Solo Rosado

As I said in my last post, today I have three new images from the same day. Normally I select the one I like the most and put it first, but today I had a hard time choosing one.

With no particular order, here is one.

Solo Rosado

Cerro Solo, El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

This one was taken 20 minutes before sunrise (the sun would rise behind the camera). The day before I had already been in that place, and I had found the canyon on the bottom creating a nice line in the picture, the snow covered trees and the mountain (Cerro Solo) in the background.

The original plan was to shoot just as the sun started to cover the mountain, but with a clear sky, the sunrise was pretty flat. I was lucky however, because just before sunrise, the sky turned a beautiful pink and violet color.

Tres y Uno

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

The next one, is a much simpler image. It was done an hour later, very close to my place, in a small hill overlooking the town.

Just when I was about to return, I found this small plant sticking out of the snow in the shadow, with only the top illuminated by the morning sun. I captured a few different compositions, and I finally selected this one.

Finally, this one was done a few meters away from the last image, and it will probably be part of a new series of pictures I plan to do, involving snow and wind. I still have to see where I will take it from there.

Esculpido

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

As always I would like to know what you think about them, so use the comments!

See you around!
Santiago

Bosque Blanco

This last weeks the weather has been pretty bad, with lots of clouds, heavy snow storms and worse, strong winds. I have been able to go out only a few times, and even then it has been pretty hard.

Snow in the trails is ankle deep, or worse, and when the sun shines, the top melts only to freeze during the night, creating the longest slide in the world. I am looking to get crampons, but so far I have gone with out them.

So! Today I am uploading a little experiment. It was taken a few weeks ago after a very strong snowfall. As a result, the trees in that particular place were completely covered, and since it was an old burned forest, the branches were already bare.

Bosque Blanco

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

Since they are in the shadow, there is not much separation between the different trees, so maybe I will be back on another day to try again. Still, I like the result.

Carpintero Gigante

El Chalten, Patagonia Argentina

There is also another image from a woodpecker. Its very impressive to see them working on a tree only to have the snow from the branches fall on them. They don't seem to mind though, they just shook it off and continue like nothing!

Tomorrow I will upload a few more images from a different day, with two that I really like.

See you around!
Santiago