This was my morning today. Felt very nice to have this peaceful moment as our planet spins around the sun once again.

These little fellas were so hard to get close to. Every so often one will give up for a while and let you take a shot.

Turns out Tashi really really really enjoys having a macro lens to play with. This Sigma 105mm F2.8 was the first macro lens I bought for L-mount (although it comes in other varieties too). It opened up a whole new world for me. It's amazingly sharp.

Now it belongs to Tashi.

We're into the butterfly section of this journey. Could be here for a while!

A little update to the previous photo, a short post about Kumari and our brief moment of serenity taking photos with her.

https://ewenbell.com/blog/Morning_Glow

We had an amazing morning. Cannot wait to share this little story in detail some day. For now, here's the culmination of our joy when Tashi got to photograph the hand of Kumari :)

This is what kept me awake all night though.

Last shot of the night.

Clouds were rolling in and hiding the aurora activity. Just a few embers left at the camp fire. Was one of those night were a bunch of things lined up at the same time.

Full moon rising high enough over the mountain to paint across this part of the valley. Fresh powder snow the last few days, but not too deep than I can't walk through it. Warm conditions the week before so the creek was running, and hadn't frozen over yet.