Top of Roraima, a photo from Bolivar, East

Photographer's Note

That's a picture taken from the limit of the Roraima's top. Roraima is the highest Tepuy in Venezuela. A tepuy is a very courious and old rocky formation. This strange "mountains" are the oldest rocky figures in the world. Its typical characteristic is its shape like a great table. The Roraima is the highest one (aprox. 2.800 m. above the sea level). The biggest one is the Auyantepuy, with its world famous waterfall called Salto del Angel (the highest in the world with more than 1.000 m.).

If you want to reach the top and take a picture like this one, you must make a trek that takes 6 days long from the city Santa Elena de Uairen. The top of the Tepuys are full of very corious rocks, and its atmosphere are like the image of another planet. Therefore, Arthur Conan Doyle took here his inspiration to write his book "The Lost World".

At the top of the Roraima is the triple border between Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana.

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sabyasachi_d (415) 2007-09-19 3:03

The note is more interesting than the picture. But the idea of your shot is good. sometimes animate objects can make such differences to your frame and overall shot. i didnt know about this place. but u have given enough starters in your note! now i am hungry to visit this place.
:)
cheers
sabya

dareco (17134) 2007-09-19 3:03

I have never seen anything like this before. An incredible scene. An excellent picture. I can 'feel' the height!! A very good picture. TFS

smarcell (19571) 2007-09-19 3:39

It is an interesting and curios picture, but I think the exposure is not at best, and it's a pity.
The eye immediately goes to the people, which are overexposed.
You should try to correct the levels a bit, I think.

brandstaetter (15907) 2007-09-19 8:40

Hola Victor,

15 years ago I read some stories about this region in GEO, a magazine like National Geographic, they made the first expeditions to these mountains. Congratulations for having been there, and also for the photo, because it shows how inaccessible Roraima is.
TFS chris

Miks (1711) 2007-09-20 17:44

This image conveys the spectacular Tepuy very well. (I was at Ayantepuy back in the age of film. And all my pics died in an airportscanner. So, thanks for sharing this). You use the otherwise tricky lighting conditions to your advantage here. And adding the people shows how huge the place is. Their closeness to the edge provides a lot of drama. I can almost feel their vertigo. Well done.

Best,
Mikkel

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