Comments: As with all photographs, but particularly landscapes, reducing the size of the image certainly reduces its impact, but hopefully the vastness of the Himalayan backdrop and the desolate emptiness of the desert is still evident. What may not be so clear from this rather small image (scanned from a print) is the detail on the silhouetted people waiting at the bus stop, who are wearing traditional clothing as marked by their distinctive headgear. If you click on the bus stop, you can see this area in more detail.

This bus stop is quite some distance from the nearest town (Leh), and when I first passed it, I regretted not stopping to take a photograph. The more I though about it, the more I realised I'd missed an opportunity for an interesting image - a deserted bus stop in the middle of nowhere - so much so that a few days later we hired a jeep to drive back out here specifically to take this shot, and also some images of a bridge nearby. I had not expected to find anyone out here, in the desert, miles from anywhere, actually waiting, so I feel fortunate to have them in the shot (as I'm sure it wouldn't have been a particularly frequent bus service).

[Fuji Superia ISO 200]