why the Sun is hidden? Photo

Photographer’s Note

Cocolandia again!!
This path is called the “camino real” (the royal path) and is placed between Santo Domingo de Silos and Quintanilla del Coco. Once time you arrive to Quintanilla del Coco this same path continues to another villages. But this part is best of the path.
Why?
Because crosses all the valley.

Once time I was there.
Walking.
Was the first day that I was taken photos with the new lens and polariser. I spent a long time in the walk and finally the end of the day was everytime nearest.
Then I look at the sky.

The photo was taken against the Sun and I’ve underexposed the sky.
Anyway, the moment was really spectacular.
Far from the big cities the light and the sky are different.

I like not only the sky and the light, also the straw at the left of the path, the same path, the fields and, finally the mountains and forest at the both sides.
Behind the right mountain is placed Quintanilla del Coco.

If you can, enjoy it.

(Sergio, m’havies de dir alguna cosa?)

robertosalguero, berek, sotirios, HOBO, Angelillo, alekpet, John_F_Kennedy, balatrek, john_c, atus, Guillem69 has marked this note useful

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fabEarth (253) 2006-11-01 2:14

Nice POV at the right moment !

Well Done !

robertosalguero (110) 2006-11-01 2:16

A beautiful place enhanced by the impressive and dramatic sky and the colors. Excellent picture Carlos. El camino cuveado hacia el horizonte y la paja a un lado son objetos muy buenos en esta composicion. me gusta como tomaste la foto y la manera de exponer la belleza de este lugar. Muy bonita foto.

Roberto

bantonbuju (48858) 2006-11-01 2:36

hola carlos,
when looking at the thumbnail i was affraid of "oh no, yet another cute, postcardish sunset" but hell no, it is outstanding, it is so DIFFERENT, so artistic;
i think that the crescent road and the haypile do the trick here that this image is not just a use of "nicely arranged natural factors" but instead it is a well and carefully thought over and composed photo;
bravo,
and saludos, j.

berek (29115) 2006-11-01 4:40

Hi Carlos,
magic light ! I live this dark working very much. you caught very good perspective with path. greetings.
Burak
my overall evaluation -> ****

sotirios (1685) 2006-11-01 7:39

Hola carlos
The clouds looks as if the are at low altitude and that is another reason why it looks so great.
Very well done
regards Sotirios

feather (50588) 2006-11-01 9:44

What drama you have captured in the sky. The contrast between the black, black clouds and the slice of light is amazing. The composition with the lead-in path and the hay-bales is very good.
Kath

nwoehnl (120) 2006-11-01 12:28

Hola Carlos. A fine new impression from Cocolandia, the evening mood with the fire-like light in the sky battling the layer of clouds creates a quite dramatic impact on the gentle landscape. Good use of the curving path to lead the viewer's eye into this rather gripping scene.

HOBO (5244) 2006-11-01 14:28

Hola Carlos,
what a sky, unbelievable captures of those somber colors; perfect!
Saludos
Knut

svo555 (1028) 2006-11-01 14:56

Hola Carlos
Un gran foto, està molt lograt el moment del cel...La llum es brutal!
Una composició adequada tmb!
Salut!

barrufeto_77 (25957) 2006-11-01 15:12

Hola Carlos.
El cielo es desde luego impresionante. Pero no solo eso: la luz que acompaña a este camino y la alpaca de paja resulta muy bien y crea una gran atmósfera.

Bien hecho.

sergio1 (12150) 2006-11-01 16:03

Hola Carlinhos !!!

Ya me extrañaba que te hubieras retirado tan pronto de nuestra batalla!!! Pero bueno no es para tanto... No en serio hay que reconocerlo, el cielo es realmente increible y sin duda creo que es una de las mejores fotos de "cielos" he visto, sobretodo por la calidez de la foto, pero... siempre hay un pero, Valdeavellano tambien tiene esos cielos pero yo no tengo tanta suerte, jejejje.
Hoy ha sido un dia divertido, no??? Lo repetiremos
Sergio

Angelillo (9067) 2006-11-01 18:02

¡El mundo en llamas!

Hola Carlos:

Para conocer el mundo los caminos de antaño son mejores que las carreteras de hogaño, pero tal vez vivamos demasiado rápido para darnos cuenta. Por eso me gustan mucho estas fotos, por eso y porque los colores son muy buenos, y las luces espléndidas. De vuelta de un pequeño viaje por los Países Bajos recupero la luz de Castilla con esta foto: aquí es oscura y amenazante, pero el paisaje siempre es amplio. Buena foto, Carlos. Un saludo,

Angel.

alekpet (4659) 2006-11-02 2:44

Hi, Carlos.

Beautiful light and colours.
Cocolandia must be a beautiful country.
I like the part which is not the sky from the bottom to the top, with the symetric path and the haystack and all those trees on the grass in the far distance. Beautiful.

take care, Aleks

rosaline (0) 2006-11-02 4:28

Hi Carlos
A dramatic scene captured here. I love the effect of the light on the horizon and in the upper part of the sky. The colour cast is complimentary too and brings out the scene with good impact. A great atmospheric piece. Well done.
Aubrey

John_F_Kennedy (32340) 2006-11-02 4:50

Well composed, interesting colours. Strong atmosphere.
Achim

balatrek (7419) 2006-11-02 8:40

Hola Carlos,

Acabo de decirle a Sergio que os acababa de meter un gol por la escuadra con su ultima foto, pero tu no te quedas atrás en vuestra "guerra de pueblos" impresionante cielo y fantástico clímax, a esto te referías cuando decías que la luz también puede ser bella mostrando el suelo, claro, en esta caso si merece la pena mostrarlo, buen composición, mágicos colores y unas increibles ganas de seguir ese sendero.

Buen tiro amigo!

Saludos
José

krysia (3938) 2006-11-02 11:09

Hola,
Looks like taken from the Apocalypse.
Wonderful mood.
Feels as if the atmosphere was loaded.
Was it taken before the rain?
Nice compo and colours.
Verrry good.
Krysia

vbl (1402) 2006-11-02 11:39

hola Carlos: me gusta la foto, me parece realmente espectacular. El juego de luces tiene pinta de ser realmente dificil de conseguir.
saludos

markpanos (1944) 2006-11-02 20:50

Pero que pasa por alla arriba!!! Que cielos son esos, la leche...!!!

Tio, no paras de dejarme alucinao con los horizontes que nos ofreces...

Carlos , he estao mirando la info tecnica.El tiempo de exposicion 10/800, supongo que es equivalente a 1/80,cierto?
Te aplaudo por la buena exposicion... bravo

john_c (24635) 2006-11-03 10:40

Hi Carlos,
Dramatic tones and hues highlight this interesting shot, which carries quite an air of mystery and intrigue. The bales of hay on the left perfectly balance the frame, while the road takes the eye and the heart along into the frame to walk forever in this light, through the darkness. Interesting shadow effects with an amazing degree of discernible detail. Well captured.
John

keribar (42760) 2006-11-03 12:43

Ola Carlos,

I am about to see you personally in minutes from now and I wanted to look at one of your last picture. This is how I discovered this Cocolandia one which has an eery atmosphere as if shot for a great novie. The Camino Real has many assets to become a proze winner.

Yours friendly - Izzet

atus (15476) 2006-11-03 13:46

Hello Carlos,
you've got a really impressive and spectacular view here! Very well captured and managed with the cpl filter. Fantastic light and great colours. Maybe another title would be more appropriate: Is this the end of the world? Very nice one!
Tfs and have a nice weekend.
Attila

Guillem69 (4) 2006-11-09 4:13

Quizá la oscuridad y saturación del cielo está algo descompensada con la iluminación del primer plano, en todo caso las tonalidades tormentosas son espectaculares y dan la sal a la imagen.
Cuando se es más joven o casi adolescente la ambición pasa por hacer grandes recorridos en el menor tiempo, por ascender los más altos y difíciles picos, por intentar el más difícil y retarte a ti mismo y a quien tienes enfrente.
A punto de cumplir 37 ahora, sin embargo hace tiempo comprendí (o desistí...que tal vez sería más exacto) que esos retos me conducían a la insatisfacción. Ahí es donde aprendí a descubrir el valor y la armonía que generan los caminos más humildes y anónimos de nuestro hermoso país...que son estos que tu muestras y probablemente tan bien conoces.

Manamo (3474) 2006-11-17 11:09

Hello Carlos,
this is a beautiful place for sure! You captured a fine moment in your life right there! I like the sun very strong and orange and the red/orange tone it gives to the overall scene. It was a god idea to be careful that the straw does not interfere with the sun...However, you could have put more emphasis on this detail by just lowering a bit the point of view so that it just interfere with the hill on the back. But maybe you would have lost the beautiful red refelction on the top of the strw by doing it, I don't know.Speaking of the hills, very nice that the red color follow their shape on the left...
This is finely balanced composition and a heck of an exposition to have this contrast, Bravo!!!
Marc