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Waking the Colca
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Copyright: Sam Beer (SamB)
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| Genre: Lieux |
| Média: Couleur |
| Date de prise de vue: 2006-07-17 |
| Catégories: Nature |
| Appareil photographique: Nikon D50, Sigma 18-200 f3.5-6.3 |
| Exposition: f/3.5, 1/80 secondes |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Versions: version originale, Workshop |
| Date de soumission: 2007-02-05 23:19 |
| Vue: 633 |
| Points: 10 |
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| [Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe |
And so the sun eventually rose over the Colca Canyon, first illuminating mountain faces far downstream, but eventually highlighting this tower directly across the river. This was my favorite attempt at capturing it, holding the river in the foreground and a single tree in silhouette.
July 17 happens to be the first or second day of Cabanaconde's annual festival, a massive event drawing crowds from all over Peru, and even some other people from the USA or Europe. As a result, however, probably half the population of Choco, it seemed, was traveling to Cabanaconde as well. This would be a much more exciting event if not for the fact that there is one single truck that ferries people from the Colca to Cabanaconde. While walking is possible, it is a three hour trip by truck... so hardly a pleasant walk, and certainly nothing that my group was up for.
More and more people came, eventually numbering somewhere between 40 and 50. While the people came, the truck didn't. And so, as the truck tarried, the masses congregated. There was no way we were all going to fit.
Then, i saw some movement 200 yards down the "road", where it was just a smoother stretch of rock that had been semi-cleared for construction work of some sort. Even more people... i thought. Then they all got in a red truck that i had thought was abandoned and started back. i took off at a dead sprint across the rocky ground in order to meet the truck before anybody else--i didn't want to be unsympathetic to the locals, but i also understood that they were equipped to survive in this area, that home was a short distance away for them, and that i was responsible for the lives of six other people and utterly unprepared for another two days of waiting. Such being the case, i was willing to make the owner of the truck quite wealthy if he would take us back to Cabanaconde. He was more than amenable, even charging a very reasonable rate. So seven construction workers crammed themselves and all their gear into the extended cab of a compact Nissan truck, and we piled seven Americans with all of our supplies for two months into the short bed. One member spent three hours essentially standing on the bumper, most of my body was hanging out of the bed... i must say that i'm glad my mother didn't witness this car ride.
There were not enough seatbelts for everybody.
One workshop features another silhouette taken in a similar vein as my last post, but a bit different (and less interesting, in my opinion) take. The other shows all of us (except for me) after arriving in Cabanaconde. i had jumped out to take the picture. |
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Hi Sam,
Your series of images from the Colca are outstanding. You have perked my curiosity, looks like a great place for some adventure! You did a great job capturing the light and composing this photograph. The inclusion of the river in the foreground is perfect.
Spiros
- euryan
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Hi Sam,
The light on the tip of the mountain is sweet. In nature photography this would qualify as a "decisive moment." As you know I'm quite fond of photos taken at first light. I'm very glad that you included the river at the bottom of the frame because it gives us a sense that all the elements are represented in this photo. Water, earth, wind, and fire (the light on the peak). I love this composition. Its very original. The only slight problem for me is the vignetteing in the corners of the sky, but it’s just a minor thing that could easily be changed in Photoshop.
Ryan
PS Great note as usual.
Hello Sam
It is missing a bit of punch for me. While I udnerstand that light conditions are difficult (considering the shadows from the other side of the canyon), I find that the part of the photo that is under the shadow is a bit dull, but I understand that it is difficult to manage both the dark part and the lit part.
Sadly I am unable to provide any advise as when I have simialr light conditions, I am unable to take a succesful photo.
Cheers
Daniel
Hello Sam,
Nice tones in this picture !
Your compo is great, as the fact you caught the last sun ray in the top of the mountain.
Very nice,
JB.
The image has very nice tones from the "first light", Sam. But I'll mainly comment on the workshop photo of silhouetted mountains, because I think it's really nice. It's very graceful and simple, with a nice gradation of tone in the sky, which all comes together to emaphasize the solitude and spaciousness of the location. Quite a story of your truck ride! Regards, Ken.
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