Sajama's night Photo

Photographer’s Note

Photo taken in the Sajama's natural park near the chilian border. We are at roughly 4300m and the summit on the left is the Sajama, a volcano which is the highest summit in Bolivia (6550m).
This photo is the result of a long exposure of around 1h with the moonlight: it is why so much details are visible in the landscape.

Buin, chander, Hellas, dospordostres, ceky has marked this note useful

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chander (228) 2007-03-21 5:27

Amzing star trails, i believe these fuzzy things on left side are some internal reflections, adding it to my theme "starry nights"

vagabondtravels (6115) 2007-03-21 5:27

Hi Yves

Spot on with the exposure. Great motion of the stars. Very sharp and amazing color. Really well done.
Ben

Hellas (5131) 2007-03-21 5:55

Hello Yves,
what impressive photo is this.
Only the stars are speaking the truth.
Best wishes, Athanasios.

Buin (38628) 2007-03-21 9:26

Hallo Yves!
That's a real amazing and somehow unreal photo! For Central European eyes it's unusual that there are no shadows of the plants. You show us a great scenery in this not everyday and beautiful picture. Great!

Greetings from Germany!
Frank

dospordostres (1127) 2007-03-21 15:08

Hi Yves,
Great night shot at Sajama. The blue of the sky is really nice here. Is the orange line the trace of a car passing by?
Cheers,
daniel

ceky (2318) 2007-03-23 17:32

Bonjour Yves
Mes félicitations pour cette photo... si on ne voyait pas la trace des étoiles, on n'imaginerait jamais qu'elle ait été prise de nuit !!!
La cabane ne serait-elle pas le local toilettes du gîte un peu isolé près de Sajama ?
Georges

Focaccino (303) 2007-05-04 5:24

Fantastic picture and an exposure I want to try sometime.. Was it just guess work that allowed a perfect exposure like this. Well done!!!

ykanu (208) 2007-06-08 23:18

gr8 photo, is it just my imagination or reality that i see a meteor on the right to p of the pic..!!!

it makes he pic even more curios..!

pascal-harbi (991) 2007-07-20 12:47

Une photo discrète et très belle! Le seul point qui soit un peu dommage dans ces longues expositions (je parle en général, il en va de même sur mes propres essais) on n'arrive pas vraiment à garder l'ambiance de la nuit... qui donne quelque chose de plus à l'ambianc générale.

Sur cette photo, ce qui m'impressionne le plus, c'est quon voit que l'on se trouve relativement éloigné de l'équateur eton imagine où se trouve l'axe de rotation de la terre... impressionant.

Bonne soirée!

Waylim (11391) 2009-06-11 15:35

Bonjour Yves,
I'm out of breath and get high altertude sickness just looking and imagine that I'm there. I was planning to go to Bolivia but decided to wait and go to Argentina first. But I'll be here one day.
Very nice shot with the expsure to capture of the movement of the stars. Thanks
Way