Shepperd's house Photo

Photographer’s Note

Life for the Peruvian sheperds is dictated by the seasons, the dry season from April to October, and the wet season from October to April. They will bring the llamas and sheeps up the valley, higher in the mountains during the dry season, and come back to the bottom of the valley for the wet season, period where they will repair their materials and work the wool.
This way of going up and down helps to preserve the grasses and allows for its replenishment.
Here, you see a typical place that dotted the mountains.An isolated house with a pen where the herd is kept during the night.
On the left, a pile of Llamas s--t that is put to dry, and eventually will be used as a combustible, luckily, llamas s--t has no smell.The blue tarpolin are used as a protection against the rain.

La vie des bergers Péruvien est dicté par le cycle des saisons, la saison des pluies de Octobre à Avril, et la saison sèche d'Avril à Octobre.Pour la saison sèche, ils montent leurs troupeaux de llamas et de moutons dans les vallées vers le sommet des montagnes, et redescendent à la base des vallées pour la saison des pluies, période pendant laquelle les réparations sont effectuées ainsi que le travail de la laine.
Ce mouvement cyclique permet aux pâturages de récupérer.

Ici, vous voyez un ensemble typique qui sont parsemé ici et là dans les vallées.Une maison isolé et un enclos pour le troupeau durant la nuit.
à gauche, une pyramide de fèces de llamas mis à sécher et qui servira de combustible, heureusement qu'aucune odeur ne se dégage de celle-ci.Les bâches bleus servent à protéger les fèces et autres objets de la pluie.

BennyV, maglex, Buin, dta, maximage, brano14, denisn72, bakes888, jafadabret, Didi, jusninasirun, s_lush, stego has marked this note useful

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Nefaryta (2582) 2009-03-06 7:37

Great wiev. Could be a little bit sharpen. Use tripod next time

maglex (1536) 2009-03-06 7:47

Hi Charles, a beautiful and interesting landscape, must be windy, cold and very hot there...the reminds me of the houses from the BAtanes island in my country but the landscape is completely different. Thank for sharing...Alex

BennyV (4429) 2009-03-06 7:48

Hello Charles,

This is impressive viewing. However majestic the landscape, I always like a human touch, and that's more than present here. Harsh living conditions amidst natural beauty. The clouds on the mountains are a plus, the (very) blue plastic is a bit distracting...but this is an excellent shot. Thanks for sharing it.

Benny

roges (1204) 2009-03-06 7:50

Hi Charles !
Nice photo and interesting at the same time.
The landscape is very beautiful.
The best and wait and beautiful pictures from you.
Adrian

Buin (36744) 2009-03-06 7:55

Hallo Charles!
What a great landscape and what a view! I like the interesting play of light and shadow and this contrast between the naked rock faces and the meadows here very much.
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

I_WanderingSoul (650) 2009-03-06 9:05

Hi Charles,
Beautiful view of the landscape.
The play of light adds such beauty to the image and as always blue looks amazing in contrast with the green grasslands.
TFS,Neelima.

dta (4203) 2009-03-06 9:28

Hello Charles ,
Quel beau paysage montagneux ! L'impresion d'immensité est très forte , et quelle lumière ! Les tonalités des pelouses d'altitude , vertes , dorées , brunes , sont très belles . L'image est superbement composée , avec de jolies touches de bleu . Mais la vie n'y est sans doute pas si facile .
Amicalement
Amicalement

maximage (13197) 2009-03-06 10:01

Bonjour Charles,
Superbe image!! avec une lumière extraordinaire. Le paysage est grandiose. Un plaisir à regarder!
Note intéressante et instructive.
Merci.
Amitiés.
max

brano14 (1838) 2009-03-06 10:21

Hello Charles,
Amazing view of this desert like place.That house looks almost lost in that endless space.
Great depth with nice visibility and also very good story.
Thanks!
Brano

jplebrun (16490) 2009-03-06 11:16

Bonjour Charles
très belle vu sur la vie des bergers Péruvien, superbe ces montagnes et toute cette verdure.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

colinb (1522) 2009-03-06 17:59

Very interesting scene you captured. Looks like such a desolate, yet beautiful, place. Thanks for sharing!

Waylim (10645) 2009-03-06 23:04

Charles,
Look like I have been here, I did the Lares trek for three days. This house look familiar to me, but I guess all little house like this up on Andes look the same. Anyway, this bring back many nice memories for me. Beautiful place, nice shot, good POV, showing the endless valley and layers of mountain ranges. I didn't post to many photo from here, they were take on film and not digital at the time I went at least 7 or 8 years ago. Thanks, this is wonderful.
Way

Focales (514) 2009-03-07 2:56

Hi Charles. Très belles courbes que les zones d'ombre alternant avec les zones ensoleillées mettent magnifiquement en valeur.

denisn72 (6867) 2009-03-07 4:53

Bonjour Charles
La complexité du relief est vraiment intéressant dans ce coin du globe. La diversité des teintes l'est tout autant. Les contrastes et détails sont excellents à mon avis. Le point de vue est soigneusement choisi tout comme l'encradrement.
Une note très informative et utile. Bon travail!
Amicalement et bon weekend!
Denis!

bakes888 (18045) 2009-03-07 19:55

Hi Charles. I see the ubiquitous blue tarps have found their way to fartherest regions of Peru also! Wonderful view, the clouds add a nice light/shadow play to the BG. Well captured and thanks for sharing.
Have a good Sunday, Paul.

jafadabret (38819) 2009-03-08 0:01

Bonjour Charles.
Tu ne parles pas de l'altitude mais elle doit être des plus élevées. Ce paysage est très beau avec cette petite maison de berger perdue dans les pâturages et des belles montagnes.
Excellent !
Jacques

pilpel-adom (3016) 2009-03-08 10:23

A well taken shot, Charles!
I've been to Peru, but not to this part...The vista is quite familiar, though, wild and desolate. Good use of Tele to compress the vista with the cabin on the side of the picture...Compo is well balanced as well as the exposure.
Well done!
Chen

Didi (35620) 2009-04-11 9:31

Salut Charles
Un buron Auvergnat perdu dans cette immence contrée Péruvienne.
La vue est splendide qui mérite bien une version panoramique.
Amitiés

jusninasirun (9980) 2009-04-12 21:37

Hi Charles,

Well seen beauty with clever management of light and shadow. Top class image and TFS.
Regards,
Jusni

s_lush (1838) 2009-05-03 20:47

Hello Charles,
Marvelous scene! It is very well composed and captured. Very good presentation of Peruvian mountaineers' daily life in the note and in the picture. Great job!
Best regards,
Sergiy

stego (22304) 2009-06-02 4:44

Salut Charles,
Amazing landscape and compo! The play of light and shadows adds to the colour and texture nuances of the landscape, rendering an image of great impact. The low altitude of the clouds remind us how high that small plateau must be. Those blue plastic had a nice unexpected colour contrast.
Amicalement,
José

Flavia (10202) 2009-06-24 6:06

Salut Charles,

Ca fait tres longtemps! Comment ca va? Je vois qui tu as postes des belles photos de paysage peruvienes. J'aime bien celle-ci qui montre bien comme la population est eparpille dans la region des Andes.

A+

Flavia