evening light in quilotoa Photo

Photographer’s Note

i was planning to take a break from posting until the next week, but then i noticed this fresh and cheerful spring greeting from our dear george (polonaise) here... my heart jumped in protest... that cannot be left without answer. so... to counter, i offer you some late evening christmas colors from quilotoa. as you may have noticed from my previous posts, christmas time light is tricky in ecuador. weather is rapidly changing all through the day but the sky is mostly covered with clouds (you can still see them threatening me with dark shadows on the slopes and foreground). so, what you see here is an exceptional moment for that time of the year. unfortunately, i sensed it would pass all too quickly so i did not have time to find a decent foreground object. the green field on the right will have to do. the shot was made very close to quilotoa village (the bright spots you see on the left side in the far background are village outskirt houses). what you see as a tectonic break in the middle of the frame is the canyon of river zimbagua (if any locals see this pic, please correct me if i am wrong) that traverses the valley on southern slopes of quilotoa volcanoe.

may your weekend be sunny (or rainy if that's what you need for your fields) and full of spring-like joy!

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background: quilotoa loop is a small, about 200 kilometer long highland country road that cicles around valleys near quilotoa volcanoe (the westernmost volcanoe in the andes). the road visits numerous indigenous villages and towns, but the main tourist attraction is the quilotoa lagoon (as shown by avene): a water filled volcanic crater.

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bracasha75 (22353) 2008-05-02 6:29

Hi Kristaps
Wonderful evening lights and wonderful Ecuador colors and landscape
Very very useful
TFS
Cheers,Braca

belido (16807) 2008-05-02 6:33

Hi Kristaps,

what can I say about this one? I prefer not to say anything but take advange of this wonderful compo for myself. It's trully a great landscape photography. Superb, friend!
Regards,
Carlos

dlevy23 (2018) 2008-05-02 7:17

Hola Kristaps, como estas? Hoy voy a hacer la critica toda en español. Me gustan los colores del atardecer. Muy buen contraste del cielo azul y del verde del campo. Lo unico que me distrae un poco son las 2 sombras negras.
Muy buen trabajo!!!

If you don't understand something let me know.
Have a good weekend!
Bye!

Daniel

TopGeo (22181) 2008-05-02 7:27

Hi Kristaps,
It impresses clean captured! Good picture with the big prospect the beautiful depth and the colours, with thinner and marvelous clouds on the sky and blue color too. Good and the opposition.
Excellent work!
Bravo
Georgios

izmirli (3277) 2008-05-02 7:55

merhaba dear kristaps
wonderful depth and landscape.excellent colours and blue sky.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

cirano (1283) 2008-05-02 8:15

Di ronahîyek rind de kişandinek di cî de.

Floydian (30970) 2008-05-02 8:17

Hi Kristaps,
Fat bold colours in great light, can't be better than this. I love that green field in the foreground, breaks the view to a more brown landscape and the strong perspective line in the valley makes all the depth which is needed in such an image. Those clouds are perfectly placed in the framing, good balance against the mountain at the right...great shot.
Have a nice weekend, Henk

Santiano (2798) 2008-05-02 8:21

Hello!

Oh, yes it is! Wide, wild spaces.. So much air and this magic landscape. Great job.
All the best!
Jerzy

npecanhuk (14600) 2008-05-02 9:58

Hello Kristaps,
Ecuador is on my list of places to be visited!
When I see pictures, like this one of yours I get even more anxious to do it so!
Great sky and colors on the mountains
TFS - Congratulations,
Neyvan

avene (11124) 2008-05-02 11:21

fantastic polished feel to this shot, but the saturated sky forces me to ask THE question - did you REALLY use the polariser? :)
in any case, I like a lot the vibrant colours here, and for me the dark shadows of the fast moving clouds add intensity to the scene. the strong diagonals work well, this is a great shot.

hugs,
K.

Wandering_Dan (3285) 2008-05-02 11:21

Hi, Kristaps -

A great light capture and management. Great curves in the clouds and the mountains, too. The colors of the vegetation and the exposed rocks also work well.

Best,
Dan

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-05-02 13:43

Wide angle, uh? It looks great!
The view is awesome, so are light management, contrast and saturation. You are right about the polarizer : this time of the day, and specially this elevation (I assume it to be at least 2500/2600 meters above sea level), would have definitely turned the sky black near the edges. The higher you get the riskier in that respect.
Well... you got The Don's blessing.
Excellent job, and very informative note!
Thanks for sharing, buddy.
Have a great weekend, see ya soon.

F.

nirvana73 (8830) 2008-05-02 13:58

Hi Kristaps
Wonderful evening lights
beautiful colors
peaceful shot
thanks for sharing
regards
Ozhan

gunbud (28143) 2008-05-02 18:26

Hi Kristaps,
Vivid clear colors to the lovely highland village. Wonderful contrast between blue sky and varying shades of green seen below. Excellent details and sharpness to this lovely landscape seen in such good light.
Regards, Tom

scobert (5333) 2008-05-02 19:22

Hi Kristaps,
When the storm clouds clear in Ecuador the lighting is fantastic! The air is so clear there with no sign of air pollution at all. A very good composition with great lighting. Ecuador has about the strangest climate that I have ever heard of and your travelogue has made me feel that I have already visited this country. This travelogue of yours and Kristine's is my favorite Trek Earth travel series of all time!
Stan

Greg1949 (8519) 2008-05-03 3:41

Kristaps, nice shot of rugged country and the lighting in the ski is wonderful and the long shadows on this low scape is really fine. Nice capture.

Greg

danyy (69393) 2008-05-03 8:15

Bonjour Kristaps,
belle étendue donnée par le grand angle, les déformations dans ce genre de paysage ne me gênent pas du tout.
Superbes couleurs et lumières, une photo nette.
Un paysage sauvage séduisant.
Regards.
Daniel.

plimrn (19694) 2008-05-03 11:50

Hi Kristaps,
I love the sweep of clouds against that beautiful blue sky, the triangle of green provides nice contrast. I think perhaps we become more like the thing on which we focus our attention. I do like your answer.
HLJ, Pat

cfreire (11667) 2008-05-03 14:43

Hi Kristaps,
Wonderful landscape very well captured with excellent colors and contrasts. Good idea to chose F/18 it gave the appropriated depth for the capture. The colors and contrasts are splendid. Excellent job. Best Regards, Consuelo

JorgeCK (2598) 2008-05-03 17:36

Hola Kristaps,
Wondeful landscape shot. Beautiful contrast between the blue sky and the highland. Lovely colors and excellent sharpness.
Thank you for sharing
saludos, joRge

jhm (83276) 2008-05-04 4:45

Hello Kristaps,

You play excellent with light and shadows, we get a wonderful composition with this mountain landscape image.
Wonderful contrast between blue sky and varying shades of green seen below. Excellent details and sharpness to this lovely landscape seen in such good light.
Very well done, thanks for sharing.

Have a nice sunday,
John.

Tobias__Ortmann (2591) 2008-05-04 4:47

Hi kristaps this is a great shot
very good depth different colours and great sky
very good well done
Toba

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gracious (20017) 2008-05-04 14:51

Hello Kristaps,
My compliment for this well balanced image well done!
the pov is perfect with good exposure and focus!
the balanced colour contrast is excellent in this shot
well done and many thanks for the sharing
cheers
Tony

giorgimer (21478) 2008-05-04 15:36

Hi Kris,

wonderful view! I like this nature, I like this light, I like this colors.

Well done!

Gio

PixelTerror (86797) 2008-05-05 3:14

Hi Kristaps,
A nice moment you captured here, it seems quite dry and this results in very pure colors, especially the sky blue over the clouds.
Have a nice day JY

Tue (25608) 2008-05-08 13:58

Hi Kristaps,
This is a superb landscape photo. I just love the great light conditions, of which you made very well use, as well as the very appealing colours. Nice inclusion of the clouds in the left hand side too. Wonderful photo, thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

marietom (32076) 2008-05-09 3:13

Hello Kristaps,

Wonderful ! Le composition, avec ce nuages qui arrivent, est superbe, et les couleurs aussi.
Have a nice day !
Marie

pasternak (13632) 2008-05-13 4:27

Light is the key to this image and it is captured and treated very well, nice superposition of diagonals to deepen the view.

Cheers
A

sagar (2307) 2008-05-22 0:16

Hi Kristaps,
Lovely shot. Wonderful color of the sky here. I loved the shadows. Great to watch.
Regards,
Sagarneel.