Every year the July photo contest is flooded with breathtaking pictures from our Kashmir treks. This time was a tug of war between Hampta Pass and Kashmir Great Lakes. Here are the nominations!
Our judge will be picking the top three winners. But in addition to that, we have introduced a Trekkers’ Choice Prize!
You can vote for your favourite photo and it will be given the Trekkers’ Choice Prize! Scroll down to vote!
1. Sourasis Das – Hampta Pass
Every trekker who goes to Hampta Pass comes back with wonderful pictures of Chandratal Lake. This photo beautifully captures the oft overlooked route taken to the lake. The play of shadows give rocky mountains look like sheaths of raw silk!
2. Sourasis Das – Hampta Pass
A horse nibbles away in meadows strewn with colorful wild flowers. Twilight at Jwara looks surreal and has been captured well in this picture.
3. Preethi – Hampta Pass
What a great action shot! Stream crossings are everywhere on the Hampta Pass trek. It’s like hopping from one page of a book to another. In this picture you see the change in scenery from coniferous forests to scattered birch trees. A wonderfully captured action shot.
4. Debdatto – Hampta Pass
Tranquility and serenity at Chandratal lake. The colours are out of this world; subtle yet leaves a strong impact on the viewer.
5. Ravindra Joisa – Kanamo
Yaks frolicking in the wild during golden hours. What can we say! A perfectly timed photo with the light falling precisely to highlight the action as dust rises from the ground.
6. Neil de Souza – Kashmir great Lakes
Can you spot the human in this picture? This picture is great just for that!
7. Ashok KS – Kashmir great Lakes
This photo left us breathless. The floating clouds, emerald meadows, alpine lake and the Nandkol campsite! All in a single picture!
8. Sanjit Krishnan Kaul – Pin Parvati Pass
The view ahead from Pin Parvati pass leaves trekkers dumbfounded. How would you feel if you came across such a landscape after days of walking through the parched Spiti valley?
9. Pushkar Kanhere – Hampta Pass
Majestically standing, modestly covered in patches of snow is peak 5260. A mesmerizing sight at the Hampta Pass.
10. Ashok KS – Kashmir great Lakes
Kashmir Great lakes trek is without doubt the most photogenic trek we know of. This photo by Ashok KS reaffirms this belief.
11. Abhishek – Valley of Flowers
Photographing an insect in flight requires ninja skills which is why “Bee in a flower” is one of our favorites!
#10: Ashok KS – KGL
#7 – seems like the Nandkhol lake with Harmukh behind and not Satsar
Hi Ranjini great observation! That is Nandkol lake. Thank you 🙂
3rd one is very beautiful bec it’s involved all types of nature stones water n nature so am voting for this beautiful picture
Thanks Srikanth
#10
Wow
#5 Ravidra Joisa : The picture is just great .. Wata composition .. To see yaks in the wild this way is jus awesome .. Great snap … Voting for Ravindra Joisa for kanamo.
Thanks bro. 🙂
Nice photograph
Nice photograph
#6 neil de souza…breath taking picture ! Shows how magnificent nature is !
#11 awesome pic
#5 one is the best capture
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#3 vote
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#11 is awsome. It means a lot.
Very beautiful Abhishek!! Well captured
#5 Ravidra Joisa : The effect of light of golden hours and dust…. Yak’s in action.. magnificent color texture..mind blowing… very well captured with a great time frame.
Nice n beautiful photography
3rd is awesome picture
#3 preeti has captured the life , and the scene. The flowing of water looks like it’s cutting the mountains, the meeting of series of mountain, the snow is a perfect picturesque to Reminisce it’s beautiful moments.
#5 Ravidra Joisa : The effect of light of golden hours and dust…. Yak’s in action.. magnificent color texture..mind blowing… very well captured with a great time frame.
#3. Preethi – Best landscape photography!
#3 is Epic…. Crossing a river is not just another thing…, It jus resembles Humanity… It has to done carefully, with no one in a hurry… In crossing, one by one people has to go and with people in either side carefully watching for your safety… It also gives people sometime to socialize and rest, as people gather on either side… Most importantly, Every crossing in a Trek, gives time to enjoy the scenic jus by making people wait 🙂
While all pictures are beautiful, #5 is a very interesting and rare capture.
WOW !!BEAUTIFUL PIC . GOOD EFFORT !!
WOW !!!!!
@Ravindra Joisa: What a timing and camera handling to get that perfect shot? Kudos maccha! Brilliant snap!
But I must say, the picture of Abhishek is really time consuming and needs snappy fingers to be able to capture the bee in motion. Heart says Kanamo, but brain says Flower Valley. Really tough choice!!!
#3 Preethi …..Wonderful view and it’s really amazing to see people crossing river.
#3 preethi. awesome place
8. Sanjit Krishnan Kaul