Light over the stones Photo

Photographer’s Note

In the last two days I have posted some photos of Ngorongoro Park, this one, and this other one, but now is time to comeback to the mountains, to Kilimanjaro.
Since now, I have posted some photos that looked quite spectacular, with very good feedback from TE people, like this sunrise, now it´s time to upload one of those that dont use to have so much succes, but that I consider very important to understand what it is to climb Kilimanjaro. As any mountain, at a certain altitude, vegetations are animals has dissapears, only human been likes to go so up the mountains, where there is nothing but a dessert of stones.
The point is that you feel so small up there, feeling like is not fair your time on earth is so short compared with these stones that dont enjoy the beauty of skies and landscapes while you are able to celebrate them, but this is the way it is, I guess.
I understand is a more difficult photo, but I do hope you like it as you have already appreciated my other photos of Kilimanjaro. Take care.

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leonorkuhn (13559) 2007-08-30 12:13

Hola Miguel,

Muy bonita toma. El camino hace un zig-zag entre las piedras, muy arido. Me gusta ver los cargadores en una fila hacia abajo. Las altitudes tienen otra paisaje que no es amigable.

Abrazos
Leonor

Angelillo (9065) 2007-08-30 14:07

Hola Miguelón,

Ya te comenté que esta foto iba a ser más difícil, pero me gusta que la hayas puesto. Esa sensación de monocromía y de casi igual textura produce la impresión de espacio casi vacío, aunque esté lleno de cosas. La luz es fuerte, como corresponde a un lugar prácticamente desértico. Creo que en un "reportaje" como este tiene lugar esta foto, además de sus cualidades fotográficas: muestra bien la subida, el lugar y evoca la distancia, el esfuerzo y la dureza.

Un beso,
Angl.

bertolucci (11976) 2007-08-31 0:13

Goodmorning Miguel, your previous posts are beautiful indeed. And I love this return to the rugged mountains and the climbing. You really conveyed the feeling of being very small in this fascinating desert of stone very well. The path and the climbers structure the entropy in a beautiful way. Very nice and graphic work and it great to see your travelogue develop.
Have a fine weekend and take care.
Bert

barrufeto_77 (25807) 2007-08-31 1:48

Hola fiera.

Como bien dices, no es espectacular pero si "informativa" de lo que te puede esperar si llegas hasta allá para subir.

Una buena manera de disuadir al personal si...

alvaraalto (5231) 2007-08-31 4:01

Hi Miguel,
Indeed, you must realize how insignificant you are when you walk here and how hard life can be.
All that little people with packets on their heads lost in this immense landscape. They look like ant following their track.
Groet Rob

mbasil (2117) 2007-09-02 9:20

After reading your review of a shot I posted I now understand what you mean -- there isn't much context here, but this really works as a storytelling shot (perhaps even BETTER than if we had the context). A well done shot in what seems to be a whole portfolio of interestng work. Thanks!
Mike

coco (27848) 2007-09-19 23:43

Hola Miguel.

Puede que esta no sea la mejor de tus fotos sobre la ascensión al Kilimanjaro, pero no deja de ser una foto muy representativa y una buena foto.

Un saludo y que vaya bien por Donosti.

Photo Information

Copyright: Miguel Parra Jimenez (MiguelP) (14324)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-08-06
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Tamron 18-200 XR DiII f3.5 - 6.3, RAW, 58mm circular polarizer
Exposure: f/11, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Climbing Kilimanjaro
Date Submitted: 2007-08-30 11:48