Photographer's Note
Maybe one of the most famous natural sceneries in the South American continent: the Towers of Paine.
After reaching Campamento Torres around mid afternoon, we quickly setup camp and pondered wheather to climb immidiately the ardorous slope to the scouting point or to postpone the ascent to the following sunrise. The weather looked quite greyish and not promising but no one could promise us better visibility and conditions the following early morning - a risk. Most of the group that we trekked with decided to ascent before sunrise in order to catch the "Red Torres". Me and my friends decided it would be better doing this rough ascent day time.
The ascent was not an easy one, with huge white boulders pieces strewn all around the slope, making the ascent slower. But rough as it was, the scene at that scouting point with the freezing wind hauling in the background was an amazing one: Deep serenity and low clouds shrouded the massive dark pillars over the tourquise milky lagoon. It was like we came to the forbidden and dark place of a witch or a dragon's hideout, hidden high and with an unwelcoming greeting of the weather (lucky for us it didn't rained). we stayed there no more than 20 minutes due to the strengthening of the wind and the decrease of temperature, and made our slow way down to camp.
Our friends, by the way, were less fortunante, and except for a heavy cloud that "sat" on top of the torres down close to the waterline, they didn't see even a glimpse of the majestic torres...
Here's a clearer and beautiful view of the Torres.
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Shelbeesmom
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(678) 2006-05-02 10:36 [Comment]
s10001in
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(0) 2006-05-02 10:37
Chen..
It is really a nice post..
Very soft but impressive composition..
combination of dry & wet touch...
Great work
Vagabond
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(5848) 2006-05-02 11:18
Very nice composition with good colours, maybe not with the best definition, eventually due to the scarce light and low ISO. Anyway, I would like to be able to so nice picture.
Rui
dkeus31
(27739) 2006-05-02 14:13
Hello Chen,
A nice picture, well framed: the little lake, the imperssive scenery.
The mountains look even higher with the clouds on top since we cannot see the ends of the big chimneys.
Regards,
Didier
Floydian
(30970) 2006-05-02 15:55
Hi Chen,
Glad you are back to the towers of paine, all images i see from this area are beauty's, just as this one. It has a great mood and perfect atmosphere with lots of depth. I love the misty clouds around the rocks....really superb..!!!
Regards, Henk
andante
(7092) 2006-05-02 23:01
Chen, one of the best of the series of shots from Patagonia. Love the way the light is so even through the whole scene. Very good details and sharpening.
paido
(944) 2006-05-03 0:18
What a strange landscape...
The mountains are standing, tall over the water... This could have been somewhere in Lord of the Rings :)
Jribeirosantos
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(1924) 2006-05-03 8:14
No words to describe such an amazng landscape...
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Joana
ChrisJ
(171194) 2006-05-04 3:32
Hi Chen
I like the graphism of the trio of dark pinnacles in the bg. A superb landscape, with a spectacular view of these imposing geological formations. Well done!
capthaddock
(28790) 2006-05-04 11:10
Hi Chen - may be a classic, but always an impressive sight to see, I like the cloud cover touching the tops, fortunately without covering up too much of the towers, yes an early red light would be interesting, but with cloudy weather they probably didn't see the red light anyway.
KevRyan
(22956) 2006-05-07 8:37
A fantastic landscape image Chen - and your story of the efforts you made to achieve it is really very interesting - I just feel 'silent' looking at it - I think this would be a wonderful print - the light crown of clouds just adds that dynamic element that brings it all to life.
Nice one my friend!
best wishes kev
CoolDan
(2516) 2006-05-07 17:12
Bonjour Chen,
Magnifique paysage tout droit sortie d'un film de lιgende. J'aime les pics qui dιfoncent les nuages.
Bien vu.
devimeuxbe
(58557) 2006-05-08 4:49
Hi Chen
Very nice ciomposition with this incredible mountain and the clouds.
Excellent vertical frame.
Well done
Bertrand
Rodrigues
(1035) 2006-05-18 20:25
Very well composed.
Like the foreground interest and the somewhat unbalanced organization of the mountains (although the towers are the main subject, the ones on the left take our attention too)...it gives the scene a less traditional approach.
The scenario is overwhelming, you should be a happy guy haning beeing there...
flydragon
(0) 2006-05-21 4:18
hello Chen
waht a strange place
and also beautifull
i never been in south America
i hope one day ;o)
i like the natural color of this picture
regards
••simon••
sorry no more green
Photo Information
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Copyright: Chen Guttman (pilpel-adom)
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(3018) - Genre: Τοποθεσίες
- Medium: Έγχρωμο
- Date Taken: 2005-12-30
- Categories: Φύση
- Camera: Canon EOS 33, Canon EF 28-105mm f: 3.5 / 4.5 USM II, Kodak Gold 200, Hoya 58mm UV
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Οδοιπορικό: Torres del Paine Trek
- Θέμα(τα): YOUR FAVORITES [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-05-02 10:33
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