Chaltén/Fitz Roy on Fire

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 17, 2012603 views21 comments

I just returned from an eight week trip to Patagonia, but have actually been traveling since November. We travelled to southern Africa, Central America and South America, and as you probably can imagine it's hard to manage the amount of new pictures. Therefore I can now only offer an image from last year's trip to Patagonia.

It had been a rather sunny day with a thin layer of high clouds hovering above the patagonian Andes. When I started my walk (well, 1 hour of steep climb) I could see the edge of the layer of clouds behind the peaks in the west. I was climbing excitedly and hoping that soon the rest of the clouds above me would be hit by the last light of the setting sun. And so it did...

Laguna de los Tres, El Chaltén, Argentina

Canon 5DMKII, EF 17-40 @ 17mm, Lee GND, Lee ND, B+W Polarizer
ISO 50, f/22, 30 seconds (unfortunately I didn't carry enough ND power with me...)
single exposure processed in LR and PS (TKs luminosity masks)

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on April 17, 2012 at 8:22 AM

Wonderful light & comp

well done

Hamed

Registered on June 1, 2009, 372 Posts, 2282 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 17, 2012 at 8:49 AM

The rock placement in the FG balances the scene nicely. Sounds like you had an epic trip. Your blend of sky and mnts looks very natural- excellent job with the processing.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on April 17, 2012 at 9:11 AM

This is fantastic in every respect. I don't know if you needed more "ND power"...this amount of cloud movement looks good to me.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on April 17, 2012 at 10:03 AM

Very dramatic sky. The colors and composition are first rate. Fine image.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on April 17, 2012 at 10:29 AM

I've seen this before and it's a majestic very well captured. For me the exposure is long enough and I like the brushstroke like feel of the clouds.

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Comment posted by Larry Fischer on April 17, 2012 at 10:59 AM

Wonderful photo, of course.
No nits.
the fisch

Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 17, 2012 at 1:20 PM

Beautiful! Wonderful light and color along with a great comp.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on April 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Yum. Look forward to the new work. 8 weeks down there sounds....insane.

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 17, 2012 at 3:32 PM

I think you've nailed this without the extra ND power Joerg. Comp is spot on, nicely framing the foreground rock with the relected peaks. Cracking sky.

Gary.

Registered on April 15, 2010, 142 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on April 17, 2012 at 3:46 PM

Excellent photo, with amazing colors to enjoy! The blurred reflections add so much to the foreground

Registered on November 16, 2011, 67 Posts, 1127 Comments

Comment posted by Joerg Bonner on April 17, 2012 at 6:09 PM

thank you all for your comments! they are very well appreciated!!

btw, with more ND power i meant the ability to go from f22 to f11 (or so) and from ISO50 to 100 as not to lose detail and dynamic range

Registered on September 5, 2011, 44 Posts, 221 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on April 17, 2012 at 7:34 PM

a stunner!

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Comment posted by Dennis Harding on April 17, 2012 at 7:48 PM

Beautiful place, fantastic photograph!

Registered on January 19, 2011, 33 Posts, 408 Comments

Comment posted by jack jaeger jr on April 17, 2012 at 8:31 PM

Love this and want to see pics from the rest of your journey.

Registered on April 2, 2012, 26 Posts, 355 Comments

Comment posted by John Fan on April 17, 2012 at 10:26 PM

Fantastic light. I like the movement of cloud.

Registered on August 24, 2010, 135 Posts, 489 Comments

Comment posted by Abdulmajeed Aljuha on April 18, 2012 at 12:51 AM

The sky is on fire ! , I love the colors and the exposure is great. My only concern that for the rock in the FG, it takes my eyes away from the great view on the mountains with the reflection
very nice photo

Registered on December 4, 2010, 77 Posts, 149 Comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on April 18, 2012 at 4:03 AM

i like this ... but would love to have seen what it looked like without the ND filter ... seems the colour and life is plenty good enough without it!

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on April 18, 2012 at 4:54 AM

Those Mountains are really interesting, one day i have to visit this place
i love this work, especially the effort you spent behind this art work

Registered on May 31, 2009, 112 Posts, 1590 Comments

Comment posted by Leo Collazo on April 20, 2012 at 11:18 PM

Beautiful shot! The composition is perfectly balanced. The large rock on the bottom right of the image, as well as the orange/yellow reflections in the water, has enough visual weight that it balances the lower half of the image with the top half and bright sky. My eyes want to look at every inch of the image and not just stay in one place. Beautiful work Joerg.

Registered on August 4, 2011, 19 Posts, 69 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 21, 2012 at 8:10 PM

Incredible! What a fantastic combination of light and elements. All in one exposure too. You pulled out everything possible here.

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Comment posted by Kris Johnson on May 16, 2012 at 2:26 AM

Great composition. Nice placement of the rocks. They lead the eye right from foreground to background. Beautiful colors and nice texture in the water.

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