Vamos a la playa de Copacabana ! Photo

Photographer’s Note

Sunday and nice weather, let's go to the beach, I have selected for you the world famous Copacabana beach !

Why do you begin to look puzzled, I would never dare to cheat you dear friends, this is really Copacabana beach, just... there is more than one Copacabana in South America and we are not in Rio de Janeiro here but in Copacabana, Bolivia and 3800 m above sea level on the shores of lake Titikaka !!!

Unfortunately no samba here to go along with the relaxed beach feeling, but I could organize some tinkus, sounds nice too although far less tropical. Did you notice the BIG advantage of my Copacabana beach ??? It's a lot less crowded than the other one !

Enjoy the sunday beach live and see you tomorrow in Castelsardo (I know some of you are waiting for the continuation of the visit).

carper, fayeulle, jhm, ChrisJ, bibiweb, Cormac, bpelvan, nwoehnl, elihesamian, AmiBe, singuanti, Quentin has marked this note useful

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jinju (14265) 2005-10-09 4:50

Hi JY,

though it shares a name thats all it shares:) I think I prefer the bikini gorls on the Rio beach over the fishermen on this one. No offense:) Nice POV, good sense of humor too.

Paolo (40763) 2005-10-09 4:59

Ciao Jean...yuo travelled all the night?! from Chicago to La Paz???
excellent shot, funny, well composed and with great light and colors.
thanks, for the note.
ciao

rbcy1974 (20746) 2005-10-09 5:10

Salut Jean Yves,
Tres decevant, tu est un little devil :).
Tres bin compse,j'aime bien la rampe qui va vers le lac. J'ai vu des persons en nageant au lac titicaca, cetait des persones qui sont tombers du bateau,
ils doivent avoir eur froid.
A+
Daniel

fayeulle (26547) 2005-10-09 5:13

Salut Jean Yves
En voici une qui me plait. Je vois parfaitement de où c'est tiré. Quand j'y était, c'était pendant les 3 jours de la fête de la Vierge. Un délire ! Au moins 3000 indiens sur la plage. Impossible d'embarquer pour Isla del Sol, notre embarquement a du se faire depuis le port,....militaire ! Pire que la plage de Copacabana au Brésil au niveau monde. Au moins de Mai, celà est vraiment plus calme !

jhm (83786) 2005-10-09 5:27

Hi Jean Yves,
A unusual place as port for the yachts, the curve on the beach and the mountains against give a well composing and with great light and colours.
Have a nice day,
John.

jiherka (4465) 2005-10-09 7:31

Alors ceci s'est superbe. Et c'est bien mieux que le Copacabana que l'on nous montre habituellement.
Belle composition avec n bleu superbe.

Bien vu Jean-Yves.

vincent24 (9038) 2005-10-09 8:12

Salut JY,
Oui,non seulement y'a pas de samba pour l'ambiance,ni le moindre bikini ou fesses galbés,on est a 3800 on se les géles!
la deception passée,la raison reprend ses droits,on apprecit le point de vu et la bonne qualité pour une image d presque 10 ans,merci et sans rancune..a+
vincent

bibiweb (8) 2005-10-09 9:21

Vamos a la playa, la la la la la... (je m'entraîne pour le karaoke!) ;o)
Ben, moi je n'ai pas été déçu, car c'est le seul Copacabana que je connaisse (par encore été au Brésil)!
Je vois que tu fais aussi chauffer le scanner ce week-end. Belle image qui a bien résisté aux années... 1996, ça paraît loin, mais le pire c'est que j'y suis passé dix ans avant toi!
Bon, je vais aller faire un petit tour sur la plage pour terminer le week-end...
Amicalement, Brigitte

feather (50560) 2005-10-09 10:11

You are taking us on a journey this weekend! Beautiful scene, well composed. Great DOF.well done
KAth

Cormac (26461) 2005-10-09 11:57

In this shot I like the sense of depth from the line of boats along the lake. The inclusion of the people of course adds life to the scene as well, showing maybe some intended contrast with the other, more famous Copacabana. Well done!

john_c (24635) 2005-10-09 12:04

Hi Jean Yves,
Never mind the other beach for now, this will do just fine. I like the relaxed, laid back atmosphere. The people on shore enhance and the boats balance the frame nicely. Clean, crisp and superb contrast. Very well captured.
John

bpelvan (3786) 2005-10-09 13:04

Hi Jean Yves,
Still natural small lakeside town. This is what I like very very much. Still primitive and tranquil. Your choice is quite right.
Good colors and sharpness with PoV as always.
Thanks for sharing...
Bulent

nwoehnl (120) 2005-10-09 14:17

Well, this looks slightly different than the images my brain was wired to until now when hearing the term "Copacabana" ;) Nice details in this high-altitude lakeside view, and a remarkable quality you managed to pull from the scan. Nice one, Jean-Yves.

alejandroguzman (4672) 2005-10-09 15:08

Hi Jean Yves:

This a clasic picture from Copacabana.
You got clear and strong colors from the place, in a beautiful composition.

Take a look my pics from Copacabana too:

Copacabana 1

Copacabana 2

cheers,
alejandro

elihesamian (26091) 2005-10-09 15:13

A nice sunday shot,Jean Yves!
Great beach and attractive place you show us with a fine POV,excellent sharpness and in a great way you managed the light and a very success picture you resulted,nice colors,too and very well wporked and composed,Thanks,Jean Yves,

Best
M

AmiBe (6042) 2005-10-09 16:44

Hello Jean Yves,
ce Copacabana me plairait sûrement beaucoup plus que son homonyme brésilien.
Il y a peut-être moins de belles gazelles au m2, mais sûrement pleins de lamas par contre. ;-)
Belle image qui a bien passé l'épreuve du scan.
a+

singuanti (15240) 2005-10-09 22:19

Hi Jean-Yves. I'd swear you used a polarizer here. It's the composition that I like. The image quality for an oldie is impressive enough. Nice one Jean-Yves!

ChrisJ (70521) 2005-10-10 3:33

Hi Jean Yves

A superb landscape, enhanced by the attractive lakeside setting, & boats. Good colour, lighting & sharpness. C'est vrainment tres bon!

carper (66132) 2005-10-10 6:03

very nice jean Yves,
I like the point of view and the fantastic atmosphere, the depth is very nice and yes I like the shot, good job,
gr. jaap

cessy (13647) 2005-10-10 6:49

very nice view
excellent POV
imo very good sharpness and contrast of colors
tfs, Jean Yves ;)

hdl (6737) 2005-10-10 7:56

Jean-Yves, je vois pas beaucoup d' installations pour des touristes ici. Mais bon, ca a ces avantages. Il y a quelques années, j'ai aussi visité le lac Titicaca et je me rapelle encore bien cette vue: sec et peu de végétation. En plus t'avais intérêt à ne pas tomber dans l'eau tellement c'est caillant. Un bel image qui m' évoque de bels souvenirs.

Quentin (5278) 2005-10-10 9:56

Salut Jean-Yves
Tout d'abord je me suis dit : Mon Dieu, qu'est-il arrivé à la
célèbre plage de Copacabana! Et bien ta note très intéressante
m'a vite rassuré. Très belle prise.
A bientôt
Quentin

Gregtom (7119) 2005-10-11 2:27

Hello, Jean-Yves!
I like the climate of South America very much! Very nice, charming place. Picture is well composed, showing a piece of ordinary, everyday life. Nice color of sky and water contrasting with the ground. Only the greenery looks poor, like it is burned by the sun... is it really?
regards,
Greg

mlopes (492) 2005-10-15 15:03

eheh great Jean, it's less crowded for sure, but it also as less (Y) ahaha

Great photo and note, now i've learn one more thing about the world.

Mario