walking on ice Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Glaciers National Park
The absolute "star" of all the Glaciers in the park is the Perito Moreno, over the south branch of Lake Argentino. It has an imposing front wall of 5 km. and it is 60 meters tall.

Minitrekking on Perito Moreno Glacier
Specialized guides take the group (approximately 20 people) along a coast path that leads to the southern margin of the glacier after a 30 minutes trip. There, helped by experts, metallic nails in shoes are put, necessary to walk on ice.

Also, the basic technique to use them is explained and a speech about glacier origin, regional flora and fauna is given.

From there, you begin to climb towards the glacier slowly, walking for about two hours, stopping occasionally just to take some pictures.

It's a unique opportunity to appreciate the different formations of the glacier (drains, cracks, etc.) and the varied tonalities of the ice that constitute a show by themselves.

patdeph, paulw, berseph, vikous, grigand, lilimih33, MLINES, edytungkal has marked this note useful

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paulw (2014) 2007-04-27 13:36

Very beautiful and interesting image. I love the colours and the clarity. A spectacular image. Well captured.

patdeph (18346) 2007-04-27 13:37

hello Matteo
absolutly fantastic.The colors are wonderful,and I would like to be with this group.Great photo.Thanks for sharing.
Pascale

berseph (1758) 2007-04-27 13:43

This looks like an interesting experience Matteo. This is beautiful; I love the line of people creating contrast with the glacier and giving a great sense of perspective at how large this area is. Would love to visit this area sometime. We have a Glacier National Park here in ths US, but unfortunately, many of the glaciers are melting and are no where near this large (at least that I'm aware of).

vikous (2217) 2007-04-27 14:05

Well exposed photo, Matteo! Colours are well ballanced, snow is white not grey, i like the blue parts in the ice slopes. Patagonia must be awesome country!
Regards,
viktor

dumanica (5054) 2007-04-27 14:11

Hii Matteo
This one is very intresting Capture. I liked it. Especailly glacier color impresive. TFS Duman:)

mm212 (61) 2007-04-27 14:54

At first I though these were penguins! :-)

Great shot. well done!

grigand (12802) 2007-04-27 15:01

Ciao Matteo,
CAspita che bella "passeggiatina" !! Stupendo il contrasto del bianco con la fila di persone, ottimi i dettagli. Bravo
Ciao
Andrea

lilimih33 (9874) 2007-04-27 20:08

Hello Metteo!
Fantastic place!
Great detail and point of view!
Nice colours and clarity!
Excellent done!
Lili

MLINES (10976) 2007-04-27 21:16

Hi Matteo. Superb composition of these figures walking across this icefield. The almost transparent/transluscent nature of the ice is wonderful. TFS. Murray.

belido (16877) 2007-05-03 13:52

Hi Matteo,

You really knew how to capture this great scene property. I like the exposure, sharpness and color. Very nice shot!
Regards,
Carlos

edytungkal (4519) 2007-11-07 18:49

Another fantastic place, Matteo. Very good timing to capture the people walking on ice. I think this shot is one of your best, well done and thanks.

daniel