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Down at Rio Apurimac


Down at Rio Apurimac
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Copyright: Gunnar Staniczek (Albatros) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 66 W: 1 N: 100] (634)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-19
Categories: Nature, Decisive Moment
Camera: Nikon D200, Tokina 12-24 f4 PRO DX
Exposure: f/11, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-08-18 0:48
Viewed: 681
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Being the third day of our Choquequirao trekking we have just climbed down the approx. 1300m coming directly from the old inka trading post, called Choquequirao at a height of nearly 3600m.
This point is definitely the lowest point of the trek because we are in the middle of the canyon as you might guess by looking at the picture.
To the right the mountains climb up to a maximum height of more than 5000m and to the left even to 6271m (Nev. Salcantay) [not to be seen here].
If you take a very close look (maybe you just have to believe me) you can imagine in der middle right a plateau, maybe 500m higher then this POV. This was our camp and destination for this day. The next day would be another climb of approx 1000m to reach the other side (the top of the right mountain, here).

What can I say about Choquequirao-Trek?

Is it hard? Yes, without any question. With more than 6000m going down, up, down and up again at a height of at least 2000m you know, what you have been done and through afterwards.

Is it worth it? Yes, absolutely. The ruins of Choquequirao are fascinating. If you visit it in the morning mist, it is a very mystical place.

What's left to say? Well, I can only underline the hard and tough work of the horse-leaders, They take this trek nearly every day with such a speed - stunning :)

PP Talk

After some work with Capture I added a frame by converting one layer into IR and chosed a opacity of 50% with style 'multiplication', so the outer frame gets a bit darker. Additionally I blurred that frame with GaussBlur, 15pts. After a slight GUS (1.5, 90%, 3levels) and resize I was done.

PS: Don't ask me why I had ISO settings to 640 - there was some wrong settings in my setup that I recognized far too late :/

TFL
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Hi Gunnar,
Great image and especially the dramatically rich colours. My trekking has taken me through many rough terrains and this one just outside of Cuzco is one that I have yet to experience...hopefully one day soon. So from a trekking point of view all the elements of a good hard walk are all envisaged here. Wonderful stuff.
Best wishes,
Celina

Hi Gunnar,

This looks like an amazing place to trek, it also looks like you had a good climb to get back out of the canyon in the photo. Like myself I'm am sure you would find the Tokina on most of the time, it's a great lens for the money.

Douglas

Hi Gunnar, beautiful scenery well captured. Your fg is great with the rocks and the eye naturally travels the river through the canyon. Great detail, sharpness and colours. TFS, Jean

Great combination of lights and shadows
Superb PP

TFS


Marc

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  • korbee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1368 W: 0 N: 1670] (13545)
  • [2008-01-06 12:09]

Fantastic scenery Gunnar,great contrasts.
jan

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