Social 📸 Photography

Ewen Bell 📷OK just one more from Lawa La :)<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fotografie</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/EwenOnTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EwenOnTour</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/LawaLa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LawaLa</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Monochrome</a>

Ewen Bell 📷I'm sitting in a cafe with a hour to kill so I'm doing a smidge of processing and trying to delete most of 6,500 shots taken in Phobjikha Valley.Just found my Lawa La shots and I can't believe Bhutan can be so lovely.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fotografie</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/EwenOnTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EwenOnTour</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/LawaLa" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LawaLa</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Monochrome</a>

Ewen Bell 📷The other day we arrived in Phobjikha and headed to the crane centre and a storm blew through but first it lit up the other side of the valley :)These shots on the Tamron 35-150mm F2-2.8 and gotta say it's a handy lens to have in the bag.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Fotografie</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/EwenOnTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EwenOnTour</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Rainbows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Rainbows</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Lunch with the potato farmers today.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/EwenOnTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EwenOnTour</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Sunshine is out in force again. I love winter in the Himalayas because it's dry and sunny, plus it's super cold at night which means I get a good night's sleep!<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/EwenOnTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EwenOnTour</a>

Ewen Bell 📷If you ever travel to Bhutan make sure you leave enough time here to journey all the way to Gangtey in Phobjikha Valley. It's a real gem of Bhutan. Potato farmers, migratory cranes, a magnificent gompa and some beautiful forests.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/EwenOnTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EwenOnTour</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Got invited inside to take part in their puja ceremony. One of those things that happens sometimes when travelling around Bhutan.The more guests who attend the more special the puja. I'm heading back next week and I'll take a bunch of prints for them.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Puja" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Puja</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Monochrome</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Here's how we spent the day today. Plus a few monks and cranes and bearded vultures. It's been marvellous.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Just can't describe how lovely it is to be here.I spent the last 90 minutes enjoying a "hot stone bath". Imagine a wooden tub not unlike a water trough, but one end has a timber divider to keep the boiling hot rocks away from your toes. When you want it hotter, they just drop another hot rock in there for you. A log fire outside the shed is where they heat up the rocks. Radiant heat, in a wooden tub. Magic.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Amazing light in Gangtey this morning. I love love love Bhutan in the winter. There's nothing quite like it.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a>

Ewen Bell 📷I really wish I didn't have to make a living and instead could just wander the Himalayas looking for meadows where butterflies enjoy the morning light.Azure Sapphire here, male.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FlutterByes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FlutterByes</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Butterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/AzureSapphire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AzureSapphire</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Heliophorus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Heliophorus</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BlueMood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BlueMood</a>

Ewen Bell 📷What an amazing day! It was coolish and very damp this morning in Trongsa. I spotted one of these fellas just posing, next to the female. Then saw another. And as the morning progressed I realised they were everywhere :)I was too slow to capture the female. They flitter off quickly. But the boys just hang about and show off their colours.Azure Sapphire (Heliophorus moorei)<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FlutterByes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FlutterByes</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Butterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/AzureSapphire" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AzureSapphire</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Heliophorus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Heliophorus</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BlueMood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BlueMood</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Seconds later I got a cheeky glimpse of a Heliophorus (Sapphire).I feel I've wasted my life when instead I could be sitting in a cow paddock at 2900m looking for little flappy blues.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FlutterByes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FlutterByes</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Butterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BugLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BugLife</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BlueMood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BlueMood</a>

Ewen Bell 📷One of those teeny tiny little butterflies that might be a sapphire or might not and my only reference for Bhutanese blues doesn't actually show the upper wings for most of the species.I do love how every flash of blue fluttering by could be something totally new to my eyes.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FlutterByes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FlutterByes</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Butterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BugLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BugLife</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BlueMood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BlueMood</a>

Ewen Bell 📷One toot wasn't enough! This is a very special place. I've visited here maybe a dozen times and it's never the same twice.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/TravelPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TravelPhotography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Gangtey Gonpa this week, deep inside Phobjikha Valley. Bhutan.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Gangtey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gangtey</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/TravelPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TravelPhotography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/HappyPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HappyPlaces</a>

Ewen Bell 📷Just a little update to the Emerald Tiger Moth (Callindra principalis) seen zipping about Bhutan at 2900m.I first saw one two days ago, and posted those pics above. But then yesterday while visiting Gangtey Gonpa another one landed right in front of me while walking the grounds of the gonpa!<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Mothstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mothstodon</a><a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FlutterByes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FlutterByes</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Butterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/NotButterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NotButterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/MothOrMonster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MothOrMonster</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Callindra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Callindra</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/TigerMoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TigerMoth</a>

Ewen Bell 📷When the local moths are even more colourful than the dancing monks! Just in awe of these miniature moments of nature flittering past me every time I take a walk outside.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Mothstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mothstodon</a><a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FlutterByes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FlutterByes</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Butterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Butterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/NotButterflies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NotButterflies</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/MothOrMonster" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MothOrMonster</a>

Ewen Bell 📷This was a much harder walk than I had planned, but totally worth it. Scooting about the mossy rocks at 3900m. The infamous Himalayan Blue Poppy was a lovely treat.It's wonderful the way so many flowers adopt the blue and purple hues as you gain elevation in the Himalayas.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/BluePoppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BluePoppy</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a>

Ewen Bell 📷So much beauty today. Lots of yummy food, lovely people, got a great portrait of our cheesemaker and even got to spend an hour walking downhill through the forest eating wild strawberries and chasing butterflies.<a href="https://photog.social/tags/Bhutan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bhutan</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Phobjikha" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Phobjikha</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Photography</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Lumix" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Lumix</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/FlutterByes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FlutterByes</a> <a href="https://photog.social/tags/Himalayas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Himalayas</a>

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