Himalayan Blue Sheep at Qing-zang Plateau

Photographing Himalayan Blue Sheep against the vastness of the Qing-zang Plateau is a truly humbling exercise, with Tibet's high-altitude "roof of the world" offering wide, open grasslands and arid steppe as a backdrop for these hardy grazers. The scale of the terrain here rewards wider compositions that place the animals within their immense highland surroundings, rather than tight portraits alone. Photographers joining Tibetan Wildlife of the Qing-Zang Plateau typically visit in November, when the plateau's open character is at its most exposed and dramatic. Patience and a readiness to work across long, flat expanses will serve well when tracking these animals across the steppe.