Himalayas – Abhishek Deepak

Landscape Photography in Nainital

Posted on 15/04/2024by Abhishek Deepak

View from Dorothy’s Seat near to Tiffin Top.

Nainital is a beautiful hill station in the state of Uttarakhand. I had come here in the month of March after a gap of 14 years. In my younger years, I had attended Sherwood College which is one of the prestigious boarding schools in North India and my main purpose was to meetup with old friends after like 25 years. After everyone left, I decided to stay back and spend a few days more to photograph landscapes and shoot timelapses. However, in my view, monsoon season would be a great time to shoot landscapes as there would be more dark clouds resulting in moody landscapes.

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Mountain Biking in Pokhara Valley

Posted on 22/09/2022by Abhishek Deepak

After spending a week at Chitwan I took a cab to Pokhara where I had decided to try out some mountain biking. Here I spent around 2 weeks exploring the various trails on my mountain bike and taking photos of the landscapes and wildlife. I had actually purchased the mountain bike in Kathmandu at a store called Panc Bike. It is a Polygon Premier 5 mountain bike. I could have rented the bike but I decided on purchasing it instead. I had mainly stayed at Nepali Cottage Guesthouse. I would recommend this place for a few reasons. One is that it is for those on a low budget, rooms are clean and the owners are quiet friendly and also there is a juice bar that not only serve juice but also make good breakfast.

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My Everest Base Camp 3 Peaks 3 Passes Trek

Posted on 29/06/2022by Abhishek Deepak

Back in September of 2021, I decided to visit Nepal around December to trek along the 3 Peaks and 3 Passes trek within the Everest region. However my plan did not go in effect until February of this year. Between mid November to like around end of March, the mountains are really cold. I had booked my trip through Makalu Adventure and overall it was a great trip. I had completed the entire trek in 35 days.

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Landscape Photography at Jim Corbett National Park

Posted on 25/04/2021by Abhishek Deepak

Other than photographing wildlife, one can get nice wide angle landscape shots. The best time is early morning or late evening because this is when you have soft golden light. Sometimes a telephoto lens even at 300mm can also capture amazing landscapes however for most shots during this trip, I had used both the Canon 17-40mm f/4 L lens and also the Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6 L lens. Here is a selection of landscape shots taken during the trip.

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Monsoon Photography

Posted on 13/09/2019by Abhishek Deepak

Now that the monsoons are over, here are some scenes of monsoonscapes taken during the morning in Dubra village near Dehradun. I got here with some friends by car. On arriving at the place, it seems very different in contrast to Dehradun. No traffic, no pollution, no noise and just the sound of nature and the other great thing is that it is only a small distance away from the main town of Dehradun.

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Winter Landscapes in Ladakh

Posted on 26/08/2019by Abhishek Deepak

Here I am sharing a small collection of landscape images taken by me during February of this year. I had photographed various locations in ladakh. Places visited were Leh, Shey, Korzok, Ulley and also a trek to Stok Kangri which you could read about by clicking here.

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Stok Kangri Winter Expedition

Posted on 18/07/2019by Abhishek Deepak

I had booked to do a winter expedition of Stok Kangri in February of this year. Stok Kangri is a 6000m non technical climbing peak which is mostly attempted in the summer months but in winter due to the level of snow and harsh weather, it becomes a different challenge altogether. I had booked via White Magic Adventure. This is professional company and the guides and support staff are very professional in their approach. In this 8 day expedition, there were 10 of us who signed up for such a venture. However 3 people decided to descend down after 5 days and the remaining 7 decided to ascend the peak.

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Trek and Mountain Monthly Competition

Posted on 24/03/2019by Abhishek Deepak

I have a good collection of images from the Himalayas so based on this I had decided to contribute one of my mountain images to the readers’ photos section of “Trek and Mountain” magazine. Each month, the magazine runs a monthly competition where the best images are published in the magazine and the winning image getting a small prize. For this I had entered the night shot of the Kang Yatse Peaks in Ladakh with milky way in the background.

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Mountains and Monasteries of Leh

Posted on 19/07/2018by Abhishek Deepak

Leh, Ladakh is one of the most scenic and photogenic places in India. Leh was the ancient capital of Ladakh and now in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. Leh has a lot heritage sites and monasteries and is mainly dominated by Buddhism. The best time to visit Leh would be between April to September. I have myself visited Leh 4 times. It is not only a place where people go for treks and expeditions but also a great place for sightseeing and interacting with locals. One word of advice when visiting Leh is to rest on the day of arrival since Leh is 3500m above sea level. One can get high altitude sickness so it is best to acclimatize slowly at this altitude.

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Climbing Mera Peak and Double Mountaineering Boots

Posted on 24/01/2018by Abhishek Deepak

After trekking and climbing for a number of years, I wanted to do something more challenging and opted to climb Mera Peak a 6476m peak in the Himalayas. However, it is a non-technical climb, it does require determination and endurance as one would be climbing in extreme cold temperatures up to -15C and at high altitude. I had organized a solo trek and climb to Mera Peak starting and ending at Phaplu.