Sheep grazing in front of the Himalayan Mountain range

Captured this during my trip to Sonamarg. This was early in the morning about half an hour after sunrise. In the background is the Himalayan mountain range during summer. This place was our starting point of Kashmir Great Lakes trekking and was on first day. Very scenic place, stayed overnight here in this place in a tent and captured some amazing shots. This place is on the way from Srinagar to Leh. Nearest city is the Sonamarg city which is about 30 mins walk from this place. The only residents here in this region are the shepherds and you will find many huts here. They stay in this region only during summer for few months after which this place is inhabitable because of thick snow.

Location: Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Camera: Nikon D600 with Nikon 14-24mm lens

Overnight stay near Satsar Lake

This was during my Himalayan trekking where I stayed overnight at Satsar Lake which is at 12,000 feet and the temperature was around 5 degree Celsius. The place where we had camped was after the Satsar lake on the way to Gangbal twin lake. One of the most beautiful places on earth and definitely want to visit this place again. Captured this image of night sky and used my sleeping bag as tripod as I did not have one, to avoid camera shake and blurring of image. I believe it was full moon and this is the reason why the nearby hill is bright. It was too cold outside, managed to capture this sitting inside my tent with just my camera and head out. Also, this place is very close to India Pakistan line of control.

Camera and lens: Nikon D600, Nikon 14-24mm lens

Camera Settings: Focal Length 17mm, Exposure 5s, F Number f/2.8, ISO 4000, No Tripod, No Flash

Location: Satsar Lake, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Evening at Dal Lake

Location: Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

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Camera: Nikon D600 with 14-24 mm ultra wide angle lens.
Camera Settings: Focal Length - 17mm, Exposure - 1/250, F Number f/8, ISO 110

This is one of the shots that I had captured of Dal Lake when I went for a walk along the Srinagar- Leh highway. Lot of tourists visit this place during Summer and stay in the boat house. This place is known for ‘Shikara’, where they will take you around in the lake and cover fountain, floating garden, flower market and the beautiful landscape.

Trekking through Naranag Pine forest

Location: Naranag Pine Forest, Naranag, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Camera: Nikon D600 + Nikon 14-24 mm Ultra wide angle Lens

Image was shot on the last day of my 8 days Kashmir Great Lakes trekking. It was a muddy trail, snow patch, raining and mist around. Had to walk for almost 25 kms on the last day of trekking else we would have missed our flight to go back home. It was hard for me with my heavy camera and the lens along with my day pack. Rain and muddy trail made it even more hard for us to walk here. Took my camera out for a while and captured this shot. On this day it was too much walk and had no control over my legs.