Cordon Adela

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Okay, after a (very) small delay I can upload the shots from the last time I went to Laguna Torre.

This time I slept in the town and made the 12 km hike before sunrise because I had to work the night before. The weather was very nice but on the way there I couldn't avoid thinking that it was going to be a very disappointing day as the sky was completely clear and not a single cloud was visible. Glad I was wrong!

Cordon Adela

Laguna Torre, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

Just before sunrise a line of clouds appear behind Cerro Torre and started "spilling" over the top like an overflowing pool. A beautiful show to see and even better to photograph! Cerro Torre is always a beautiful mountain to see and photograph, but that morning it had the most beautiful color I had seen so far!

A few minutes before I had been trying to make something with the lake and the rocks on the shore, and found something interesting, but with the sunrise light the color didn't turn out so nice. If there had been some clouds above me, they would have given some light and color to the foreground, but there were none.

This one is 15 minutes before sunrise. Its a composite from two images (one exposure for the mountains and another for the foreground) and i used my headlamp to put some light on the rocks, just to give them another color and some texture.

Punta de Flecha

Laguna Torre, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

I plan to get back there on a clear night. I really like the composition, but I need better light for it! With the light from the moon the foreground will show the texture of the rocks much better and the stars will look very nice on the sky. Maybe next time!

On the way back I also took some time to shoot some birds and managed to get some nice shoot of two new species to me. The first one is a Duicon looking into the rising sun.

Duicon

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

The next one is an Owl called Cabure Grande. I would have preferred to have a nicer background, with out so many branches, but she was very comfortable and didn't want to move, no matter how may times I asked. The good news is that they usually stay during the winter so I might be able to get some shots of them on the snow!

Cabure

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

The last one is a more simple image. It is a small piece of ice trapped in a river. I liked the shape of the water behind it, but it is to turbulent for me. I will have to try another time.

Deriva

Laguna Torre, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

See you soon!
Santiago