Cuteness overload 2 - a photo on Flickriver

            The way I processed this shot was a compromise between this lovely little girl and the landscape behind her. 

If I cropped it more you would miss the context wherein this girl is living, a vast empty landscape with majestic mountains, and the small tent where she is living with here parents, and vice versa you could miss how lovely she looks, but you can see it by pressing L and F11.

The picture was taken on the vast plain around Son-Kul where we were heading for the lake. Another stretch of amazing scenery, completely different culture, where people are living their lives as they did for thousands of years (instead that now many have cars and Tv's, besides there cattle and horses). Wolfgang, one of my travel companions said this looks like parts of Mongolia which is easy to imagine.

The girl is waving us goodby after we had given here a small toy. Enjoy!

20 September I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran)  before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive  journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history. 

Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way.  We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!

We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border. 

And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.

Taken in: Kyrgyzstan / Naryn oblast / Keng-Suu (show map)

Taken on: August 2, 2019

Tags:

Kirghistan

Mountain

mountains

blue

color

colors

colours

colour

journey

Central Asia

Landscape

mountainside

nature

Outdoors

Outdoor

panorama

rock

rocks

Sony

sky

scenic

cloud

contrast

Hill

Hills

Valley

clouds

cloudscape

Wimvandem

Kyrgygzstan

people « less

Sets appears in: • People • Journey to and in Central Asia 2019 more » • mountains • landscapes « less

Groups appears in: • Beautiful Mountains • Beautiful Earth more » • Landscape: The best Group on Flickr • *THE PERFECT PHOTOGRAPHER (P1/A2) • We travel the World • Astounding Image (Post 1 - Comment on 3) • Unforgettable Landscapes(High Quality) • ***SCREAM OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER*** • ! 60-89 Faves (P1,A+F3) • ! 90+ Faves (P1,A+F3) • *Flickr's BEST* - SERIOUS Photographers - Post 1/Comment 3 • Sunsets, Landscapes and Flowers. • Super Photographer (Post1 -Award 5) • ! !^Admiration Gallery 15+ Faves Level 1 • WorldLandscapes • Beautiful Seasons • Tra un Manifesto e Lo Specchio - High quality images • True Friends LIKE You! • THE LOOK level 1 RED • THE LOOK level 2 YELLOW • THE LOOK level 3 ORANGE • THE LOOK level 4 PURPLE • THE LOOK level 5 GREEN • THE LOOK level 6 BLUE • *Wonderful Water & Landscapes* • World's Pictures • The Moody Photographer - Feels, Emotions and Chills « less

Camera: Sony SLT-A65V, f/7.1, 1/400 sec, 50mm (=75mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony SLT-A65V
Lens:	17-50mm F2.8
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	50mm (35mm equivalent: 75mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Daylight
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Show full info

Stats: 17,677 views / 110 comments

Link to this photo view:
Link to this photo large view: