Laguna de los Tres

Just a quick update. It turns out that thins do (sometimes…) go according to plan! I am now living in El Chalten and I found a job 3 days after I arrived. Not only that, but I will work from 15:00 to 23:00 hs allowing me to photograph every sunrise until the end of the season. They also gave me a room so I will be able to save some money for the winter!

Of course I won’t be sleeping a lot, or at least not in my bed, but I do plan to sleep in the camps around the park to have better access to the best places.

Unfortunately, the weather here is still to dry for spring and most of the plants are dry. It has been incredibly windy, with gust of wind that can knock you to the ground if unprepared, sometimes it rains, now there is a little snow falling.

Hopefully in a couple of weeks the weather will have improved a little. I miss the green I saw when I last was here in march. I miss the flocks of birds that were all over the place flying from tree to tree.

For now I have been exploring the trails around the place. One in particular takes you to Laguna de los Tres, a small mountain lake at the foot of mount Fitz Roy. Getting there is no small feat, as you have to walk 12 km from the town just to get there, and the last 2 km are very steep and are still covered in snow.

Once you get there, you see one of the most beautiful places in the park, an emerald colored lake surrounded by glaciers and mountains. Usually. Now it is still completely frozen which makes it even more beautiful.

(click to see a bigger version) Laguna de los Tres. El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina

I took a few quick shot and made a panorama of the place. I plan to return in a few day once the weather improves and hopefully capture a sunset from the top. It will include my first night camping and a night ascent to the top as the camp is 600 m bellow the lake, but it should be worth every step.

See you around!

Santiago

Introduction

Pinceladas. Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

Hi, and welcome to my new photography blog. Let me try to explain what you and I are doing here in yet another photography blog.

First, what you will find in this blog. Images, lots and lots of images. I like photographing landscapes, both during the day and during the night, wildlife and a sometimes I do a little macro.

I will try to post at least once a week, but if time permits I will post as much as I can. With every picture I will write a short explanation about the way I composed the picture, the decisions I made, how I could have made it better. Hopefully you will take a few minutes to write your opinion, remember that part of the idea of creating a blog is the ability to interact with you.

Second, what you will not find in this blog. News about new cameras, lenses, filters, camera straps, memory cards, tripods, backpacks, etc. For that there are an infinite (and still growing!) number of sites that are way better than anything I could make.

Third, why is this in english? I am from Argentina, and my main language is spanish. Since keeping the blog in two versions would be too difficult, I decided to keep it in english. Hopefully that will allow me to access a bigger number of people.

If in the future, the number of spanish speaking readers is big enough, I might make a second version of the blog.

Fourth, why now? This one is a little bit trickier, but let me see what I can do.

Tomorrow I will be moving to El Chalten, a small town in Patagonia Argentina. The reason is that since I love landscape photography and being outdoors, it was easier for me to move there than to wait for my vacations every year. It will be hard, since I will be leaving my family and friends, but I will also be able to come back in six months at the end of the season.

If all goes according to the plan (right... because it always does!) I will be able to go out almost every day, allowing me to photograph the beautiful mountain range where it is located. Mountains, forest, lakes, rivers, waterfall, glaciers... El Chalten seems to have them all. It also has a terrible weather, know to drive people crazy, but bad weather tends to create spectacular light shows.

I also have a website at www.iniclof.com.ar, where you can find some old photos. So far most of it is from Buenos Aires, the city I live now, but with time I hope to add more content.

Fifth... that’s it I guess. You will have to wait a few days for my next post since my number one priority once I arrive is to find a job, but once I do I will do all I can keep this blog updated.

If you like, you can subscribe to my RSS feed or my newsletter to receive my updates. You can also send this to a friend to help me promoting the blog.

I will leave you one final image. See you around!
Santiago

Rayadito. El Chalten, Santa Cruz, Argentina