The views of los cuernos, or “the horns” in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile are astonishing. This picture was taken just a short walk from my hotel, along the Pehoe lake, which is a beautiful aqua blue color (not so evident from the angle of this picture), but often in raging white-cap waves due to the high springtime winds. Finding perspective and compositional lines are often the most challenging part in good landscape photography, presuming you have a good subject to start with. Whenever possible, a colorful foreground element can help considerably. In this case, some spring blooming wild pea served as a spark of color which helps this scene. It was very windy, and for reasons lacking a good excuse, I was without my tripod. So, I stabilized the best I could and shot this hand held at 1/20th of a second., at f/18. The foreground is a little soft, but the color is still engaging. What a gorgeous place.
Los cuernos, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. Canon 5D Mark II, 24-105mm f/4L IS (28mm), 1/20 sec @ f/18, ISO 100
Just beautiful, Patrick. Also want to say how much we admire your 2012 calendar with the personal comments about the photos along with shooting details and data. Not to mention the wonderful photographs themselves.
Thanks Buff,
Glad you enjoy the calendar, it was new this year. I thought people would be interested in the process behind the photos. Next October is a ways out there, but it will be fun for sure….