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From Such Great Heights

From Such Great Heights

I woke up at 5am to be ready at Machu Picchu one hour later. It was foggy, with no more than 50 meters of visibility, but after a while the mist went away and i...
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I woke up at 5am to be ready at Machu Picchu one hour later. It was foggy, with no more than 50 meters of visibility, but after a while the mist went away and it uncovered this wonderful place.
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FinePix X100

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Aperture f/11 ISO 200 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 2300/100

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Feb, 2016

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A passage between salt mountains, located at Valle de la Luna, near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. I did a long exposure using Lee's Big Stopper.

He does yoga as he greets the visitors!

This small reptile went for a sun bath

People taking photographs at Mirador de Kari, known as Piedra del Coyote. I did a long exposure to smooth the clouds and to show how people pose at th

Dune against a mountain, with clouds smoothed using Lee's Big Stopper. I made this photo at Moon Valley, near San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.

There are messages to send before taking a walk.

Costanera Center is the tallest building in Latin America and its stairs are like its veins.

A sheep in the backyard of a house, in Tarabuco, Bolivia. After having lunch at a restaurant there, I went upstairs to take a look at the houses, from

I just loved the way the Sun lighted these rocks during this long exposure shoot.

I was walking down the beachside at Cucao National Park, located in ChiloÃ©, at the south of Chile. The sunset was starting and I tried to capture t

Long exposure photograph of one of the docks located in Caleta Portales, ValparaÃso. I waited the end of the sunset to be able to use the Fuji x100

Cejar Lagoon, with Licancabur volcano behind. I used Lee's Big Stopper to smooth the water a little bit.

A sunset at Tebinquinche lagoon, with water smoother using Lee's Big Stopper.

I usually don't photograph subjects while they are eating, but this hummingbird as a really important job to do every day. And it is really beautiful.

Balmaceda's graveyard is about to disappear, just like the town, located at the south of Chile. This is photo is included in a series I shot to r

A little kid enjoying an exposition at Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile.

A long exposure photo of people passing by at Salvador metro station, in Santiago, Chile. Fujifilm X100 with internal ND filter, on a Manfrotto Pixi t

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