Life in a dzong, a photo from Tashigang, East

Photographer's Note

In the far east of Bhutan, lies Tashigang at an elevation of about 3200m. It is the country's largest district. Tashigang is also a melting pot of hill tribe people who come into the town to trade. In particular, the unusual Merak and Sakteng people come to Tashigang to trade yak's milk products for provisions that they need in the mountains. Merak and Sakteng are located about 80km East of Tashigang close to the border with the India's Arunachal Pradesh.

Tashigang Dzong sits on a jagged piece of land jutting out from the town and it the first landmark that can be seen from the road winding up to Tashigang.

The Dzong was built in 1659 and it commands a spectacular view over the valley. It also houses the office of the Dzongda (District Commissioner) and home of the monk body. Unlike the other dzongs, it has only one courtyard.

I post in a workshop a closeup on the finely decorated door with the monks.

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bantonbuju (51815) 2007-01-17 2:38

salut vincent,
amazing interior... i find it really great all those balconies, patterns created by the wooden details... quite a work to accomplish this building...
i'd only suggest maybe to strighten the walls with some pp tools so that the building does not lean over the monks :-))
anyhow, pretty interesting work,
best wishes, jerzy

lestans (17258) 2007-01-17 2:42

What an interesting shot! And a so well done one, colors and composition are perfect . You make me discover this far country, thank you!

Livia

leo61 (0) 2007-01-17 2:43

Hi Vincent!
Good shot of this nice house with an interesting architecture.The painted wooden parts look great and I like your composition with the monks,dogs and chicken.
Regards,Leo

Graal (103040) 2007-01-17 3:33

Hi Vincent,
unusual a place, great architecture, interesting scene. You had great journey, Bhutan is very far from the Europe. Amazing culture. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

ChrisJ (171884) 2007-01-17 3:41

Hi Vincent

Fascinating architecture, with nice warm colours, & superb repetition of the windows. The monks in their red saffron robes add scale & context. Tfs!

jasmis (58653) 2007-01-17 3:59

Masterpiece of exotic architecture. Amazing lesson of culture of this country. Regards.

Paolo (41258) 2007-01-17 4:29

Hi Vincent wonderful image, well built and with excellent colours and good quality.
i remember when a group of my friends visited Buthan in the 1989. they were some of the first tourist to have a Traveller Visa and payed a lot for every day spent there!
thanks, ciao

snunney (130967) 2007-01-17 4:51

Hello Vincent,
Another fascinating view of this building. These beautiful wooden balconies and windows with their amazing colours are something to behold. Great colours and clarity.

delkoo (68) 2007-01-17 5:20

bonjour vincent,
trиs joli cette cour interieure, elle nous fait decouvrir la superbe architecture des temples bouthanais.
amicalement
didier

feather (51130) 2007-01-17 9:51

To see this in real life must have been a wonderful sight. The rich detail on the doors and windows is stunning. I like the wide angle view you chose to show three sides of the building and a snippet of daily life of some of the monks complete with dogs and chickens. Good WS too
Kath

ciec (1081) 2007-01-17 10:17

Bonjour Vincent,
En voyant cette photo je me suis rappelйe mon propre passage labas en novembre 1997.
A ce moment lа rien n'йtait si fraichement peint et propre. Et pourtant je trouve toujours que les Dzongs, celui-ci ainsi que tous les autres, sont d'une beautй exceptionelle, toujours trиs impressionnant aussi.
Bellescouleurs !
La lumiиre tempйrйe rend trиs bien l'athmosphиre serиne de ces lieux.
Je me demande seulement s'il ne vaudrait pas mieu de couper un peu sur le cotй droit pour rendre l'image carrйment symmйtrique.

Gerrit (62042) 2007-01-17 10:35

Hi Vincent,
interesting architecture. Beautiful bright colours and grood framing.
regards, Gerrit

albertopiubello (2623) 2007-01-17 11:58

Bonsoir Vincent,
j'ai vu cette photo dans plusieurs guides du Bhoutan: elle est toujours magnifique et tu as ajoutй les moines pris dans leurs quotidianitй qui rendent l'image encore plus vivante.
L'architecture est йtonnante: avec ses couleurs зa nous fait entrer dans un endroit de rкve.
Alberto

Photo65Net (43144) 2007-01-17 13:22

Bonsoir Vincent,
Une compo pleine de couleurs, qui capte l'oeil.
J'aime aussi la gйomйtrie globale de la photo, trиs intйressant avec des perspectives marquйes sur une petite profondeur.
Bien vu,
Bonne soirйe,
JB.

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2007-01-17 14:16

Hi Vincent,
Once again a picture from one of the less visited places in Bhutan and a fine one as well. Beautiful view of the inner courtyard. Good symmetry all around.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

Flavia (10352) 2007-01-17 14:21

Salut Vince,

L'architecture de cet batiment est vraiment jolie y il en a tellement des details et de couleurs! Les monges pres de la porte a profiter d'un moment de detente et les chiens en paresse montre la tranquillite de la vie dans le monastere.

A+

Flavia

AmiBe (6042) 2007-01-17 15:11

Hello vincent,
mmmm, c'est beau cette architecture !
J'ai envie de m'envoler pour le Bouthan immйdiatement !
Ton cadrage nous plonge dans ce monastиre, j'aime voir des moines а l'entrйe.
a+

Angelillo (9374) 2007-01-17 17:31

Hi Vincent,

The symmetry is here very useful and beautiful. The building is surprising by the forms and colors, and the frame you has composed is beautiful. Calm and peaceful shot, however plenty of life and colors! Thanks, and best wishes

Angel.

vagabondtravels (6511) 2007-01-17 19:24

Hey Vincent

Nice comp and colors. I really like the wide angle.
You have captured the daily scene very well.
Good work.
Ben

stego (24132) 2007-01-17 19:36

Bonsoir Vincent,
Merveilleuse, trиs, trиs belle, trиs fort graphiquement et avec un environnement trиs sympathique et pacifique.
J'aime beaucoup aussi le WS, bien que prйfйrait que le moine qui est debout n'йtait pas de cфtй. Fйlicitations et TFS.
Amicalement, Josй.

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-01-17 22:36

Hi Vincent,
I like the closed in feeling with the walls on all sides. The colours andtextures are wonderful and I love the detail on this amazing building. The monks and animals add nice life to the shot.
Regards
Wanda

efigesta (12188) 2007-01-18 4:58

Hi Vincent
interesting place here, great colors and interesting shot
regards
manuel

sanalytis (1634) 2007-01-18 4:59

Hi Vincent,

Very nice shot of the magnificent building. I like your composition with the monks in the doorway very much.

Spiros

AiresSantos (56155) 2007-01-18 5:43

Hi Vincent,
Very nice place, amazing shaps and colours. Very good light and sharpness.
TFS and greetings
Aires

entrelec (8328) 2007-01-18 5:49

Sometimes symetry is the good choice, as it is in this shot.
Very nice image,wonderfull architecture!
Regards

Joel

cbrman (21685) 2007-01-18 7:30

Hello Vincent,

Superbe couleurs dans cette image ! Les dйtails sont trиs bien rendus et les fenкtres colorйes ressortent parfaitement dans cette belle photographie !
Bien vu.

A+

Dominique

cunejo200 (7281) 2007-01-18 8:04

Hi Vincent,
Very striking details and colors on this Dzong building. I am really enjoying your Bhutan postings. A high-quality image. Regards and best wishes. Danilo

ben4321 (9875) 2007-01-18 8:19

This is really superb Vincent, I like how you framed it so as not to allow any distractions such as the sky or whatever to creep in, allowing us to concentrate on this beautiful building.
I like how the colourful walls on either side frame the main facade and focus our attention on it.
Finally, without the presence of the monks, dogs and chickens (?), this wouldn't have been as good. It's good to see that this is a living place.
Excellent.

Cheers,
Ben

Cretense (68709) 2007-01-18 8:20

Hi Vincent!

Amazing architecture shot, very representative of this beautiful country and culture! Great composition and beautiful colours! Also very good sharpness and contrast. Congratulations!

Hercules

Silvio1953 (221729) 2007-01-18 9:18

Hi Vincent beautiful photo of interesting architecture, great composition, wonderful colors, well done, ciao Silvio

imrek (4) 2007-01-18 9:22

HI Vincent,
very nice and colourful architecture, the included monks is good bonus to photo!!!
regards,
imre

tcht (7565) 2007-01-18 12:52

Hi Vincent
another wonderful shot of these amazing buildings! The decorations are really cool and you captured them in great detail. Like the symmetry here too. lovely documentary of the place!
Best regards
CheukHin

Dragonheart (8434) 2007-01-18 22:14

Hi Vincent,
Amazing architecture, these colourful windows stand out very well against the white wall. Good POV.
Well done
Thanks for sharing
Best regards
Vivek

axiotea (21651) 2007-01-19 1:42

Bonjour Vincent,
Superbe architecture magnifiquement decoree et coloree. L inclusion des moines nous permet de comprendre que l edifice religieux est immense.
Amicalement,
Marilyn

Angshu (56760) 2007-01-19 4:07

Impressive Vincent..the wood work is a joy to watch...and the spice of life with the monks, the idling dogs & the chicken, well the overall compo. is very nice indeed
Regards
Angshu

markstaples (15670) 2007-01-19 4:13

A wonderful colourful shot with superb graphical qualities. You've exposed the shot to perfection and the quality is second to none. Great work!
Je repasse bien sыr avec un petit sourire.
Amicalement
Mark

pady (4800) 2007-01-20 10:32

Quel pays fascinant ce doit кtre que le Buthan. Loin de tout et riche d'йmotions.
Cette architecture est magnifique tout en йtant trиs moderne.
Bien composйe.
Amitiйs
Pierre-Andrй

josepmarin (59385) 2007-01-21 13:20

Bonsoir, Vincent,
bon cadrage qui capte la beautй et le coloris de ce temple, avec une scиne trиs gйomйtrique et pleine de la vie que les moines et les chiens la donnent.
Bien illuminйe, et avec beaucoup de graphisme.
Amicalement,
Josep

JCG (35153) 2007-01-22 3:47

Bonsoir Vincent,

Un bвtiment qui, pour son вge, se porte bien. Une trиs belle architecture et un patrimoine religieux conservй avec amour. Les couleurs sont magnifiques. Une trиs belle image et merci pour la photo complйmentaire et ta note intйressante.

Avec toutes mes amitiйs et une bonne soirйe,

Jean-Charles

riclopes (35577) 2007-01-22 8:57

Olб Vincent, spectacular interior of this architecture. Your perspective and composition is very well suceeded and the closer detail in ws is really good. Such remote places attract me very much and you have lots of them to show us. Tfs,
Ricardo

Henryk_Bilor (20803) 2007-01-22 12:46

Hi Vincent
Interesting capture. Good visible architecture, especially these curious windows.
Regards

Stepan (27210) 2007-01-22 17:40

Les dйtails de cette architecture sont trиs intйressants. C'est bien vu d'avoir "inclus" quelques moines pour mettre de la vie dans cet endroit presque baroque sous cet angle. La "symйtrie" est pas mal non plus.
Stйphane

shirgold (2485) 2007-01-23 11:41

Hi Vincent,
This is truly beautiful. The image is full of colors and details.
I like the symmetry you captured very much.
TFS - Shir

PixelTerror (0) 2007-01-24 5:12

Salut Vincent,
Encore une belle image du pays des dzongs, ils ont de bons decorateurs aussi la bas car les decorations ressortent tres ben sur ce fond blanc c'est vraiment tres jolis, je pense qu'ils seraient bien inspires d'embaucher qq Bhutanais dans les inombrables emissions de decoration d'un gout plus que douteux qui envahissent nos ecrans par ici ;-)
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves
P.S. vu aussi le WS, tres chouette, je pense qu'il merite un post a part entiere car beaucoup de gens ne regardent pas les WS, ce qui est dommage !

capthaddock (28790) 2007-01-29 18:31

Hi Vincent - what a pretty building, so colourful and ornate, the symmetric perspectivew also works well, and of course the human element offered by the monks adds more appeal.

ElAprendiz (30) 2007-01-31 13:34

Very showy scene.
Through a majestic frame, you have caught the totality of the architecture. Excellent POV
John

coco (30439) 2007-02-03 9:27

Hi Vincent.

The architecture combined with the daily life of the people! Good idea.
But best because we are in front a very enjoyable (even I would say traditional) kind of architecture and also a kind of life (monks' life) so interesting for us as distant.

Regards.

veve (4189) 2007-03-01 14:52

Hello Vincent,
Very good photo!
Interesting ornaments and colors on that architecture!
Great composition and pov!
Best regards,
Veronica

vinicio (23423) 2007-05-24 3:55

Beautiful architectures and decorations, also beautiful image of this courtyard with nice life and lovely calm atmosphere, well done Vincent, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

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