Chalten and other images

After a few days out in the trails, its time to upload some of the pictures I made. This time I have six new pictures, plus I reuploaded Crack.

A few weeks ago I found a great tutorial by Hougaard Malan about sharpening. The results is pretty good, and comparing the new picture against the old one is impressive. After spending a few hours experimenting with it, I finally found out a result I like and once I have my new site up I plan to reupload my old pictures. In the meantime, go check it out!

The first picture is from Laguna de los Tres, the same place where I made Crack. This time I wanted to try something different. I was lucky enough to have some huge cloud formations on the back, but the mountains were almost completely clear.

Cerro Fitz Roy, Cerro Poincenot

Laguna de los Tres, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

Next is a panorama of Valle del Rio de las Vueltas, on my way to Campamento Poincenot. Taken during a pretty colorless sunrise, this shows the northern side of the valley.

Valle del Rio de las Vueltas, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

This one was from a failed sunrise. I was trying to shoot Cerro Torre (which is behind the rainbow) but is was pretty covered. I managed to capture this on my way back, and even though it would have been spectacular to have Cerro Torre in the back, the clouds give it a nice atmosphere.

Arco Iris

Valle del Rio Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

I also managed to capture a few birds in several days. I particularly like the first one. It was taken at the edge of a forest (from outside shooting to the inside). He just sat there on a branch illuminated by small ray of sunlight giving a very dark background behind.

Chingolo III (Chingolo)

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

Pitio (Carpintero Pitio)

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

Torrentosos (Patos de los Torrentes, male and female)

Rio Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

Finally, a simple sunrise over Rio Fitz Roy. The sky turned a furious pink just before sunset, but lost all color a few minutes before the sun rose above the horizon. This one was taken around 30 minutes before that.

Pink

Rio Fitz Roy, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

So, this is it for now. I still have a few more pictures to upload, but I am going out tomorrow night to the same place so I will wait until I return.

See you arround!
Santiago