7-10 June 2013: Kundol Lake Trek - Swat Valley

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Road Trips / Vacations / Hiking / Trekking

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-06 11:22:34 +0500 #561

Distant waterfalls high on the mountains

263 by Mobeen Mazhar, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-06 11:32:16 +0500 #562

Sydney Opera House at Kundol Lake

264 by Mobeen Mazhar, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-06 11:44:22 +0500 #563

Floating ice of Kundol Lake

The lake had still some ice in it though major part of it had already melted but it was giving an amazing look from the bank

265 by Mobeen Mazhar, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-06 11:45:24 +0500 #564

266 by Mobeen Mazhar, on Flickr

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-06 12:06:49 +0500 #565

Last shot before camp site preparations and dinner + rest

This peak was towards opposite side somewhere around Gabral Valley

267 by Mobeen Mazhar, on Flickr

ranasherdil (ranasherdil) 2013-07-06 12:47:04 +0500 #566

Can't believe.. Shahbaz is in last of the group.

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-06 12:49:30 +0500 #567

Abhi zara lehaz kar raha tha shuru mei ... phir us se qabu mei nahi raha gya aur nikal gya agey

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-06 12:52:55 +0500 #568

After setting up camps and settling the thaki hari team in the camps, we started dinner preparations.

In the meanwhile, porters had setup desi stove with wood.

We used Freshmate food packs and once dinner was over, we had a round of tea.

Afterwards, everyone got into sleeping bags ... well they were already in sleeping bags since evening and just zipped up and slept

Me and Rashid bhai went out around 10 p.m. and started the night session with this wonderful view.

Rashid bhai light painting the lake while i took this shot ... Galaxy is just rising

268 by Mobeen Mazhar, on Flickr

ranasherdil (ranasherdil) 2013-07-06 13:04:44 +0500 #569

He is super trekker. (Mashallah). I will call him hovercraft, which runs a little high above surface in the air.

ism1 (ism1) 2013-07-06 17:40:30 +0500 #570

wah wah wah yeh wala part dekh kar tou sab paisey wasool ho gaye.......................................cigarettes k kuch ziada hi ho gayi hain kuch dino se dono thread dekhte dekhte pata hi nahi chalta, kab packet khatam hota hy. Begum sahiba alag chila rahi hoti hy

haris05 (haris05) 2013-07-07 04:31:14 +0500 #571

Zabardast...

aks_e_ahmed (aks_e_ahmed) 2013-07-07 05:04:42 +0500 #572

AGain Ala Clicks

aks_e_ahmed (aks_e_ahmed) 2013-07-07 05:10:56 +0500 #573

NIce Kit & Your Pics Are Sharp Enough i have 600D with 18-55 my Pics Are Not Seems Sharp And Clear I am thinking about 55-250 For zoom what is your opinion about this lens

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-07 05:21:00 +0500 #574

Koi ni Ramadan aa raha hai .... bachat shuru ho jaey gi very soooon

Thx a lot for liking the pics ... Now is the best part of this thread

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-07 05:22:31 +0500 #575

Thx a lot Haris bro

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-07 05:24:18 +0500 #576

Thx a lot

If u r shooting in JPEG mode then reduce the noise reduction in custom settings of the camera to disabled or minimum.

Canon processing engine tends to blur more details and keep the image cleaner.

I shoot RAW and customize the balance between sharpness and noise reduction myself. That is why u see sharper images as i prefer details over noise reduction.

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-07 05:27:40 +0500 #577

Canon 55-250mm is a good lens for starters !

irfan.tarar.26 (irfan.tarar.26) 2013-07-07 05:32:58 +0500 #578

Which is better? Canon 550D or nikon D3200??? And second thing canon EOS rebel T2i and canon 550D are one and same thing or different??

aesiege (aesiege) 2013-07-07 05:35:45 +0500 #579

These both are almost 3 years apart in technology so no comparison. Canon 550D is an old model and yes it is same as T2i.

550D is Rest of the World
T2i is USA
Kiss X4 is Japan

ahmad_yar (ahmad_yar) 2013-07-07 09:45:22 +0500 #580

mashallah beautiful