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Wednesday, 21st September 2011

Prayer Flags and Monastery

by David Lazar

3000 meters high up in the Himalayan Mountains sits the Tigers Nest Monastery (or Taktsang Palphug). Located near the city of Paro in the Kingdom of Bhutan, I hiked up into the mountains to find this sacred Buddhist temple complex perched on the edge of a cliff. I was also fortunate to enter inside the Monastery, which was originally built in 1692.

Equipment: Nikon D700

David Lazar

I'm a photographer from Brisbane, Australia - and one of the joys for me (outside of my musical world) is travelling and capturing moments of life and unique culture through photography. My favourite styles of photography are portraiture and landscape.

Website: www.pbase.com/david_lazar

Prayer Flags and Monastery by David Lazar was photo of the day on Wednesday, 21st September 2011. It is tagged Bhutan, Flags. You can leave a comment below.

32 Comments

Michael Anderson

21st September 2011 at 2:20 am

This is the finest image I’ve ever seen of Tiger’s Nest Monastery! Stunning work! The spectacular light, perfectly framed by the blowing prayer flags really brings this place alive. Congratulations!

SiriN

21st September 2011 at 2:42 am

wow…. this looks like a painting or out of a dream!

Bill Kenny

21st September 2011 at 3:03 am

Riot of color-more fever dream than still image. Great!

Russ Bishop

21st September 2011 at 3:32 am

Wonderful light and composition – just magical.

Jim Lundgren

21st September 2011 at 6:16 am

I echo the dream idea. It is almost surreal. Really great emotional image.

David Lazar

21st September 2011 at 7:24 am

Thanks Michael and everyone else. Jim – it’s funny but i’ve never associated the word ‘emotional’ with a landscape image before. Only portraiture. That’s really interesting.

Ross

21st September 2011 at 8:13 am

I would also use the word emotional especially for the ones who follow Budhism!
I would also use the word “stunning”!!!

Pauline Jones

21st September 2011 at 8:42 am

Looks very exotic; must have been quite an experience.

Andrea

21st September 2011 at 9:24 am

Great with the movement on the flags in front. Nice dept.
Beautiful atmosphere.

Alex Sharp

21st September 2011 at 9:42 am

Amazing shot, congratulations

Alessandro Zocchi

21st September 2011 at 9:59 am

Very, very well composed picture! A piece of art.

spencer

21st September 2011 at 11:10 am

What can i say, I wish i had taken it.

Aloke Sahu

21st September 2011 at 12:54 pm

Incredibly well done! One can ‘see’ the wind in the mountains. Surreal lighting and composition, like something out of an oriental fantasy.

Yasmin

21st September 2011 at 2:02 pm

FANTASTIC!

Rajib Singha

21st September 2011 at 2:21 pm

Congrats David!

Linda Pothiers

21st September 2011 at 2:43 pm

Spectacular shot David!!! The color and how did they ever build it on a mountain. It looks like it was dropped there. Thanks for sharing. God Bless

Michael Roane

21st September 2011 at 2:46 pm

I find the prayer flag utterly distracting in what would have otherwise been a very memorable image. Maybe it is just me. Did you also take images where the flag was left out?