Might be that the best part of this journey was when Tashi got his own Macro lens and hence a chance to discover something very new and very wonderful. His patience with the butterflies is exemplary. There was a moment when he realised that you need more than flowers to chase butterflies, you need the sun as well. Butterflies are essentially solar powered, they most active once they've had a chance to toast under the sun a little.
Sunrise over Mustang. We got up early to hike a little higher up the hill and look down on the valley below. Up ahead is the route to Upper Mustang, once a place of great mystery but now easily accessible by road.
One of the "blues" and I have no idea which species. Pretty sure the only way to identify these things is to dunk in a jar of formaldehyde and send to a museum somewhere in London.
Which I do not want to do. Happy just to take photos thanks.
Anyway, the Nepali name for butterfly is Putali. Do whatever you want with that information.
These little guys are real favourites of mine. Was very excited to see them this morning, and for the rest of the morning we spotted them everywhere. The females have orange where the males have blue.
This fella gave us a good session, and waited patiently for us to take turns. Love the tiny little flourishes of colour that you just don't see until poking a macro lens into his orbit.
Been a big day. Half a terabyte level of big. But some great moments in there. And a tonne of post-editing to get on top of it all.
That's a problem for Future Ewen.
Sunrise today over Kagbeni. So much to love about this part of the Annapurnas.
Some more #tulips making a show today. I forget anymore what these little fringed guys are called, but they are really pretty.
This was my morning today. Felt very nice to have this peaceful moment as our planet spins around the sun once again.
Working with Tashi this week to pull together a few extra images for his exhibition.
Michaela / ミ匕ャエラ 
Trier, DE
