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Photographer’s Note

This stone tree you can find close to the colorful lagunas and high vulcanos on your way from Uyuni in Bolivia to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile.It`s also possible to go the other direction or return.
My tour lasted 3 days/two nights and about every 50 kilometers I thought I am on an other planet.
If you plan to go to northern Chile or south Boliva a tour like this ia a must.You will not repent.

The deep blue sky on the left is ,I think caused by the polarisation filter I used.I took this foto about noon and there was verry bright light.
I am an absolute beginner working with photoshop and I don`t know how to handle this problem.Maybe sombody can give me a helpful advice.

nanauhauer, Rossignol, benkrut, PLB, atus, fayeulle, kaZ, tonyking, marjan has marked this note useful

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nanauhauer (761) 2006-01-18 13:54

Hola Leo,
You don't need to change anything on this pic.
It's great!
Good colours, contrast and DOF.
Nanau

caresp (763) 2006-01-18 13:56

hi Leo,
i' m mad at you!
I wanted to^post the same rock to morro...
Your pict is very sharp , and your lite gives interesting details on the rock
It really an amazing place + a very good pict
Take care

markstaples (15670) 2006-01-18 13:59

Hi Leo
This is a great shot of this unusual object!! Great POV, particularly as far as the light is concerned. Superb nicely composed shot with much clarity of image.
Mark

Rossignol (2289) 2006-01-18 14:02

Hallo Leo.
This is a really pleasing image - the composition and colours are great. The rock itself is incredible - almost appears to defy gravity!
Well done
Peter

Nina (4603) 2006-01-18 14:03

Amazing sight well photographed Andreas! Congratulations.

amstel (2260) 2006-01-18 14:06

Hi Andreas,
Great shot of the place I've seen somewhere on site. Marvellous image, perfect composition.
Cheers!

anavazao (5592) 2006-01-18 14:23

Wow,
great landscape!
Great perspective, colours and details!
Ana:)

rhizomes (15325) 2006-01-18 14:24

Hi Andreas,
Very nice picture of ths shape eroded by the wind !
Nature is impressive, your picture translate it well !
Christophe

benkrut (3395) 2006-01-18 14:27

Thanks to the nature for creating such unusual and beatiful forms, and thanks to TE members for showing them!
Taking this shot I'd would move lens a bit to the left.
Take care
Henryk

PLB (233) 2006-01-18 14:44

Andreas,

Whilst I agree with most of what has been said, I do think that your composition is wrong in this case.

My opion is that you should have moved more to the left to bring the stone tree to the right side of the frame and bring all of the shadow in to the picture. I feel that it is lacking part of the picture as it is missing.

That said though, it is still a great photo to view and that the exposure is spot on.

Thanks for sharing. This has been added to places that I want to go to.

tityop (6225) 2006-01-18 15:29

Bonsoir Andreas,
Il est magnifique ce Rocher,
La nature ne cessera jamais de nous surprendre !!!
La lumière et les couleurs sont superbes,
Félicitation !!
Thierry

Ann75 (0) 2006-01-18 15:45

Hi Andreas,

Amazing photo! I love the formation of rock that indeed looks like a tree. The backdrop landscape is amazing. Wonderful colors and great captured. A nicely composed photo with a beautiful sky. Well done!

Greetings,
Ann

danyy (68602) 2006-01-18 16:29

Bonjour Andreas,
il fallait le trouver celui-là et réussir à la photographier convenablement. Tu as fait l'un et l'autre, simple mais très joli.
Bien à toi.
Daniel.

atus (15452) 2006-01-19 9:45

Servus Andreas,
very nice picture of this strange rock in a wonderful landscape.Good lighting and great colors. Congratulations.
Attila

jafadabret (39485) 2006-01-20 15:50

Andreas, tu as produit une très belle photo d'une sculpture naturelle. Pour moi c'est une excellente photo. Peut-être que le filtre n'a pas été tourné comme il faut mais ça ne nuit pas au cliché.

fayeulle (26543) 2006-01-22 7:05

Hi Andreas
This is not from the middle of noware. Arbol de Pedra is located it the south lipez. The administrative town attachement is Quetena Grande.
I dont understand but the weather seen to be moisty on your shot. Perhaps dust on the lens ?

You sky is blue on the left due to polarization filter. It can be correcting using Photoshop.
I had made a WS for you.

JP

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jbweasle (9294) 2006-01-24 13:24

Hello Leo, this is a very weird rock. You have captured it well with good colour and even better contrast. It stands out well against the light background and blue sky.

kaZ (396) 2006-02-01 12:17

This is a very nice shot. The colours are great and the subject is amazing.

tonyking (1599) 2006-03-12 5:26

Hi Leo,
This is a nice pic of an extraordinary geological feature. You've captured the feature itself really well but the problem you wrote about concerning the sky is, unfortunately, quite apparent. Although it should be possible to correct it using Photoshop, I don't have enough knowledge of it to help you achieve a high quality result. I've attemted to correct different problems with the sky in the past but my results, unfortunately, looked a little artificial.
That aside, your composition is great, the contrast is just right, and the detail in this image is absolutely superb.

Hugs,
Tony

marjan (6081) 2006-03-19 13:08

Wnderful landscape and excelent photo.
Majan

burakbakay (9) 2006-11-24 19:07 [Comment]

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Dragut (1957) 2008-04-28 10:50

Hi Andreas

Nice view of this curiosity. Domage d'avoir coupé l'ombre.