• the smell of yak butter

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    Posted Around 8 years ago

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    Homajon
    Jun 01, 2006

    Beautiful shot. I Like the dark colors

    flawijn
    Jun 01, 2006

    nice earhtly colors! gives a very calm and serene ambience. But what the heck does yak-butter has to do with this picture?

    Kris [PiXistenZ]
    Jun 01, 2006

    Maybe I should have explained this. In Tibet, candles used in monasteries are made from yak butter. These candles produce a very uh ... special and strong odor which you'll never forget afterwards. Often the monks offer you "yak butter tea" (Bo cha). As you probably already guessed, this salt tea (tastes more like soup) is also made from yak butter. Afterwards, when you're hungry, you can try a delicious (i'm not kidding!) yak steak. Best meat I ever tasted. And in the morning, your omelette will be prepared with ..?... :-)

    Justin Gaynor
    Jun 01, 2006

    Great shot!

    Brandon
    Jun 01, 2006

    Too bad for you if you're allergic to yak, I guess. Nice dark, subdued colors and a very cool long angle.

    Ashish Sidapara
    Jun 01, 2006

    Nice framing, cool shot!

    Mike
    Jun 01, 2006

    Nice shot Kris, its looks very raw to me, and i like it.

    Ella
    Jun 01, 2006

    The colors are wonderfully warm and earthy. I only know this scene from documentaries about Tibet unfortunately. Would like to visit this place so much myself. Here is a great Tibet gallery on pbase: http://www.pbase.com/orangecrush/tibet.

    armeen
    Jun 01, 2006

    i guess the user of their yak butter is like obsession of british with tea! ha! ... too bad we can't smell the photo but the odorless photo does carry a very calming effect.

    Adam Lee Dalziel
    Jun 02, 2006

    amazing shot!!! - where was this taken - tibet??

    Kris [PiXistenZ]
    Jun 02, 2006

    Thanks for the comments everyone!

    > Adam: yeah this picture was taken in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Tibet.

    Bruno
    Jun 02, 2006

    i can emagine that it smells. but its lovley shot and nice mood here. looks like very very old building with lots of history :)

    lorissa
    Jun 02, 2006

    gorgeous. beautiful lighting and mood created here.

    Sebastian
    Jun 06, 2006

    Hello Kris,

    unless you deliberately didn't reply to my last emails it seems that you haven't been receiving mine. Don't know why, but I could imagine that maybe your spamfilter sorted them out. Please let me know! (just delete this message after you've read it)

    [t e r r o r k i t t e n]
    Jun 07, 2006

    This has a lovely mood to it Kris....I love that dark feel.

    Phil

    Joris
    Jun 12, 2006

    The part outside, on the left distracts me, but otherwise great picture.

the smell of yak butter