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A SMILE IS THE BEST MEDICINE


A SMILE IS THE BEST MEDICINE
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Copyright: Andre Salvador (erdna) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 629 W: 68 N: 746] (5421)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-07-04
Categories: Nature, Portrait
Camera: Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-200mm AF-S, VR, Promaster 72mm UV Filter
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Three of A Kind – Second Chapter [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-08-01 15:25
Viewed: 567
Points: 16
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
As I was going up the stair to the fortified Tower or the Temple of the Sun in Machu Pichu, I was following these three young women. It was a long approximately 24 feet high flight of stair, so by the time we got to the top I was gasping for breath. When I sat down I saw the three women ahead of me trying to catch their breath too. I lifted my camera to take their picture and they gave me their sweet smile. Behind them are the peaks of the mountain range which the pre-hispanic men adored and considered sacred beings and protectors.

Right after I clicked the shutter, the gasping for air was gone.

Nikon D200
2008/07/04 08:51:18.3
JPG (12-bit)
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: VR 18-200mm F/3.5-5.6 G
Focal Length: 62mm
Exposure Mode: Programmed Auto
Metering Mode: Center Weighted
1/250 sec - F/8
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
ISO 100
Optimize Image: More Vivid
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: AF-S
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe sRGB)
Tone Comp.: High Contrast
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: High
Image Comment: Copyright (C) 2008 Andre' Salvador
Long Exposure NR: Off
High ISO NR: On
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Hi Andre,

Super shot, and what an amazing backdrop, well worth the climb.

Douglas

Magnifique cliché!
C'est spontané et joyeux.

France

All attention is drawn towards that excessive and pointless copyright banner.

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1717 W: 16 N: 840] (15143)
  • [2008-08-01 21:56]
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These girls look so happy , and hey! They're at Machu Pichu! They should be!!! :) The background is beautiful! A nice capture. TFS and have a happy day!

Hello Andre,

A nice group portrait with super details!
The expression of joy is well captured, and the prsentation has a pleasant offset composition...
And the setting is amazing of course!

Greetings,
Pablo -

hello Andre,
I have hiked up to Macchu Pichu and have also been gasping for air so I can relate.
Sweet smiles of the girls against an impressive backdrop. Nice capture.
I am not sure all the copyright info is needed.
Have a good weekend,
Joni

Nice shot I am hoping to go to Cuzco some day and feel the same sensation taht you describe there , I have felt it many places I have been in the past, but never un cuzco I haven´t been lucky enough yet to visit Cuzco , I live in Peri for 11 years now and I haven`t gone there. It is very expensive for us to go there.

surely breathtaking there, especially the surrounding bg... ganda ng exposure sir, great catch too with their smiles... tfs

jowhite

well captured Andre. lovely smiles. Tfs

OgGie

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