cookie for "two years" party Photo

Photographer’s Note

hard to believe it's been two years since I posted my first photo on TrekEarth. meanwhile I've made many friends here, found teachers and mentors, and, above all, realised how little I know and how much there is to learn. but it is still fun, so I'm not complaining. thanks to everyone, I'm having great time here :)

about the photo: another title for this shot could be "making of "The Cookie" - as you can see, Kristaps is busy creating this photo in the Lauca National Park with volcán Parinacota hiding under the clouds and Lago Chungara shining in the capricious afternoon sun.

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RAW, ISO 100, 15mm focal length, spot metering.

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belido (16421) 2009-03-23 5:38

Hi Kristine,

congratulations! I have just replied Fulvio and we were talking about this experience. I said to him: "we keep moving forward together". We can't do anything alone...this site is trully a wonderful place for learning. Very dramatic scene. I like to see the heavy clouds above this beautiful land.
Regards,
Carlos

Goutham (133) 2009-03-23 5:38

Hello Kristine,

very nice landscape image, great depth! And including the person in the image gives an idea of the scale of the landscape.

TFS,
Goutham

Bruno40 (6440) 2009-03-23 5:44

Hi Kristine,
congratulations for your two years!!
I will have mine too in few days!
Very interesting to have your shadow and kristaps in the frame.
Nice colors.
well done
jorge

rlrad (1187) 2009-03-23 5:44

Wow, Kristine, that is an amazing image - I like the self-portrait part, too, but the depth and wide perspective lend a sense of movement to those clouds. Wonderful colors and clarity.

Congrats!
Reed Radcliffe
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

albertz (2310) 2009-03-23 5:44

Excellent shot! one of the best landscape shot I've seen this year. the exaggeration of the clouds is striking and oblivious! colors are well saturated and pleasing to the eye.. congratulations.

dta (5125) 2009-03-23 5:45

Hello Kristine ,
Congratulations for your 2 years on TE . With a great picture for this anniversary . A splendid wild landscape , of course , with wonderful colors and games of light and shade . And what a gorgeous sky ! The presence of the man and your shade provide a little touch of humour (or humanity) in this so incedible scenery .
Congratulations
Denis

guitianmiranda (3622) 2009-03-23 5:49

Very nice POV for this landscape with a very well DOF handling. Light is also great and your long shadow is an extra point.

What a beautiful nature paradise.

Best regards Kristine

baba_flies (7981) 2009-03-23 5:58

Hello Kristine! You are among THE photographers on this website that reached an amazing quality "top notch" with an own handwriting - your own special style ... I am glad that you still talk to me :))) It is a pure pleasure to open each of your posts with your wonderful side notes that many times make me smile and gave me shivers at some points like loosing your material but heaven ... it came back. What a wonderful land and it is this tiny thing again that makes this picture big like seeing you and your man under these huge cloud base. WOW! Warm regards, Barbara.

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-03-23 5:59

Two years, uh? Congratulations, Kristine.
A truly majestic shadowplay and brilliant colors, which special praise for the funnel effect created by the wide angle. Which is stunning, the eye gets literally sucked into the picture and towards the volcano. No doubt, a great shot to celebrate the occasion! My compliments. Have a great day, I'll be seeing you.
Fulvio.

vincz (19039) 2009-03-23 6:08

Very spectacular. These very wide angle are fantastic in such occasions. Is iit your shadow that we see at the bottom in the middle? :)

sevy (13386) 2009-03-23 6:10

Hello Kristine,

Nice composition using well the rendering of the wide angle lens, especially on the clouds (we have the feeling they are moving inside the frame thanks to the perspective effect).
Very nice light and fun to have your shadow on the photo.
It is really a landscape from end of the Earth as the ones I like to see and to experience :-)

Yves.

IgorDeleze (9247) 2009-03-23 6:19

Hello Kristine,
It's a fantastic sky !
A great atmospher.
Greetings.
Igor

delkoo (34282) 2009-03-23 6:58

hi kristine
what a stunning sky and incredible light on the ground, It is always with the big pleasure that I admire your photos in every publication.

didier

zmey (7250) 2009-03-23 6:58

really? 2 years??? gratulations! and hugs, of course! :))
the light is golden; where the light is.

k.

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goutero (444) 2009-03-23 7:02

Grat sky - you got the moment

amaryllis (17457) 2009-03-23 7:51

Bonjour Kristine
bravo pour cet anniversaire, 2 ans et la route est encore longue...pour de belles photos comme celle-ci avec des contrastes de couleurs et de lumières de cette étendue géante
excellente composition
juliette

Polonaise (5636) 2009-03-23 8:55

What an incredibly, incredibly, incredibly, incredibly beautiful photography.

two years on TE ???
Why we, the humans - why we do those things to ourselves ?
What kind of a perverted masochism prompts us to do IT ?

Well..WE just do it - against all the logic of the world.

Absolutely wonderful production, dear Kristine.
Your two years is right there, in your photo. The very essential core of these two years.

All the best with your passion. Don't let them stop you in your run.

g.

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Wandering_Dan (3221) 2009-03-23 9:17

Hi, Kristine -

Two years, huh? I don't know whether to say there's hope for me yet, or to shudder on behalf of both of us!

Putting a photographer's shadow into the shot can spoil it, but here it works well, giving us a strong sense of the vastness of the landscape (which wide-angle sometimes obliterates), so it was a great idea. (I have to admit I almost missed the person to the left of him; he blends in so well.) Great bands of light, shadow and cloud, too, all well captured.

Best,
Dan

PS: How's your new PM doing?

MayaG (2393) 2009-03-23 10:18

Congratulations Kristine,

TE is certainly richer with a member like you, with all your photos and meaningful comments, and passion for learning and improvement. I wish you much more of all of it here! :)

Very nice light and play with the shadow - wonderfully chosen for the occasion - don't we all sometimes feel burdened and under pressure in this life-long learning process just like this ground under the heavy (looking) clouds? But its the clear horizon and the light in front! I see Kristaps is also heading towards it :)

Many kind regards to both
Marija

molla (6883) 2009-03-23 11:14

Hejsan Kristine
For me it's like you been here for ever. nice to see you on the picture even if it is a shadow of the real thing and nice also to see the Kristaps POV in his version of this fantastic landscape.
I'm always fashinated over your way of creating very spirituel images of your landscapes.
have a wonderful time
Anders

BennyV (4681) 2009-03-23 11:43

Hello Kristine,

Lovely double portrait of you and Kristaps in photographic wonderland, what a celebration! Excellent post, here's to many more!

Benny

bostankorkulugu (33532) 2009-03-23 12:39

hey, both of you are in it... that makes this shot even better>:D... glad to have you around here kristine... you know you are a talented photographer... keep going girl...

leo61 (43398) 2009-03-23 12:41

Hi Kristine!
Fantastic light and what a dramatic sky!!!!
I like a lot the colors and contrast and your own shadow works well for the composition.
Regards,Leo

ricochet (4706) 2009-03-23 12:59

Bonjour Kristine
Un ciel terrible qui donne un superbe impact à la composition! c'est à quelle altitude?
De superbes teintes chaudes et un paysage à couper le souffle, bravo à toi c'est splendide comme à ton habitude!
Amicalement
Eric

bracasha75 (22061) 2009-03-23 13:01

Helo Kristine

Amaizing one for "two Years" here and excellent dark sky
My best wish for couple year more here on Trek Earth
TFS
Cheers,Braca

Philippe (11773) 2009-03-23 13:50

Hi, Kristine. A wonderful sky that really seems to weigh on the earth with those big clouds spreading like a fan. The ochre tones are very warm and contrast well with the clouds. Kristaps and your shadow are nice additions - if I may say - giving the scale of the landscape. Fantastic light.
Have a nice day,
Philippe

Colombiana (2542) 2009-03-23 18:56

hi Kristine,
Congratulations! 2 years sharing beautiful and breathtaking photographs such as this one. I believe your shadow is a great addition here, since not only does it add scale, but also meaning--you are present for the party :))

Best wishes and we all hope to see more!

Maryori

AlvaroEsp (36) 2009-03-23 19:30

Amazing clouds in this beauty landscape!!

Love the dinamic range from highlights to shadows, nice saturation too

Álvaro

gneufeld (15169) 2009-03-23 19:42

Hi Kristine,
A perfect shot for the celebration. Ones own shadow is often frowned on, but I think its pefect for this shot -and I always love your very deep rich colors. Congratulations and keep up your excellent work. Gerald

filidor (665) 2009-03-23 23:43

Wow what a fantastic landscape shot! Using wide lens You have achieved fantastic, really powerful, living sky and these contrasts and colours. amazing shot and place at the same time....

faubry (32281) 2009-03-24 2:44

merveilleuse photo pour tes deux années ici sur tE, le ciel si nuageux contraste si fort avec le jaune or du champ!!!! le plus est la silhouette!!
bravo
francine

Dpbours (220) 2009-03-24 2:59

Hi Kristine,

You go to wonderful party locations!! :-)
A nice shot. In this case, with the other photographer already in the compo, it is nice to include your own shadow as well. I like it.

Dennis

patdeph (17816) 2009-03-24 4:53

hello Kristine
congratulations for your 2 years on TE,I hope their will be numerous others!It seems that when you were in Chile,he sky was incredibly splendid every day!The low clouds are really beautiful and give a great depth ,and the wide angle give them a beautiful dynamism,and we have the impression to them in movment!The inclusion of Kristaps and your shadow is good idea,the shadow for the originality,and both to show the immensity of this wild landscape !Superb!
Regards
Pascale

Waylim (10769) 2009-03-24 10:24

Kristine,
thanks for two years of wonderful photos shared. Good thing is the cookies is only here a few weeks ago, otherwise we'll all have to hit the gym more often than sitting here writing critiques.
Love the dramatic sky, fantastic really, there is just enough light for wonderful shot, the inclusion of Kristaps give a nice scale, he is not so big after all. and your shadow is a perfect tought. I love it. Thanks
Way

Longroute (9317) 2009-03-24 11:59

The clouds are really scaring... but they make an awfully good effect on the photo! Perfect light and DOF. You seem to contradict the "iron" rule not to show our own shade, but actually being so small it doesn't disturb (perhaps a professional would have avoided it). Congratulation for the two years and thank you for the cookie.
Donato

CLODO (4192) 2009-03-24 12:51

HI Karine, happy anniversary
Very impressive shot due to the frontal light and the big clouds enhancing the orange background. Well taken with your friend and your shadow!
Regards
CLODO

xavshot (62389) 2009-03-24 13:53

Bonsoir Kristine
et joyeux TE anniversaire ;o)) très belle image avec une incroyable profondeur; J'aime bien ton ombre sur le sol. Une immensité du paysage impressionnante. Bravo !
Xavier

BelCan75 (2418) 2009-03-24 21:02

Hi Kristine,

Amazing shot with such dramatic light and colours...I love it! I like how Kristaps is taking a photo down there, he almost blends in with the scenery. I also like the long shadow of yourself, but most of all I love the scenery. Excellent POV and great work!

Greetings,
Ann

Starscream (890) 2009-03-25 6:12

Hi Kristine,

That's an amazing sky. Really dramatic tones and great sharpness and depth of view.

Christianna

AiresSantos (42040) 2009-03-25 8:55

Hi Kristine
wonderful colours and POV in this excellent composition. I like cloudy sky and your silhouette.
Great photojob
Greetings
Aires

PixelTerror (86060) 2009-03-25 13:21

Hi Kristine,
Congratulations for having survived two years in the TE jungle ;-)
You are showing here a place that I was not supposed to visit, but that I liked, in fact I diverted to Chile in 95 because there was state of emergency in Bolivia, where I returned the following year and everything was fine. What I like in this image are the feeling of space and the 3D volume you get from the clouds, the rendering is quite different than on Kristaps' image, on yours it would be possible to miss the laguna.
Have a nice day JY

PaulVDV (5184) 2009-03-25 14:04

Hello Kristine,
Congratulations with your 2nd anniversary here on TE !
This 'meeting' of the vulcano top and the clouds is a splendid nature picture.
The brown yellow colour of the foreground and of the mountain behind the lake is very good here and contrasts nice with the small parts of blue sky.
I think the shadow of the photographer is more an added value on this picture than the man who's standing left of it. Well, that's my idea.
This picture is a fantastic invitation to visit the Lauca National Park.
Best regards, Paul

eversmile (6119) 2009-03-26 1:16

Hi Kristine!

Congratulations for your two years on TE! You produced already a good amount of jewels, from yellowstone to Chile, you have enchanted my eyes.
This one is striking again. (Although, I must confess, I prefer lake Tuyajito). But the low sky is great, with an effect of speed very well done. The deep green of the water, enhanced by the golden light on the shores, is surprising and beautiful. I am less enthusiastic with your both silhouettes included in the shot but what would be a birthday party without people, hum?!?
Regards
Marine

Angshu (33637) 2009-04-03 6:28

Dear Kristine
2 years celebration with a self portrait of sorts....a fine idea indeed! I have not been getting time of late due to my beibg in Bombay for the last couple of weeks...have come home yesterday again to take family there for a couple of days etc...etc.... Life is going to be a roll for the next one month at least! Anyway no point boring you with these details!
A great use of wide lens here and also the play of light & shade. The clouds seems to radiate out from the centre, just above the volcano. The light filtering through the clouds turns the land jutting into the lake, golden.
Lovely work & congratulations on your second anniversary here...you're an asset to this site.
Best Regards
Angshu
Don't bother to reciprocate...I am just into TE after quite a while, apart from a few sporadic critiques

toto (18709) 2009-04-04 2:37

Bonjour,
belle photo de cette vue magnifique, jolies couleurs, netteté magnifique, détails étonnant, nuages de toute beauté.
Excellent moment pour prendre cette délicieuse vue.

Amitiés Thomas

ciakgiak (10678) 2009-04-04 14:50

Hello Kristine,
congratulation for the two years on TE, two years full of fantastic photos like this, a masterpiece of landscape with amazing colors and an incredible sky.
A dear hug
Giorgio

stego (22352) 2009-04-07 8:02

Hi Kristine,

An original self-portrait to commemorate your 2nd anniversary here. Congratulations!

Your gallery of Chile is awesome! The wild beauty of the landscapes, the special quality of light and those skies that seem to only be found in very high desert altitudes surely help you, but those factors are at most half of the ingredients of great photos like these.
I really don't know what to say. Enumerate the many things that make it so dramatically attractive? How is just perfect in every technical or aesthetic detail?

Congratulations again and TFS.

Regards, José.

jorgi (3798) 2009-04-15 9:59

Hi Kristine,

it sucks... been back and have hardly any time for TE...again (you thought i was reffering to the photo, didn't you :P). Two years you say...wow... admiring! But it is not so much how long but what you have to show and girl, you really are one talended photographer! This serie from Chile is amazing and hopefully i will find time to praise all photos cause they do deserve all the praise there is. What a depth on this one! What a scenery that sucks you in with warp 10. Simply astonishing. Wide angle here does the magic and even enhances this feeling thru shadows in foreground. Breathetaking!

Best regards,
jeri

PS make this 75% 100% and you definitely MUST tell me the exact timing and location. I desperately need a coffee! :)))

mphotographies (1976) 2009-05-04 21:20

Hey Kristine,

A remarkable shot, excellent timing, I liked how you built this picture, the layers of shades and shadows both ground and sky how the whole thing comes into a good unity and exceptional result!

Best Regards!

;)

carper (64784) 2009-05-06 7:07

fantastic Kristine,
here I love the use of the super wide lens. the coun try shot is a success, well taken, good atmosphere, very nice photo job.
have a nice day.
regard jaap

smythdylan (65) 2009-05-07 19:38

Well Done, great shot.
Your shadow is kindof distracting, yet somehow I like it. Congrats

plimrn (19610) 2009-05-11 22:48

Hi Kristine,
With such a dramatic sky, initially it's easy to miss what I think is the real heart of this photo: the pair of you each striving together to capture another of your glorious works. The bond between your silhouette and Kristaps makes the foreground as impressive as the sky,
HLJ, Pat
PS congratulations on your 2nd anniversary, I have enjoyed your work greatly