The essence of storm.

The storm was closing in fast. I stood at Tsongo Lake in Sikkim, the wind shrieking through the icy air like a warning. Tourists hurried back, sensing something was wrong—but the animals knew first. I caught a strange, restless movement in a yak and a dog near the lake. That primal instinct—they felt it before we did.
Then the police order came: everyone must evacuate. I was the last one left behind.
It was dangerously reckless, but I couldn’t walk away. Crawling on the frozen lake, camera in hand, I kept telling myself—Now or never. This was the shot I came for, even if it meant facing the storm head-on.