La Inmensidad de los Andes Photo

Photographer’s Note

This photo was taken during the amazing 8 km hike from the little town of Aco to the little town of Mito in the Mantaro Valley of Junin. We wanted to see some traditional towns, and as the country has become wealthier traditional mudbrick houses with tiles are being replaced by ugly brick flat roofed houses which are obviouslyt more confortable but do not keep with tradition. We took public transportation to two other towns before we arrived to the sleepy town of Aco. From there we asked for directions and walked through a dirt trail among beautiful landscapes seeing rural people doing their traditional work.
A really nice walk.

AmiBe, Tue, marieaude, baudinm, capthaddock, touristdidi, aznegrao has marked this note useful

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oochappan (22032) 2005-06-29 21:51

Very beautiful Daniel how in this sober landscape you attention is immediatly pulled to these three mules and the man behind, incredible how such a tiny detail becomes so big in this wide landscape view.

alainh (35387) 2005-06-30 1:06

Bonjour Daniel.
une tres belle photo. On se demande ou l'on peut trouver du bois dans un tel desert.
un beau cadrage.
amicalement
alain

bnallama (3755) 2005-06-30 2:39

Daniel hope your trip is getting on well. Nice composition, I like how you have placed the mules in the frame, the tiny tree and the snowcapped mountain in the BG. Bala

nerve (10212) 2005-06-30 3:31

Hi Daniel,
How is your holiday going so far? I have missed your shots.. Looks like you are having a great time there! :)

and your camera, how is it now to be free of film worries? Do you like Rebel XT? When i tested your one before, it was like a "toy camera" for me; was so small in my big hands.. Couldnt feel right at all, lol!

This is a beautiful shot..i love those donkey figures there, i can imagine how nice walk it was.. Nice muted colours, your composition is very nice as usual..

Take care, hope to see your shots more!
Cheers.

jarosz0 (517) 2005-06-30 3:57

I like the composition, especialy the way you built the perspective - chains of mountains of different tones. The sense of scale is also fine accentuated by man and his mules...

naxius (16679) 2005-06-30 4:37

Hi Daniel,
This is a no man's land here! But you have included that dunkey and it gives a good idea of the scale and most of all, a human presence with the man behind!
Great..
Alex

lucinka (9920) 2005-06-30 5:36

This is very intersting photo Daniel. It has strange feeling of lonelyness. Great landscape and small human interaction which is perfectly placed in the corner. Great compo. L.

jcandeli (40) 2005-06-30 8:33

Hi Daniel. Very nice composition. I would love to visit this someday! Good lighting and nice colors too. I hope you are liking your new camera! JP

AmiBe (6042) 2005-06-30 8:41

Hello Daniel,
es-tu rentré ou tu es encore en voyage ?
J'aime cette photo et les grands espaces qu'on y trouve.
J'aime ces 3 ânes qui amènent un peu de vie dans ce no man's land.
Dommage qu'on ne voit pas la personne qui les conduit.

Tue (25608) 2005-06-30 18:58

Hi Daniel,
An empty but beautiful landscape! The shapes of this piece of nature and the colours are very good, well done.
Groetjes,
Lars

summersun (4964) 2005-07-01 7:53

rien que la vue de ces ânes montre que c'est un coin tres traditionnel. c'est marrant il n'y a que celui de droite qui ne soit pas chargé !
belle compo, les animaux sont bien placés et contrastent avec le desert environnant. mais où sont les hommes ?
Vanessa

marieaude (1196) 2005-07-07 14:04

Hola Daniel, Realmente parece grandioso, y supongo que debe ser a una altitud bastante considerable, visto la poco vegetación del lugar. Me gusta esta photo, porque da una impresión de grandeza de parte de la naturaleza y de diminuto por parte del hombre. Gracias

baudinm (347) 2005-07-08 5:22

Hi Daniel,
This is a great landscape. I like the composition, with the mules on the right. It gives an incredible feeling of space.
The colors are nice and the image is sharp. I can see the mountains in the background.
Your note is letting us enjoy the trip with you.
Bravo !
Amicalement,
Michaël

capthaddock (28640) 2005-07-09 7:54

Hi Daniel - an overall outstanding composition, the sky the lone tree, the nare hills, and the burros create an very effective image

ckradolfer (0) 2005-09-20 17:46

I totally agree with your comments on this photo, I too miss the tiled roofed houses now they use tin ones and it just does not look right. It realy is a shame. It is just like the Callejon de Huaylas, never was the same after the earthquake, now it is all a complete disorder and chaos. Still there are wonderful places left but you really have to go far away and look for them . Really good photo the donkies give you the right balance.

touristdidi (8561) 2006-01-20 10:19 [Comment]

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aznegrao (10246) 2006-03-14 6:40

Excelente ponto de visão DAniel, e muito bem enquadrado. A atmosfera criada pelas definição natural da imagem e fantastica.
Um grande abraço.
Friend.
aznegrao.

lelson (275) 2006-12-25 18:38

Well composited and color balanced. A simple but strong shot. Congrats.