this peak from other places along the trek.
Batteries and Image Storage: Due to many days of hiking, even with porters carrying some gear, we chose to not bring a laptop and hard drives – the first time ever for me on a photo trip. My approach was to take many media cards. Both cameras hold dual cards and I configured the cameras to put the same images on both cards during shooting. We split full cards between the two of us, minimizing chances of loss. The plan worked well – I didn’t lose a single image. It just meant no previewing or backing up to hard drives until we returned home. Electricity was unreliable and cold kills batteries fast. The R5 drains batteries much quicker than the R6II. I brought 6 batteries total and a Nitecore 20,000 mAh battery that has enough voltage to power the R5 directly with a USB-C charging cable. That was the right move for sure.
With the luxury of hiring a porter, I only carried part of this gear on daily hikes. I carried more for short distances going to photo destinations. Everything else we brought gear and clothing wise, was all lightweight and high performance so I ended up well below the weight limit that porters are allowed to carry and he was greatly appreciative of that.
The team at Larke Pass.
From left to right: Himalayan Quests porter, Saroj, Lauri, Me (with my Hyperlite Camera Gear Large Camera Pod chest holster, and Himalayan Quests Guide, Kailash.
What I carried in my Hyperlite Mountain Gear Waypoint 35 Pack with the large Camera Pod attached to the shoulder straps of my daypack:
- Canon R6 or R5 with a Canon RF24-105mm/f4 L lens attached. Each body had a Really Right Stuff Arca-Swiss compatible custom plate.
- Canon RF 70-200mm/f4 L lens in separate camera pod.
- Breakthrough Photography X4 polarizers for each lens.
- Extra battery and media cards in Think Tank Media Card Wallet and Battery Holder.
- iPhone 17 in a shoulder pocket.
Carried by my porter and used around camps for sunrises and sunsets:
- Canon R6 Mark II as a back-up camera and a body (.5 pound lighter than the R5) I carried this camera around villages and on trekking days in deep forest and gorges with low landscape potential.
- Canon RF 20mm/f1.8 L lens. This was my widest angle and go-to night lens. Being there during a full moon cycle this lens came in very handy.
- Benro Tortoise Series 1 Columnless tripod legs. (I discarded the head it came with for something more compact and better.)
- Really Right Stuff BPC-16 Micro Ball Head. (Total tripod and head weight: 2.7 pounds.) This head is marginal for anything heavier than what I had but it was great for executing panoramic images.
- Nitecore Carbo 20000 mAh power bank – strong enough to recharge a battery in the R5.
- Nitecore Pro battery dual charger for Canon LP-E6N batteries.
- Sandisk Extreme Pro media cards: 8 CF Express, 64GB and 8 SD cards, 64GB.
- 4 Extra batteries, 6 total.
This is a stitched panoramic of alpenglow on Mt. Manaslu at Birendra Lake just before first light hit the summits. I was fortunate to have enough open water for a reflection.
I could not get Manaslu and its reflection in a horizontal frame on my 20mm/f1.4 so I had to turn it vertically and shoot panels to stitch together later in Lightroom.
IF WE GO AGAIN (LESSONS LEARNED)
Chances are we likely won’t go back, but never say never. I also know as an experienced photographer, you never get your best shots at any location on your first trip, no matter how long it is. A second and even third trip will result in better images.
If I can find a way to tolerate the increased crowds especially at teahouses, I would go back in a different season, probably March or April. Like the semi-arid Southern Rockies, the Himalaya can have more high country snow in spring than mid-winter. With blooming flowers, especially rhododendron I can see more striking landscape opportunities in spring. My favorite season anywhere is fall. Having looked around at the vegetation, fall colors would be decent but not great in this region. More stormy weather in spring would also bring a cleaner atmosphere. Blue skies every day don’t always lend itself to the best light. In that part of the world, inversion trapped pollution is so widespread, more frequent storm cycles are beneficial. The risk you run of course is having cloudy flat light on days you don’t want it.
Generally, a fast 20mm prime is my favorite all around wide angle lens for tight spots and night work. I would bring my 14-35mm. There were a couple of scenarios where I really wish I had that lens as the 20mm just wasn’t wide enough. Our weight was well below allowance for our porter so I wouldn’t feel guilty about taking an extra lens.
I know this may sound like a contradiction since I dislike crowds but I would like to capture more portraits and candids of colorful locals. Seeing more locals is different than seeing more trekkers. I would request more help from our guides to facilitate more interaction since there is a language barrier. In the cities, many young people speak English but not so in rural areas.
Hanging out with the local kids in the Village of Samagaon. They came out to greet us and we played a game of screaming and chase.
This is where the smartphone camera was advantageous to using my Canon R6 with a big lens.
Smart phones are such a big part of the cultural fabric now, they are largely ignored even with the phone camera pointed directly at them.
Our Trip At-a-Glance
Total days in Nepal: 29
Flights: Cathay Pacific (One World Alliance) LAX to Hong Kong to Kathmandu and return same way. We did a separate positioning flight from Albuquerque to Los Angeles.
Outfitter: Himalayan Quests (locally owned from Kathmandu)
Our Treks
Manaslu Circuit: 15 days total, 13 full hiking days. Total Distance: 96 miles. Highest Point: 16, 781’, Larke Pass
Nar Phu Valley: 2 days/1 night. Total Distance: 26 miles. Highest Point: Meta, 11, 680’. Cut short due to sickness
Mardi Himal Trek: 5 days/4 nights. Total Distance: 27 miles. Highest Point: 13, 700’ above Mardi Himal High Camp.
City Time: arrival, departure and in between trek days
Kathmandu: 2 days. Pokhara: 5 days
Total images shot and transferred to hard drive: 11, 389. Total after 2 edits: 1214
We had to spend at least one day in Kathmandu for orientation and for time to get our permits. Big polluted cities are not my thing, but instead of staying at our accommodation we decided to explore and make the best of it. We spent several hours at the Monkey Temple which was fascinating. Just like anywhere else I’ve been, wildlife photography is best with subjects that are used to people being around. My challenge was to get a portrait of a rhesus macaque with a strong sense of place. I thought the city backdrop showing the thick winter haze and pollution gave me the sense of place I was looking for. This was from my R6 with a 24-105mm/f4 L lens.
Parting Shot
This was the last shot of the sunset on our last evening on the Mardi Himal. It was a great way to end our trekking. This last day was the most productive photo day I had on the entire trip.
Earlier, before the sun sank below the horizon I made another series of hiking and landscape shots from our teahouse at Badal Danda.
About 20 minutes after the sun went down I knew the colors would get more intense. They did.
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