Driving by to our left, we spotted this calm pond and knew a reflection would be available. Sometimes you don't see the scene at the outset, but your imagination tells you it is there. I used a 35mm lens and set the aperture for maximum depth of field [the close-by grasses and rocks as well as the mountains are in sharp focus]
Another vantage, time, cloud formation, lake/pond surface. Mountains are like people... at first glance it's "just" another person, another mountain scene, until you observe the details that make the scene distinct: color, shape, form, texture,... When we can do that, we are learning to really see.
The newborns are completely tan. [Official name: Cynus melancorypha; now you know why they are called black-necked]
We were photographing Flamingos in a pond when this guy flew by; gotta be ready!
This shot was easy! The bird was close by the trail, and visited us for 3-4 minutes; 145mmx1.5 = 207mm, 1/400 @f/10
I believe this is specifically a Southern Crested Caracara; I can't stop recording their antics.
At the far end, Grey Glacier, at the near end a beached iceberg broken off (calved) from the glacier. Occasionally, one sees an iceberg broken off from the bottom, formed during the ice age. [My Arctic album has photos of one of these ice-age "sculptures"]
a study in gold. Technical stuff: lens = 450mm hand-held, 1/400 sec; ISO 100, f/5.6
I am not sure what this bird is. I have searched thousands of images on-line. If you know, email me at info@VedderImaging.com 300mmx1.5=450mm, 1/1250 @ f/6.3
This 'berg drifted from the glacier at north end of Grey Lake, and "beached" here at south end. 300mm.
We left in our van in total darkness (and without breakfast), again set-up in the dark (some of us wore weak-beamed headlamps, which are turned off before shooting begins)
["1537"is a shot number that helps me locate a particular photo to edit, replace, etc...] It is not the 1,517th Guanaco I've seen.
Wherever animals are kept, there's usually work from dawn to dusk. this is pre-dusk work, followed by feeding and brushing down... Photo taken on iPhone as I walked to dinner.
When a male Guanacos is rejected or otherwise unsuccessful n breeding, he is an outcast, a 'loner" who acts as a lookout for the herd. I am not saying that this particular animal plays such a role, but it is common sight, and our guides explained.... 450mm, 1/1000s
Do they appreciate the beauty of the Massif? I think only the grasses, Appreciation of beauty is one thing that makes us human.
(Vulture Gryphus) captured overhead in pattern. Quite a rare shot. Birds in flight are most difficult- to track, to focus, to expose correctly against the sky. I practiced at home on... moving car headlights. This shot: a 450mm lens [300 on crop-sensor camera], 1/1600 sec @f/9] Actually, 300mm lens and a stiff neck
If we change our vantage or the sun moves a bit or the clouds shift, or it's another day.... then the light. changes and the shadows change and... it becomes a different place!
Hard to track; AND to have correct camera serttings; bright blue sky, dull black bird... flying in uneven motion; while standing on uneven ground; while hungry.... 160mm focal length
Wingspan 10 feet; a little scary; this Condor was fairly close to the ground; 277mm, 1/2500 sec @f/4.8
What ARE nooks and crannies? We often photograph in black and white because then we see better the texture, form, ...etc of the subject.
Dawn and dusk are the best times to shoot, by far! I hope that you enjoyed these photos of southern Chile.
Begin Patagonia, a. region of southern South America, in these photos, Chile