eden's garden
Cuernos del Paine reflection over the glacial waters of lake Nordenskjöld... Or perhaps a vision of Eden's Gardens?
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Cuernos del Paine reflection over the glacial waters of lake Nordenskjöld... Or perhaps a vision of Eden's Gardens?
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stephcourdin
August 22, 2016
Hello , i saw your amazing nature images and wanted to reach out , I'm not sure if you saw the post by viewBug about the Art4theCure call for artists, but i would like to personally invite you to participate art4thecure.org/call4artists to support the non-profit ALS NeverSurrender research foundation
sarahtaroza
September 09, 2016
This one of the most beautiful and precisely composed landscape photo I've ever seen!
acseven
September 09, 2016
Thank you for the kind comment, Sarah. There's plenty of nice landscapes photos out there! ;)
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Txilekoa
April 13, 2017
Excellent shot!
I recommend it to everyone!
By the way, their name is: Torres del Paine.
I recommend it to everyone!
By the way, their name is: Torres del Paine.
acseven
April 14, 2017
Hi, thank you! This particular mountain range, while located within the Torres del Paine National Park, is known as the "Cuernos del Paine". You can see the actual "Torres del Paine" peaks on a more recent photo on my profile, shot at Laguna Amarga.
Winmildoc
August 06, 2017
This is a beautiful shot but as to representing the Garden of Eden-- My idea of Eden is that it was lush and fruitful and warm. Perhaps because I live in the Tropics. Excellent Capture. Congrats.
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photograph was taken at lake Nordenskjöld, Chilean Patagonia.Time
This particular shot was taken near the end of an early morning trip - before dawn, in fact - to this particular location. We were camping near lake Pehoé, also in Torres del Paine National Park, and after snoozing in our tents for a few hours, we woke up at 4am and head out there. This one was shot just after 6am, so about one hour and a half after I started out that morning.Lighting
About lighting conditions: for me the best thing with this particular image is that daybreak had already ended. Just minutes before we had seen red fiery skies over those mountains, beautiful as you expect to see in Patagonia. Even though there's none of that in this image, it's still very striking and that's why I find the lighting conditions so interesting. At the time of making this shot the light wasn't really very soft anymore, as you can see by the scattered clouds shadows' or the highlights in the plants in the foreground.Equipment
Canon 5D Mark II with an EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens on an inverted tripod and a graduated ND filter to balance down the skies highlights.Inspiration
Winds in Patagonia can be really unpredictable and at this time started to blow harder than we needed to get a nice reflection of the Cuernos del Paine mountain range on the lake. So just before the wind agitated the entire surface of the lake, I struggled to find a protected portion of still water, which is the one in the shot. I actually had to place my camera inverted on the tripod to get both an interesting foreground (small water plants) and the reflection in a relatively good proportion for the overall composition.Editing
In regard to post-processing, there's nothing much, really: I used Lightroom for some minor tweaks, dust spot cleaning and a slight correction of tint on the clouds, due to the use of the ND filter had a somewhat magenta tone.In my camera bag
It depends on how much hiking I have to do but it usually adds up to 10-12 kg plus the tripod. At the very least I'll take two camera bodies (at the time a Canon 5D Mark II and a Canon 60D) and two lenses (Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM and EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM), ND filters, flashlight, timer remote, cleaning materials, extra cards and batteries... I will also try to take a 24-70 f/2.8L USM lens with me, but unfortunately I don't use it as often as I should.Feedback
My approach on landscape photography is far from revolutionary. I tend to appreciate the location I'm in for a while, by taking my time looking at the scenery, and even take a few panoramic shots with my iPhone to get a feel of how it looks framed (this is also because I really like making panoramas of these vast landscapes). Thinking about it, though it may not be revolutionary, I find the "appreciation" part of the process is something many don't take the time to take in. I love seeing the landscape through my camera, but I want to contemplate and fully experience it on my mind first, instead of jumping into shooting like crazy. Basically, I want to create as many good memories of these locations as I can. If I have the possibility of doing so, I'll have had scouted the location I'm shooting on an different day, though this wasn't the case here. Next, if I already have images from other photographers in my mind, I try to stay away from similar points of view. In locations such as this one, it's often easier to replicate than to innovate, given so many good photographers already made brilliant shots. Still, I like the challenge and every so often I will be satisfied with what I accomplish. From there on, I would say it's an iterative process: I'll make one or two shots at a specific location, check what I got, and see if there's any improvement I can make where I am. If I need to move my position, I will, and keep taking more exposures. If I need to get into the picture myself to create a foreground subject, I will do so as well, or alternatively ask someone to jump in. As with so many other photographers, my best shot in this type of photography, is usually made nearing the end of the shoot, so I tend to not stress out when I'm not getting anything very nice at first. And even if don't get any particularly good shot, I will always have some good recollections of these places where I've been. And these are - for me - the ultimate joy in travel photography.
