The Naked Mountain, by Imran Dawood

Nanga Parbat which mean Naked Mountain, is 26,660 ft (8126 m) in W Himalayas. It is also known as Killer Mountain because of so many deaths to reach its summit. A really rare view. You have to wait days to see the mountain peek out of clouds. This picture is taken from Fairy Meadows.

Technical Info: SONY DSC-W35 | Exposure 1/125sec | Aperture f/3.2 | ISO 100
Award Winner: Photo of the Day | June 16

Title of the photograph: The Naked Mountain
Photo of the Day Award Category: Landscape Photography
Photograph Location: Fairy Meadows, Nanga Parbat Base | Pakistan

Photographer: Imran Dawood (Lahore, Pakistan)
Imran Dawood is a telecommunication Engineer and working with Warid Telecom as IN/VAS Engineer. He was having interest since long but couldn’t follow it though. He properly started photography when he bought his first DSLR in Philippines while he was working there. After Philippines he went to many countries and found ample opportunities to take pictures. He is a nature lover that’s why he loves to photograph those stunning places and freeze his memories. He started with Nikon D80 which was destroyed during a mishap with himself in Malaysia. Then He switched to Nikon D90 and currently He is using Canon EOS 7D.

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