Singye Pelphu Lhakhang (Snow Lion Cave Temple), Bhutan

Fujifilm GFX100S II, GF20-35mmF4 R WR, f8 @ 1/60 second, ISO 80

Taktsang Monastery is one of Bhutan's most revered temples and its most visited tourist attraction. Clinging to the edge of a vertical cliff face, it's a good two and a half hour walk to reach (including a short stop at the teahouse half way up), with a total vertical rise of around 500 metres. It makes a fantastic photo and one I continue to take, even though I have visited the location half a dozen times.

However, the photo above is not of Taktsang, but a small temple you pass on the way.

It's an interesting climb because it is all up, past the tea house until you get to the hero viewpoint. Here, you're level with Taktsang, but to get across the chasm to the temple on the opposite side, you then descend many hundreds of steps before crossing over and climbing back up the other side.

As you begin your second (and weary) ascent, on the left is an even steeper flight of steps which leads to Singye Pelphu Lhakhang (Snow Lion Cave Temple). If Taktsang seems precariously positioned, this lhakhang is positively squeezed into the cliff. And that's what I have tried to show - how small and insignificant this temple is in comparison to the huge escarpment behind and above.

Choosing a monochromatic rendition seems to simplify the story into essentially three shapes: the temple, the cliff and the little patch of sky above. I've also tweaked the contrast and tonality, attempting to emphasise the hardness of the rock and the tenuity of the temple's position.

And the Flying Tiger? Come to Bhutan with David Oliver and me in 2028 and we'll ensure you find out the answer in the Taktsang Monastery. We're still working out the dates, but details will be available in the next little while.