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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Allen ML (atsouth)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 62 W: 81 N: 35]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-s.gif) (253) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-01-05 |
| Categories: Nature |
| Camera: Canon Powershot A640 |
| Exposure: f/2.8, 1/800 seconds |
| Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop |
| Date Submitted: 2008-03-20 8:16 |
| Viewed: 393 |
| Points: 8 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The Piedra del Águila Dam (in Spanish, Embalse Piedra del Águila) is the second of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the Comahue region), at 590 m above mean sea level, downstream from the confluence of the Limay and the Collón Curá River.
The Limay River is an important river in the northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the region of Comahue). It is born at the eastern end of the Nahuel Huapi Lake and flows in a meandering path for about 380 km, collecting the waters of several tributaries, such as the Traful, the Pichileufú and the Collón Curá. It then meets the Neuquén River and together they become the Río Negro. At this confluence lies the city of Neuquén.
The waters of the Limay are used to generate hydroelectricity at the five dams built on its course: Alicurá, Piedra del Águila, Pichi Picún Leufú, El Chocón, and Arroyito; together with the Cerros Colorados Complex on the Neuquén River they contribute with more than one quarter of the total hydroelectric generation in the country. The construction of the successive dams and reservoirs has reduced the length of the river (originally about 450 km).
The river is also used for fly fishing, and in some points its banks are suitable as beach resorts, with facilities for camping.
from Wikipedia.
Taken from a bus while traveling from Buenos Aires to Bariloche. |
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- Waylim
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 392 W: 66 N: 689]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(2587) - [2008-03-20 19:31]
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ML or Allen,
I enjoyed this pristine blue water image. There is a really good sense of peace and tranquility. Simple but very effective composition. Thought I like the simplicity of it, it would kind of be nice to have just an element in it, such as maybe sailboards, a few birds or something in the foreground to kind of break up the blue and maybe not. I like it still.
Way
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- trekks
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- [2008-03-21 2:57]
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hi ML
Very nice colors and such a calm water. Well composed in this pov and a lovely place to relax.
TFS, bill
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ML
I like the simplicity of this image - a strip between two blues.
Having see your workshop - the source photo - I'm surprised, seeing as the original is 10mp - to note that there is a lot more noise on visible on the crop.
Regards
Colin
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- gary91
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- [2008-04-17 3:03]
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Hola Allen,
I am just discovering your gallery with beautiful pictures of your magnificent country. I especialy like this one for its pureness and its simplicity, very representative from this superb region.
I really have to come back to Argentina one day !
Have a nice day.
Best regards, Christian
